Fontaine Forklift Trailer Hcifl12sat, Fontaine Forklift Trailer Hcifl82cta, model years 2025 to 2026. Filed by Fontaine Trailer Company and reported to NHTSA on 29 August 2025. 35 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Fontaine Trailer Company (Fontaine Trailer) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Fontaine HCIFL12SAT and HCIFL82CTA forklift trailers. The auto lift axle cables may not be installed in the correct ports, which can disable the anti-lock brake system. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 25V560 cover?
- Fontaine Forklift Trailer Hcifl12Sat, Fontaine Forklift Trailer Hcifl82Cta, model years 2025-2026.
- What is wrong with them?
- Fontaine Trailer Company (Fontaine Trailer) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Fontaine HCIFL12SAT and HCIFL82CTA forklift trailers. The auto lift axle cables may not be installed in the correct ports, which can disable the anti-lock brake system.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Driving without a functioning anti-lock brake system may result in the trailer not braking as intended, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Fontaine Trailer will rewire the cable connections, free of charge. Owners may contact Fontaine Trailer customer service at 1-800-821-6535, option 5.
- 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: “Driving without a functioning anti-lock brake system may result in the trailer not braking as intended, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 25V560 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Fontaine Trailer Company |
| System at fault | Service Brakes, Air:Antilock:Control Unit/Module |
| Reported to NHTSA | 29 August 2025 |
| Model years | 2025-2026 |
| Vehicles named | FONTAINE FORKLIFT TRAILER HCIFL12SAT, FONTAINE FORKLIFT TRAILER HCIFL82CTA |
What the notice says today
The defect
Fontaine Trailer Company (Fontaine Trailer) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Fontaine HCIFL12SAT and HCIFL82CTA forklift trailers. The auto lift axle cables may not be installed in the correct ports, which can disable the anti-lock brake system. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 121, "Air Brake Systems."
The consequence
Driving without a functioning anti-lock brake system may result in the trailer not braking as intended, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Fontaine Trailer will rewire the cable connections, free of charge. Owners may contact Fontaine Trailer customer service at 1-800-821-6535, option 5.
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 811601ae909b1f541cb5ad154f0a6213…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
This is one of 353 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, air. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 25V560, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/25v560/
The copy quoted above hashes to 811601ae909b1f541cb5ad154f0a6213…. 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 Fontaine notices we hold
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All 4 Fontaine 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 25V560 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
a158107d - Consequence
887458e3 - 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.
The wording we hold for 25V560 · how the whole register is watched
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