Lode King Prestige, model years 2015 to 2021. Filed by Lode-King Industries Ltd and reported to NHTSA on 22 April 2020. 2 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Lode-King Industries LTD. (Lode-King) is recalling certain 2015-2021 Prestige SDG53-2 step-deck semi-trailers. The cargo securing winches may not be properly mounted to the trailer. As a result, the cargo winch mount could fail and allow cargo to come loose.
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.
Lode King's own number for this recall: 2020-171. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V230 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 20V230 cover?
- Lode King Prestige, model years 2015-2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- Lode-King Industries LTD. (Lode-King) is recalling certain 2015-2021 Prestige SDG53-2 step-deck semi-trailers. The cargo securing winches may not be properly mounted to the trailer. As a result, the cargo winch mount could fail and allow cargo to come loose.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the mount fails, the cargo or load can fall off the trailer and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Lode-King will notify owners, and dealers will replace the cargo winches with an updated version, free of charge. The recall began April 30, 2020. Owners may contact Lode-King customer service at 1-204-325-4345.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Lode King calls this recall 2020-171, 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: “If the mount fails, the cargo or load can fall off the trailer and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V230 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Lode-King Industries Ltd |
| System at fault | Equipment:Mechanical |
| Reported to NHTSA | 22 April 2020 |
| Model years | 2015-2021 |
| Vehicles named | LODE KING PRESTIGE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the mount fails, the cargo or load can fall off the trailer and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Lode-King will notify owners, and dealers will replace the cargo winches with an updated version, free of charge. The recall began April 30, 2020. Owners may contact Lode-King customer service at 1-204-325-4345.
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 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 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 20V230, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v230/
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 Lode King notices we hold
- 26V269: 2019-2026 SDG53-3, SDF53-3, and SDF50-3 trailers
- 24V021: 2019, 2021-2023 Lode King AHV45-3 and 2024 Prestige AHV50-3 trailers equipped with a 2S2M or 4S2M ABS system
- 23V794: 2021-2024 Prestige AHV42-2 semi-trailers equipped with a lockable 2-speed gearbox
- 23V009: 2016-2023 Lode King & Prestige SDE and SDF model steel step deck Semi-trailers equipped with a beavertail style ramp
- 20V345: one 2021 Prestige SDG semi-trailer
All 6 Lode King campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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 20V230 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
b91a246e - Consequence
a17fe452 - 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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