Recall
Great Dane recalls up to 69 Champion dry van trailers over coupler
Owners of certain 2027 Champion dry van trailers are advised not to use them until Great Dane inspects and replaces the upper coupler assembly as necessary, free of charge.
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Key numbers
Units potentially affected as filed with NHTSA
- Crash risk
- Do not drive
- Model year
- 2027
- NHTSA campaign
- 26V-656
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Is your car affected?
For open (unrepaired) recalls on your car, enter its 17-character VIN in NHTSA's lookup by VIN.
Recall at a glance
- Vehicles
- Certain 2027 Great Dane Champion dry van trailers
- Risk
- The upper coupler may have an incorrect bottom plate installed, and the kingpin may protrude, preventing the trailer from coupling properly; an improperly coupled trailer may detach, increasing the risk of a crash
- Component
- Trailer hitches
- Do-not-use advisory
- Yes: owners are advised not to use their trailers until the repair is completed
- Remedy
- Great Dane will inspect and replace the upper coupler assembly as necessary, free of charge
- Campaign number
- NHTSA 26V-656 (26V656000)
- Owner letters
- Expected to be mailed Dec. 4, 2026
- Report received by NHTSA
- Oct. 6, 2026
- Great Dane customer service
- 1-877-369-3493
Source for every row: source 1.
What to do
- Owners are advised not to use their trailers until the repair is completed.
- Great Dane will inspect and replace the upper coupler assembly as necessary, free of charge.
- Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed Dec. 4, 2026.
- Owners may contact Great Dane's customer service at 1-877-369-3493.
What happened
Great Dane Trailers (Great Dane) is recalling certain 2027 Champion dry van trailers, according to a recall report the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received on Oct. 6, 2026. The recall lists 69 units as potentially affected.
The upper coupler may have an incorrect bottom plate installed, the recall says. The kingpin may protrude, preventing the trailer from coupling properly. An improperly coupled trailer may detach, increasing the risk of a crash.
NHTSA lists the affected component as trailer hitches.
NHTSA's record includes a do-not-use advisory: owners are advised not to use their trailers until the repair is completed. The record does not include a park-outside advisory or mark the recall as an over-the-air update.
The NHTSA campaign number is 26V-656 (26V656000).
Is my car affected?
NHTSA's record says the recall covers certain 2027 Champion dry van trailers.
Enter your 17-character VIN in our free recall check at /vin-check/ or on NHTSA.gov.
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Sources
All accessed 2026-10-25.