PlainRecordsWABASH VAN TRAILER: STRUCTURE: UNDERRIDE; STRUCTURE: CRITICAL FASTENERS
- What can happen
- An improperly installed guard may not sufficiently protect a following vehicle, increasing the risk of injury during a rear end crash.
- Remedy
- Dealers will tighten the bumper tube bolts, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August 14, 2026. Owners may contact Wabash customer service at 1-765-771-5404.
- Potentially affected
- 920
Completion rate: 29.4% of the 920 vehicles potentially affected, the share the maker has reported to NHTSA as remedied, as listed in NHTSA's recalls data (updated Nov. 12, 2026). A recall protects people only when the repair is done.
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- Date (report received by NHTSA)
- June 15, 2026
- Filed by
- Wabash National Corporation
- Vehicles
- WABASH VAN TRAILER (2027)
- Component
- STRUCTURE › UNDERRIDE; STRUCTURE › CRITICAL FASTENERS
- Description of the defect
- Wabash National Corporation (Wabash) is recalling certain 2027 Wabash van trailers. The bumper tube bolts may have been improperly tightened, reducing the protection provided by the rear impact guard. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 223, "Rear Impact Guards."
- Potentially affected
- 920
- What can happen
- An improperly installed guard may not sufficiently protect a following vehicle, increasing the risk of injury during a rear end crash.
- Remedy
- Dealers will tighten the bumper tube bolts, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August 14, 2026. Owners may contact Wabash customer service at 1-765-771-5404.
- Owner notification date
- June 30, 2026
- Manufacturer campaign number
- TBD
- Recall type
- V (vehicle)
- FMVSS
- 223
- Influenced by
- MFR
- Manufacturer's component
- nuts and bolts · nuts and bolts
- Recall number
- 26V391000
How this defect works
A simplified drawing of the part, following the words of NHTSA's record. It shows how the defect is described, not an event.
What the notice says to do (the remedy, in its words)
“Wabash National Corporation (Wabash) is recalling certain 2027 Wabash van trailers. The bumper tube bolts may have been improperly tightened, reducing the protection provided by the rear impact guard. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 223, "Rear Impact Guards."” “An improperly installed guard may not sufficiently protect a following vehicle, increasing the risk of injury during a rear end crash.”WABASH STRUCTURE: UNDERRIDE recall, NHTSA recall record, 2026-06-15. The caption and the remedy steps are the record's own words.
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This recall among the others
- WABASH: 3 other recalls or notices on this site in the three years before this one (from June 16, 2023).
Counted from the agency records on this site, as on Statistics: a recall event once, by its first notice.
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Cite this record
NHTSA recall record 26V391000, June 15, 2026. PlainRecords' title: "WABASH VAN TRAILER: STRUCTURE: UNDERRIDE; STRUCTURE: CRITICAL FASTENERS." PlainRecords, https://plainrecords.com/recall/vehicle/26v391000/ (as of the day it was built).At each build a sample of records from each source is compared with the agency's published file and the page; every correction is public. Drawings are chosen by software that reads the record. Built daily. How we check · Corrections