STRUCTURE:BODY
PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.
NHTSA complaint 11194889. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.
Vanguard · NHTSA safety record
2013 Vanguard DRY Freight VAN Trailer
Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government holds on this vehicle.
59
Complaints
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
Owners of the 2013 Vanguard DRY Freight VAN Trailer have filed 59 safety complaints with NHTSA between April 2019 and April 2019. The most complained-about system is the body structure, named in 59 of them (100%).
No recall campaign was matched to this year, make and model. That is not the same as a clean vehicle: recalls are issued against production ranges, and the only reliable check is your own VIN.
What owners report
Complaints naming each system. One complaint can name several, so these add up to more than 59.
STRUCTURE 59 100%
In owners' own words
Quoted from NHTSA's complaint file. These are unverified accounts by the people who filed them, not findings of fault.
STRUCTURE:BODY
PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.
NHTSA complaint 11194890. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.
STRUCTURE:BODY
PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.
NHTSA complaint 11194892. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.
STRUCTURE:BODY
PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.
NHTSA complaint 11194894. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.
STRUCTURE:BODY
PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.
NHTSA complaint 11194897. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.
STRUCTURE:BODY
PANELS DEFECTIVE SHOWING PITTING AROUND RIVETS. BOWING PROBABLE. ISSUE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY VANGUARD.
NHTSA complaint 11194900. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.
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Where these numbers come from
- Complaints: NHTSA's ODI complaint file , published August 20, 2026. One complaint is one ODI number, which is how NHTSA counts them.
- Recalls: NHTSA's recall campaign API , most recent campaign filed August 12, 2026.
- Investigations: NHTSA's ODI investigation file , published 2026-08-19.
A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.
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