Stargate Dump Trailer, model years 2018 to 2019. Filed by Stargate Manufacturing Ltd and reported to NHTSA on 5 April 2021. 6 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Stargate Manufacturing Ltd (Stargate) is recalling certain 2018-2019 DUMP trailers equipped with the Smart-Steer 2.0 self-steering axle with a bolt-on steer arm at 8-7/8" tie-rod location. Under heavy loading, the bolts attaching the steer arm to the knuckle can shear.
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.
Stargate's own number for this recall: SB009R. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V238 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 21V238 cover?
- Stargate Dump Trailer, model years 2018-2019.
- What is wrong with them?
- Stargate Manufacturing Ltd (Stargate) is recalling certain 2018-2019 DUMP trailers equipped with the Smart-Steer 2.0 self-steering axle with a bolt-on steer arm at 8-7/8" tie-rod location. Under heavy loading, the bolts attaching the steer arm to the knuckle can shear.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The steer arm can detach from the knuckle and drag, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Stargate will notify owners, and dealers will weld the steering arm and/or replace the defective bolts, free of charge. The recall began on June 4, 2021. Owners may contact Stargate customer service at 1-905-636-6888, extension 30. Stargate's number for this recall is SB009R.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Stargate calls this recall SB009R, 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 steer arm can detach from the knuckle and drag, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V238 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Stargate Manufacturing Ltd |
| System at fault | Steering:Critical Fasteners |
| Reported to NHTSA | 5 April 2021 |
| Model years | 2018-2019 |
| Vehicles named | STARGATE DUMP TRAILER |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The steer arm can detach from the knuckle and drag, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Stargate will notify owners, and dealers will weld the steering arm and/or replace the defective bolts, free of charge. The recall began on June 4, 2021. Owners may contact Stargate customer service at 1-905-636-6888, extension 30. Stargate's number for this recall is SB009R.
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 745 notices in the record whose component field names steering. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 39 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 21V238, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/21v238/
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.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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 21V238 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
4df28621 - Consequence
82509aff - 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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