- Vehicles
- 165
- Built between
- Mar 2015 – Mar 2015
- Models
- 15
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 23 October 2015
- Repaired
- 13%
- Unrepaired
- 143
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between March 2015 and March 2015. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2016 Qualitec GooseneckBuilt March 2015 to March 2015
- 2016 Qualitec YukonBuilt March 2015 to March 2015
- 2016 Stealth CAR Hauler ExpressBuilt March 2015 to March 2015
- 2016 Stealth ColdshoreBuilt March 2015 to March 2015
- 2016 Stealth GooseneckBuilt March 2015 to March 2015
- 2016 Stealth IntruderBuilt March 2015 to March 2015
- 2016 Stealth LibertyBuilt March 2015 to March 2015
- 2016 Stealth Liberty Limited EditionBuilt March 2015 to March 2015
- 2016 Stealth Phantom IBuilt March 2015 to March 2015
- 2016 Stealth PredatorBuilt March 2015 to March 2015
- 2016 Stealth ProwlerBuilt March 2015 to March 2015
- 2016 Stealth Super-LiteBuilt March 2015 to March 2015
- 2016 Stealth TitanBuilt March 2015 to March 2015
- 2016 Stealth Titan SEBuilt March 2015 to March 2015
- 2016 Stealth ViperBuilt March 2015 to March 2015
Repair progress
143 of 165 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q1 2017.
13% repaired — 22 of 165 reported
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Stealth Enterprises LLC DBA Stealth Trailers (Stealth Trailers) is recalling certain model year 2016 Qualitec Gooseneck and Yukon, Stealth Super-Lite, Predator, Intruder, Car Hauler Express, Gooseneck, Liberty, Liberty Limited Edition, Phantom I, Prowler, Titan, Titan SE, Viper, and Coldshore trailers manufactured March 9, 2015, to March 23, 2015. In the affected trailers, the studs that are used to attach the wheels to the axle hubs may break.
What could happen
If the wheel studs break, the wheel could detach from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
What gets fixed
Stealth Trailers will notify owners, and dealers will replace any affected wheel hub, free of charge. The began on October 23, 2015.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtMarch 2015 to March 2015
- Recall reported to NHTSA23 September 2015
- Owners notified23 October 2015
- Latest repair reportQ1 2017 — 13% repaired
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 23 September 2015.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners may contact Stealth Trailers customer service at 1-574-848-5900.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- Stealth Enterprises, LLC DBA Stealth Tra
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.