2004 4-Star Trailers Horse Trailer Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2004 4-Star Trailers Horse Trailer, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Tires & wheels266.7%
- Suspension133.3%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Tires & wheels
Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.
From owner reports, verbatim
BLOW OUT OF UNIROYAL LT235 85R16 TIRES ON HORSE TRAILER WITH NO SIGNS OF WEAR. SECOND BLOW OUT WAS THIS YEAR. I FEEL THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS TIRE AS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. TIRES WERE INFLATED PROPERLY. REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND. *TR
NEW TIRES PURCHASED ON OCTOBER 5, 2007 COMPLETELY FAILED LESS THAN 7 MONTHS LATER IN MAY 2008. YOUR SYSTEM DOES NOT HAVE THE OPTION OF SELECTING THE CORRECT TIRE MANUFACTURER SO I ENTERED THE INFORMATION AS CLOSE TO THE CORRECT DATA AS POSSIBLE. PARKHOUSE TIRE, INC. PURCHASED THE TIRES AND I DO NOT KNOW THE MFG. *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Suspension
Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware.
From owner reports, verbatim
TL*- THE CONTACT TOOK HIS 2004 KIEFER BUILT HORSE TRAILER TO DEALER TO GET A TIRE REPLACEMENT AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE AXLE. AFTER THE TIRE WAS REPLACED HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GRAND CHAMPION AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THE TIRE NEEDED BALANCING. GRAND CHAMPION TOLD THE CONTACT THAT THE TIRE WAS BALANCED WHEN THE TIRE COMPANY REPLACED THE TIRE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE IN ABOUT 4-6 MONTHS LATER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE SAME TIRE WAS WEARING AGAIN. HE THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO GRAND CHAMPION , AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INFORMED GRAND CHAMPION THAT THE TIRE COMPANY TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AXLE, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE TIRE WEARING OUT SO FAST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT 4 MONTHS LATER WHILE DRIVING HE CAME TO A STOP AND GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE WHEEL. HE PULLED OVER TO A PARKING LOT AND THE WHEEL CAME OFF THE VEHICLE. HE CONTACTED GRAND CHAMPION ,AND WAS VERY UPSET. HE STATED THAT HE HAD HORSES ON THIS VEHICLE AND THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A CRASH IF HE HADN'T NOTICED THE SMOKE FROM THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. GRAND CHAMPION INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HE NEEDED TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK TO THEM. THE CONTACT DID GET THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY HAD THE TRAILER FOR 3-4 WEEKS AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY REPLACED THE AXLE ON THE VEHICLE BUT THEY DID NOT REPLACED THE FENDER. *AK
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .