Malibu Boats Triple Axle Boat Trailer, model years 2021 to 2026. Filed by Malibu Boats, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 11 July 2025. 2,001 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Malibu Boats, LLC (Malibu Boats) is recalling certain 2021-2026 Triple Axle Boat Trailers. The brake line may fracture at the connection point to the caliper, causing a loss of brake function.
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 25V465 cover?
- Malibu Boats Triple Axle Boat Trailer, model years 2021-2026.
- What is wrong with them?
- Malibu Boats, LLC (Malibu Boats) is recalling certain 2021-2026 Triple Axle Boat Trailers. The brake line may fracture at the connection point to the caliper, causing a loss of brake function.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A loss of brake function increases the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will repair the brake lines, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 8, 2025. Owners may contact Malibu Boats customer service at 1-865-458-5478.
- 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 loss of brake function increases the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 25V465 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Malibu Boats, LLC |
| System at fault | Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings |
| Reported to NHTSA | 11 July 2025 |
| Model years | 2021-2026 |
| Vehicles named | MALIBU BOATS TRIPLE AXLE BOAT TRAILER |
What the notice says today
The defect
Malibu Boats, LLC (Malibu Boats) is recalling certain 2021-2026 Triple Axle Boat Trailers. The brake line may fracture at the connection point to the caliper, causing a loss of brake function.
The consequence
A loss of brake function increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will repair the brake lines, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 8, 2025. Owners may contact Malibu Boats customer service at 1-865-458-5478.
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 9c9755e5ae9a89bd614a0351b95af610…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
This is one of 583 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, hydraulic. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 37 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 25V465, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/25v465/
The copy quoted above hashes to 9c9755e5ae9a89bd614a0351b95af610…. 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.
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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 25V465 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
d6048f82 - Consequence
6c0d9919 - 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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