Vanguard Vxp, model years 2021 to 2023. Filed by Vanguard National Trailer Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 19 June 2025. 2,192 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Vanguard National Trailer Corporation (Vanguard) is recalling all 2021-2023 VXP 28-Foot Pup trailers. The pintle hook box assembly may crack or break, reducing the trailer's stability while being towed.
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 25V385 cover?
- Vanguard VXP, model years 2021-2023.
- What is wrong with them?
- Vanguard National Trailer Corporation (Vanguard) is recalling all 2021-2023 VXP 28-Foot Pup trailers. The pintle hook box assembly may crack or break, reducing the trailer's stability while being towed.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Trailer instability can cause a loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Vanguard will inspect and repair the pintle hook box assembly as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 23, 2025. Owners may contact Vanguard customer service at 1-888-253-3008.
- 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: “Trailer instability can cause a loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 25V385 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Vanguard National Trailer Corporation |
| System at fault | Structure |
| Reported to NHTSA | 19 June 2025 |
| Model years | 2021-2023 |
| Vehicles named | VANGUARD VXP |
What the notice says today
The defect
Vanguard National Trailer Corporation (Vanguard) is recalling all 2021-2023 VXP 28-Foot Pup trailers. The pintle hook box assembly may crack or break, reducing the trailer's stability while being towed.
The consequence
Trailer instability can cause a loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Vanguard will inspect and repair the pintle hook box assembly as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 23, 2025. Owners may contact Vanguard customer service at 1-888-253-3008.
What it said before
Nothing has changed while we have been watching. We last read the wording of this campaign on 17 September 2026, and it matched the copy we already held.
That copy hashes to 710d566bcfadcc7f60b343316ec07c5b…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
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 25V385, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/25v385/
The copy quoted above hashes to 710d566bcfadcc7f60b343316ec07c5b…. If the notice is reworded later, that fingerprint will not match, which is how a reader checks that the quotation was of the version we say it was.
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 Vanguard notices we hold
- 23V497: all 2023-2024 trailer models built after November 2022 and equipped with a SAF Holland Tire Pilot Plus (TPP) tire inflation system
- 22V345: two 2022 VIP 53 ft
- 15E094: SAF-Holland tapered axles, part numbers 24790745090, 24790175090, and 24790165090, manufactured January 17, 2012, to January 10, 2013
- 10V580: MODEL YEAR 2011 COOL GLOBE TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH ARVIN MERITOR SUSPENSION SYSTEMS
All 5 Vanguard 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 25V385 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
8c7e50d3 - Consequence
86d1c351 - 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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