Great Dane Champion Composite Dry, model year 2019. Filed by Great Dane Trailers and reported to NHTSA on 17 October 2018. 28 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Great Dane Trailers (Great Dane) is recalling certain 2019 Great Dane Champion Composite Plate dry freight trailers. These trailers may have an insufficient amount of reflective conspicuity tape along the length of the trailer. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 18V736 cover?
- Great Dane Champion Composite Dry, model year 2019.
- What is wrong with them?
- Great Dane Trailers (Great Dane) is recalling certain 2019 Great Dane Champion Composite Plate dry freight trailers. These trailers may have an insufficient amount of reflective conspicuity tape along the length of the trailer.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Without the required amount of reflective tape, the trailers visibility may be reduced to other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Great Dane will notify owners, and dealers will install an additional 12 inches of reflective conspicuity tape on each side of the trailer, free of charge. The recall began November 30, 2018. Owners may contact Great Dane customer service at 1-877-369-3493.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Without the required amount of reflective tape, the trailers visibility may be reduced to other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V736 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Great Dane Trailers |
| System at fault | Visibility |
| Reported to NHTSA | 17 October 2018 |
| Model years | 2019-2019 |
| Vehicles named | GREAT DANE CHAMPION COMPOSITE DRY |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Without the required amount of reflective tape, the trailers visibility may be reduced to other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Great Dane will notify owners, and dealers will install an additional 12 inches of reflective conspicuity tape on each side of the trailer, free of charge. The recall began November 30, 2018. Owners may contact Great Dane customer service at 1-877-369-3493.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 463 notices in the record whose component field names visibility. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 34 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 18V736, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v736/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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Other Great Dane notices we hold
- 26V465: 2027 Champion dry van trailers The trailers may have been produced without the installation of the rear impact guard extension channels
- 26V383: 2026 Champion dry van trailers
- 25V848: 2024-2025 Champion trailers
- 25V429: 2026 Champion dry van trailers
- 25V200: 2025-2026 Champion Dry Van trailers equipped with Bridgestone R123 Ecopia tires, size 295/75R22
- 24V922: 2025 Champion Dry Freight trailers
- 24V689: 2025 Champion Dry Van trailers
- 24V637: 2025 Everest SS refrigerated trailers
All 38 Great Dane campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
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- Defect summary
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