American Hauler Air-Lite, American Hauler Arrow, American Hauler Falcon/Xc, American Hauler Night Hawk, model year 2018. Filed by American Hauler and reported to NHTSA on 7 August 2020. 64 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says American Hauler is recalling certain 2018 Air-Lite, Arrow, Falcon/XC and Night Hawk cargo trailers equipped with Dexter D52 axles. The axles of these trailers may have spindle weld failures.
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.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 20V463 cover?
- American Hauler Air-Lite, American Hauler Arrow, American Hauler Falcon/XC, American Hauler Night Hawk, model year 2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- American Hauler is recalling certain 2018 Air-Lite, Arrow, Falcon/XC and Night Hawk cargo trailers equipped with Dexter D52 axles. The axles of these trailers may have spindle weld failures.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A failure of the axle increases the risk of crash and/or injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. American Hauler will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the axles and replace them if necessary, free of charge. Owners may contact Dexter Axle at 574-295-7888.
- 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: “A failure of the axle increases the risk of crash and/or injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V463 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | American Hauler |
| System at fault | Suspension:Rear:Axle:Non-Powered Axle Assembly |
| Reported to NHTSA | 7 August 2020 |
| Model years | 2018-2018 |
| Vehicles named | AMERICAN HAULER AIR-LITE, AMERICAN HAULER ARROW, AMERICAN HAULER FALCON/XC, AMERICAN HAULER NIGHT HAWK |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A failure of the axle increases the risk of crash and/or injury.
The remedy
American Hauler will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the axles and replace them if necessary, free of charge. Owners may contact Dexter Axle at 574-295-7888.
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.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 20V463, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v463/
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 American Hauler notices we hold
- 13V447: model year 2006-2010 cargo trailers manufactured January 1, 2006, to July 30, 2010, equipped with a flushlock option (which uses a Fastec-brand door lock)
- 11V122: MODEL YEAR 2010 TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH 15" X 6" WHITE SPOKE OR MODULAR DESIGN STEEL WHEELS WITH A SIX HOLE BOLT PATTERN
All 3 American Hauler 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 20V463 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
11a3e3e3 - Consequence
737b24b4 - 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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