Vanguard · NHTSA safety record

2013 Vanguard DRY Freight Van Trailer

Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government holds on this vehicle.

Owners have filed 59 safety complaints about the 2013 Vanguard DRY Freight Van Trailer with the US government. Of those, no death is recorded. No recall campaign has been matched to this year, make and model.

The most complained-about system is the body structure, named in 59 complaints, 100% of the total.

Compiled from NHTSA's complaint, recall and investigation files · Covers April 2019 to April 2019 · How this is counted

What is on file

59 complaints on file

Complaints

Describe a crash

Mention fire

People injured

Deaths

A complaint is an unverified account by the person who filed it, not a finding of fault. One complaint is one ODI number, which is how NHTSA counts them.

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.

Which system owners named

Complaints naming each system

STRUCTURE 59 · 100% 59 100%

0 27 54

One complaint can name several systems, so these add up to more than 59.

Crash test ratings

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program

NHTSA has not crash tested the 2013 Vanguard DRY Freight Van Trailer. Its New Car Assessment Program tests a selection of each year's vehicles and does not reach motorcycles, heavy trucks, motorhomes or most low-volume models, so an absence here says nothing about how the vehicle would perform. It is not a low score.

What owners have reported about this vehicle is below, and it is a different question: a crash test measures what happens to the people inside in a controlled impact, while a complaint records what broke during ordinary use.

In owners’ own words

Quoted from the complaint file

Quoted from NHTSA's complaint file. These are unverified accounts by the people who filed them, not findings of fault.