Wabash National Van, model years 2009 to 2024. Filed by Wabash National Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 20 September 2023. 3,711 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Wabash National Corporation (Wabash) is recalling certain 2009-2024 dry van trailers equipped with a rail-style lift gate. Please see the recall report for a complete list of models. The location of the rear impact guard is too far forward from the rear of the trailer, reducing impact protection. As such, these …
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Wabash's own number for this recall: B23015. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 23V646 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 23V646 cover?
- Wabash National Van, model years 2009-2024.
- What is wrong with them?
- Wabash National Corporation (Wabash) is recalling certain 2009-2024 dry van trailers equipped with a rail-style lift gate. Please see the recall report for a complete list of models. The location of the rear impact guard is too far forward from the rear of the trailer, reducing impact protection.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- In the event of a rear impact crash, the rear impact guard may not sufficiently protect light duty vehicles, increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will add an extension to the rear impact guard, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 4, 2023. Owners may contact Wabash customer service at 1-765-771-5404. Wabash's number for this recall is B23015.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Wabash calls this recall B23015, 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: “In the event of a rear impact crash, the rear impact guard may not sufficiently protect light duty vehicles, increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 23V646 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Wabash National Corporation |
| System at fault | Structure:Body |
| Reported to NHTSA | 20 September 2023 |
| Model years | 2009-2024 |
| Vehicles named | WABASH NATIONAL VAN |
What the notice says today
The consequence
In the event of a rear impact crash, the rear impact guard may not sufficiently protect light duty vehicles, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will add an extension to the rear impact guard, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 4, 2023. Owners may contact Wabash customer service at 1-765-771-5404. Wabash's number for this recall is B23015.
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 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 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 23V646, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/23v646/
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.
Other Wabash notices we hold
- 26V506: 2027 Van Trailers
- 26V449: 2025-2026 Dry Freight trucks The deck pins may break, resulting in the liftgate platform falling
- 26V435: 2021-2026 Econex Refrigerated Body
- 26V391: 2027 Wabash van trailers
- 26V323: 2019-2023 Transcraft Platform and 2024-2027 Wabash Platform trailers
- 25V774: 2025-2026 Stepdeck trailers
- 25V762: 2025-2026 Stepdeck trailers
- 25V625: 2026 DVCVHPC van trailers
All 24 Wabash campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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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 23V646 on 5 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
9fae9e6c - Consequence
8ca26d2e - 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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