Lakota Bighorn, Lakota Charger, model years 2020 to 2024. Filed by Lakota Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 3 August 2023. 65 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Lakota Corporation (Lakota) is recalling certain 2020-2024 Bighorn and Charger Triple Axle 5&6 horse trailers. The main rails of the axle carrier may have been manufactured with an insufficient gauge steel, which can cause the carrier to break.
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 23V550 cover?
- Lakota Bighorn, Lakota Charger, model years 2020-2024.
- What is wrong with them?
- Lakota Corporation (Lakota) is recalling certain 2020-2024 Bighorn and Charger Triple Axle 5&6 horse trailers. The main rails of the axle carrier may have been manufactured with an insufficient gauge steel, which can cause the carrier to break.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A broken axle carrier can cause the axles and tires to fail, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Owners are advised not to use their trailer until the remedy has been completed. Dealers will install gussets and additional tubes, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 1, 2023. Owners may contact Lakota customer service at 1-574-848-1636.
- 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 broken axle carrier can cause the axles and tires to fail, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 23V550 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Lakota Corporation |
| System at fault | Suspension:Multiple Axle |
| Reported to NHTSA | 3 August 2023 |
| Model years | 2020-2024 |
| Vehicles named | LAKOTA BIGHORN, LAKOTA CHARGER |
This is not an ordinary campaign.
- Owners are told not to drive the vehicle at all. NHTSA applies this to a small minority of campaigns. 28 of the 1,399 we currently hold.
What the notice says today
The consequence
A broken axle carrier can cause the axles and tires to fail, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Owners are advised not to use their trailer until the remedy has been completed. Dealers will install gussets and additional tubes, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 1, 2023. Owners may contact Lakota customer service at 1-574-848-1636.
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
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CarsMultiverse, recall 23V550, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/23v550/
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 Lakota notices we hold
- 23V077: 2019-2023 Bighorn trailers
- 22V005: 2021-2022 Bighorn, Charger, and Livestock trailers equipped with certain Sailun tires, size ST235/80R16/G
- 19V437: 2018-2020 Colt 6-foot 9-inch wide horse trailers
- 19V080: 2018-2019 Lakota Bighorn, Charger, Colt and Livestock Edition trailers
- 18V619: 2018-2019 Lakota Bighorn, Charger and Colt trailers equipped with a 6 or 8 cubic foot refrigerator installed in main living area with a roof vent
- 18V265: 2018-2019 Bighorn, Charger and Colt horse and livestock trailers equipped with a rear ramp option
- 18V261: 2018-2019 Bighorn, Charger, and Colt trailers
- 17V473: 2017-2018 Lakota trailers
All 16 Lakota 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 23V550 on 5 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
47309a2e - Consequence
da0b66d1 - 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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