Recall · 25V417000
Bowlus Road Chief recalled 4 models over equipment
57
Vehicles covered
4
Models
7
Model years
June 27, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
- The defect
- Bowlus Road Chief LLC (Bowlus) is recalling certain 2022-2023, 2025 Endless Highways, 2024-2025 Volterra, 2024 Terra Firma, and 2025 Rivet trailers equipped with an elongated hitch. The owners manual does not include instructions to retighten the two hitch bolts in the maintenance schedule.
- What it can cause
- Without regular tightening, the hitch bolts can loosen, allowing the top and bottom of the hitch to separate from each other, which could create a hazard and increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Bowlus will provide a supplement to the owners manual. Dealers will inspect, replace, and tighten the hitch bolts, as necessary. All repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 1, 2025. Owners may contact Bowlus' customer service at [email protected].
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| BowlusEndless Highways | 2022, 2023 and 2025 | Not published here |
| BowlusRivet | 2025 | Not published here |
| BowlusTerra Firma | 2024 | Not published here |
| BowlusVolterra | 2024 to 2025 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 57 vehicles this is a small campaign: 76% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2022 to 2025, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Bowlus vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 2 times before this, most recently in August 2022 as 22V601000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 22V601000 (equipment), 22V342000 (equipment).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Bowlus Road Chief LLC with NHTSA on June 27, 2025 as campaign 25V417000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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