BROKEN SPRINGS, 1 ON EACH SIDE. *TT *TR *DT*JB
- NHTSA ID
- 11124215
- Incident
- Aug 15, 2018
- Mileage
- 5,000 mi
Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2017 Crossroads Redwood. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
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BROKEN SPRINGS, 1 ON EACH SIDE. *TT *TR *DT*JB
THE LEAF SPRINGS ON MY UNIT WERE BENDING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. A FRIEND FOLLOWING ME ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY TOLD ME MY TRAILER WAS LEANING TO THE LEFT WHILE DRIVING. I CRAWLED UNDERNEATH THE UNIT AND FOUND THE SPRINGS ON THE LEFT SIDE BENT. I THOUGHT MAYBE I HAD OVERLOADED THE TRAILER SO I WENT TO THE CAT CERTIFIED SCALES AND FOUND I WAS UNDER THE FACTORY SPECS BY AT LEAST 300 OR MORE LBS. I TALKING WITH FELLOW REDWOOD OWNERS I DISCOVERED THEY HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE AND EVEN SOME THAT HAD BROKEN THAT SPRING WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT EITHER IN THE WEIGHT CAPACITY OF THE SPRINGS OR QUALITY OF THE CHINA MADE SPRINGS ON THESE UNITS. IF THESE BREAK OFF IT COULD BE A CATASTROPHIC OUTCOME FOR THE PERSON TOWING. MAJOR SAFETY DEFECT IN MY MIND. I AM A ASE MASTER AUTO TECHNICIAN SO I AM VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE OF SUSPENSIONS AND AXLES.*DT THE CONSUMER STATED HE RECEIVED SPRINGS UNDER WARRANTY AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED. *TR
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.
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