TRAILER HITCH ON VEHICLE WAS CRACKED. *AK NLM.
- NHTSA ID
- 896715
- Incident
- Sep 3, 2001
Owner-reported complaints naming the other system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Chevrolet Suburban submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TRAILER HITCH ON VEHICLE WAS CRACKED. *AK NLM.
AT 65 MPH, LEFT REAR WHEEL BROKE OFF, SHEARING 2 LUG NUTS. BRAKE JOB DONE 30 DAYS PRIOR.*AK
TRAILER HITCH HAS DEVELOPED TWO CRACKS IN LEFT AND RIGHT HAND SIDES OF HITCH WHICH COULD CAUSE A PROBLEM IF PULLING ADDITIONAL WEIGHT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE DEALER VERIFIED THAT THE TRAILER HITCH HAD CRACKED ON BOTH SIDES AND WAS UNSAFE. THE CONSUMER SAYS THAT THE HITCH WAS IMPROPERLY DISIGNED AND SHOULD BE REIMBURSED COST OF REPAIR. *YH
THE HITCH RECEIVER IS STARTING TO CRACK (PART # 15643953). NLM
CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED BY INDEPENDENT GROUP AT A TRADE SHOW THAT FOUND TRAILER HITCH WAS CRACKED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
CONSUMER NOTICED TRAILER HITCH ATTACHMENT WITH CRACKS ON SIDE. *AK THE CRACKS ARE ON THE CURVED PART OF THE ANGLE BRACKET BOLTED TO THE FRAME, DEALER REPLACED THE HITCH. *SLC
TRAILER HITCH RECEIVER FAILED. *MJS
TWO CRACKS DISCOVERED IN THE HITCH RECEIVER TRAILER PLATFORM. *MJS
RIGHT REAR TIRE FELL OFF DUE TO LUG NUTS THAT BROKE OFF, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT).
AIR CONDITIONER FAILED.
WHEELS LOCK UP WHEN BRAKES APPLIED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE THROUGH TRAFFIC.
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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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