Great Dane recalls
Models
- Champion 18
- Everest 9
- DRY Freight Semi-Trailer 4
- Reefer 4
- Trailer 4
- Converter Dolly 3
- Everest SS 3
- Freedom 3
- Great Dane as such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 224, "Rear Impact Protection." 2027 Great Dane Champion
- Great Dane deck pins may break, resulting in the liftgate platform falling. 2026 Great Dane Champion
- Great Dane cylinder pin in the slide liftgate may be insufficiently lubricated, which can cause the pin to seize, resulting in lift gate failure. 2024 Great Dane Champion
- Great Dane roll-up door operator bolts may not have been properly tightened and increasing the force required to open or close the door. 2026 Great Dane Champion
- Great Dane tires may have been manufactured incorrectly with one of the three stabilizer ply belts applied in the wrong orientation. 2025 Great Dane Champion
- Great Dane missing kingpin welds may prevent the upper coupler from securely connecting the trailer. 2025 Great Dane Champion
- Great Dane rear impact guard may have been welded improperly. 2025 Great Dane Champion
- Great Dane support gear bracing mounts may have been welded improperly. 2025 Great Dane Everest SS
- Great Dane VINs on the certification label may be incorrect. 2023 Great Dane Champion
- Great Dane axle spindle nut may have been improperly tightened. 2024 Great Dane Champion
- Great Dane all 8 tires may experience a loss of tire pressure while driving faster than 45 mph. 2024 Great Dane Champion, Everest
- Great Dane wheel hubs may have an insufficient amount of lubrication, which could cause the hub bearings to fail. 2023 Great Dane Champion
- Great Dane retaining clip in the brake pad retaining assembly may be loose or could detach, loosening the brake pad. 2023 Great Dane Champion, Everest
- Great Dane incorrect axle spindle nuts may have been installed, which could result in bearing failure. 2023 Great Dane Champion
- Great Dane platform trailers may have been produced without a rear impact guard (RIG) certification plate. 2019 Great Dane Freedom
- Great Dane suspension radius rod mounting bolts were not properly tightened, which could allow the bolts to come loose and fall out. 2022 Great Dane Champion, Everest
- Great Dane wheel hubs may have an insufficient amount of lubrication, which could cause the hub bearings to fail. 2022 Great Dane Champion, Everest
- Great Dane screws that secure the bracket cover and end cover of the iABS unit may have been improperly tightened, which can allow the screws to loosen and back out, resulting in a loss of pressure in the unit. 2020 Great Dane Champion, Everest, Freedom
- Great Dane brake caliper mounting bolts may be insufficiently tightened, allowing the bolts to loosen. 2022 Great Dane Champion
- Great Dane iABS sensor cables may be plugged into the wrong ports on the electronic control unit (ECU). 2021–2022 Great Dane Champion, Everest
- Great Dane if installed, the license plate light may aim rearward and not towards the license plate. 2018 Great Dane Truck Body
- Great Dane axle nut retaining clips may have been improperly installed, potentially resulting in loose wheels and loss of vehicle control. 2020 Great Dane Everest
- Great Dane spare tire carriers may have been improperly installed, possibly resulting in the spare tire carrier detaching from the trailer. 2018 Great Dane Champion CL Drop Deck
- Great Dane rear impact guards on these vehicles may be too narrow. 2019 Great Dane Freedom
- Great Dane these trailers may have an insufficient amount of reflective conspicuity tape along the length of the trailer. 2019 Great Dane Champion Composite DRY
- Great Dane these trailers may have been built without brake rollers, causing a reduction in brake effectiveness. 2019 Great Dane Everest
- Great Dane during manufacturing, the adjuster anchor pins may not have been properly tightened, causing the pins to loosen or detach. 2019 Great Dane Everest
- Great Dane brake caliper bolts on these axles may not be properly torqued which can allow the caliper to detach from the mounting flange. 2018 Great Dane Everest SS
- Great Dane plug for the front brake chamber service port may not have been properly tightened, possibly reducing the service brake pressure. 2018 Great Dane Everest SS
- Great Dane these valves may have been improperly machined which may cause a delay of application of the spring brakes while parking. 2015 Great Dane DRY Freight Van, Flatbed Trailer, Reefer
- Great Dane affected axle assemblies have caliper bolts that may not have been properly tightened, allowing the caliper mounting bolts to back out and the caliper to detach from the axle flange. 2015 Great Dane Reefer
- Great Dane during production, the axle nut retaining clips may not have been properly seated or may have been omitted from the axle assemblies. 2016 Great Dane Converter Dolly, DRY Freight Semi-Trailer
- Great Dane due to a problem with the brake valve, the affected dollies may experience brake drag. 2015 Great Dane Converter Dolly
- Great Dane affected actuators may have an incomplete attachment of the internal rubber diaphragm to the actuation mechanism of the parking brake section of the Life Seal actuator. 2015 Great Dane Reefer, Van
- Great Dane due a problem with a brake valve, the affected trailers may experience brake drag. 2015 Great Dane Converter Dolly
- Great Dane affected trailers may be missing a weld from the pintle hook to the bogie tube. 2015 Great Dane DRY Freight Semi-Trailer
- Great Dane in the affected trailers, the brackets used to store aluminum J-hook cargo restraint plates may break and allowing the cargo restraint plates that are stored on the bracket to fall from the trailer. 2013 Great Dane Flatbed Trailer
- Great Dane welds at the bottom of the I-beam bogie frame may have been improperly applied. 2011 Great Dane DRY Freight Semi-Trailer
- Great Dane axle nut retaining clips may not have been properly seated. 2011 Great Dane DRY Freight Semi-Trailer
- Great Dane lock nuts and bolts attaching the air ride suspension hangers to the trailer are defective which may result in loss of fastener torque allowing the suspension hangers to become loose. 2010 Great Dane Gpa
- Great Dane due to an incomplete "knitting" of the iron at the time of casting, inadequate structural integrity of the slack adjuster housing can occur, which could cause the housing to break at the handle under normal operating loads. 2011 Great Dane Reefer, Semi Van
- Great Dane if the bracket clip fastener fails, the ramp could become disengaged from the trailer. 2009 Great Dane Trailer
- Great Dane spindle nut may not have been properly torqued or not torqued at all allowing excessive END-PLAY in the WHEEL-END system that could progress to a wheel separation. 2007 Great Dane Trailer
- Great Dane suspect systems may have missing welds at the interface of the lower seat bracket and axle beam. 2011 Great Dane Trailer
- Great Dane rubber diaphragm inside the qrv may experience delamination resulting in significant levels of air pressure leakage past AND/OR through the diaphragm, or the development of a bubble in the diaphragm which may trap air pressure in the valve and not allow the service brakes to release. 2009 Great Dane Trailer