East Beast, East Beast Ii, model years 2024 to 2026. Filed by East Trailers LLC and reported to NHTSA on 13 January 2026. 769 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says East Trailers, LLC (East Trailers) is recalling certain 2024-2026 Beast and Beast II trailers. An improper weld may fail, causing the rear impact guard to detach. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard numbers 223, "Rear Impact Guards" and 224, "Rear …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 26V007 cover?
- East Beast, East Beast Ii, model years 2024-2026.
- What is wrong with them?
- East Trailers, LLC (East Trailers) is recalling certain 2024-2026 Beast and Beast II trailers. An improper weld may fail, causing the rear impact guard to detach.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A detached rear impact guard cannot mitigate the impact of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will repair the weld joint, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 12, 2026. Owners may contact East Trailers' customer service at 1-574-295-7888.
- 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 detached rear impact guard cannot mitigate the impact of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 26V007 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | East Trailers LLC |
| System at fault | Structure: Underride |
| Reported to NHTSA | 13 January 2026 |
| Model years | 2024-2026 |
| Vehicles named | EAST BEAST, EAST BEAST II |
What the notice says today
The defect
East Trailers, LLC (East Trailers) is recalling certain 2024-2026 Beast and Beast II trailers. An improper weld may fail, causing the rear impact guard to detach. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard numbers 223, "Rear Impact Guards" and 224, "Rear Impact Protection."
The consequence
A detached rear impact guard cannot mitigate the impact of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will repair the weld joint, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 12, 2026. Owners may contact East Trailers' customer service at 1-574-295-7888.
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 d87ad78768eddb9641f1b344e4929cd8…, 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.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 26V007, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v007/
The copy quoted above hashes to d87ad78768eddb9641f1b344e4929cd8…. 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 26V007 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
2547d22c - Consequence
5328d014 - 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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