Charles Machine Ditch Witch, model year 2019. Filed by Charles Machine Works Inc and reported to NHTSA on 1 March 2019. 59 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Charles Machine Works, Inc (Charles) is recalling certain 2019 Ditch Witch VT24 trailers. The axle bearings may not have been greased.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Charles Machine's own number for this recall: ID0555609. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 19V154 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 19V154 cover?
- Charles Machine Ditch Witch, model year 2019.
- What is wrong with them?
- Charles Machine Works, Inc (Charles) is recalling certain 2019 Ditch Witch VT24 trailers. The axle bearings may not have been greased.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The ungreased axle bearings could result in a wheel locking up, affecting vehicle handling and increasing the risk of crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Charles will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the axles for the affected batch number and rework the hubs with new seals and bearings, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began March 25, 2019. Owners may contact Charles customer service at 1-800-654-6481.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Charles Machine calls this recall ID0555609, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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: “The ungreased axle bearings could result in a wheel locking up, affecting vehicle handling and increasing the risk of crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 19V154 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Charles Machine Works Inc |
| System at fault | Suspension:Rear:Axle:Non-Powered Axle Assembly |
| Reported to NHTSA | 1 March 2019 |
| Model years | 2019-2019 |
| Vehicles named | CHARLES MACHINE DITCH WITCH |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The ungreased axle bearings could result in a wheel locking up, affecting vehicle handling and increasing the risk of crash.
The remedy
Charles will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the axles for the affected batch number and rework the hubs with new seals and bearings, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began March 25, 2019. Owners may contact Charles customer service at 1-800-654-6481. Charles' number for this recall is ID0555609.
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 732 notices in the record whose component field names suspension. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 33 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 19V154, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/19v154/
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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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 19V154 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
1947abcb - Consequence
25e14a96 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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