Atc Rm500, Atc Rm700, model year 2026. Filed by Aluminum Trailer Company (ATC) and reported to NHTSA on 22 July 2026. 2 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Aluminum Trailer Company (ATC) is recalling certain 2026 RM500 and RM700 trailers. The wireless handheld remote control may be incompatible with some legacy winches, resulting in unexpected winch movements.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 26V471 cover?
- Atc RM500, Atc RM700, model year 2026.
- What is wrong with them?
- Aluminum Trailer Company (ATC) is recalling certain 2026 RM500 and RM700 trailers. The wireless handheld remote control may be incompatible with some legacy winches, resulting in unexpected winch movements.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A winch that operates unintentionally may increase the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. ATC will replace the wireless remote or provide a refund, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 7, 2026. Owners may call ATC customer service at 1-877-441-2440.
- 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 winch that operates unintentionally may increase the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 26V471 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Aluminum Trailer Company (ATC) |
| System at fault | Electrical System |
| Reported to NHTSA | 22 July 2026 |
| Model years | 2026-2026 |
| Vehicles named | ATC RM500, ATC RM700 |
What the notice says today
The defect
Aluminum Trailer Company (ATC) is recalling certain 2026 RM500 and RM700 trailers. The wireless handheld remote control may be incompatible with some legacy winches, resulting in unexpected winch movements.
The consequence
A winch that operates unintentionally may increase the risk of injury.
The remedy
ATC will replace the wireless remote or provide a refund, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 7, 2026. Owners may call ATC customer service at 1-877-441-2440.
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 28d8118843ff6a465ebab84d8474965c…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
This is one of 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 26V471, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v471/
The copy quoted above hashes to 28d8118843ff6a465ebab84d8474965c…. 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.
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- 24V639: 2021-2023 Commercial Office trailers equipped with CK7G generators
- 24V638: 2021-2023 Commercial Office trailers equipped with CK7G generators
- 24V354: 2021-2024 Toy Hauler 5th wheel trailers
- 23V590: 2022-2023 PL700 trailers
All 21 Atc campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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- Defect summary
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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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