Ranger Trail Rt198p, model years 2021 to 2022. Filed by Tracker Marine, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 21 July 2021. 145 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Tracker Marine, LLC (Tracker) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Ranger Trail RT198PP and RT198PPB trailers. An incorrect-size safety cable was installed, which is under-rated for the size of the trailer.
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.
Ranger Trail's own number for this recall: TS-0039. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V553 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 21V553 cover?
- Ranger Trail Rt198P, model years 2021-2022.
- What is wrong with them?
- Tracker Marine, LLC (Tracker) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Ranger Trail RT198PP and RT198PPB trailers. An incorrect-size safety cable was installed, which is under-rated for the size of the trailer.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The safety cable may not prevent trailer detachment in the event the coupler fails, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will replace the safety cable, free of charge. Owners may contact Tracker customer service at 1-417-873-4555. Tracker's number for this recall is TS-0039.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Ranger Trail calls this recall TS-0039, 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 safety cable may not prevent trailer detachment in the event the coupler fails, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V553 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Tracker Marine, LLC |
| System at fault | Equipment:Recreational Vehicle/Trailer |
| Reported to NHTSA | 21 July 2021 |
| Model years | 2021-2022 |
| Vehicles named | RANGER TRAIL RT198P |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The safety cable may not prevent trailer detachment in the event the coupler fails, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the safety cable, free of charge. Owners may contact Tracker customer service at 1-417-873-4555. Tracker's number for this recall is TS-0039.
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.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 21V553, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/21v553/
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 Trailstar notices we hold
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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 21V553 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
7a43232e - Consequence
06021d3d - 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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