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2009 Featherlite Trailer Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Aug 16, 2012
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Aug 16, 2012

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2009 Featherlite Trailer. 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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Tires & wheels
Filed Aug 16, 2012

ON JULY 8, 2012 TRAVELING SOUTH ON I-81 MY ENCLOSED TRAILER SUFFERED A BLOWOUT OF A TOWMAX RADIAL TIRE, 225/75R/15 LOAD RANGE E. THE TRAILER IS A 24' WITH (2) 5200LB AXLES AND CARRYING A 3800LB CAR WITH AN ADDITIONAL 400LBS OF LUGGAGE AND EQUIPMENT. THE TOWMAX TIRE WAS INFLATED TO 80PSI PER THE SIDEWALL INSTRUCTIONS. IT HAD A TREAD SEPARATION. THE TREAD CAME OFF THE TIRE AND AS IT ROTATED, BEAT A HOLE IN THE FLOOR OF THE TRAILER AND TORE UP THE FENDER AND SOME EXTERIOR TRIM. I PURCHASED 4 TOWMAX RADIALS ON 08/09/11 FOR THIS TRAILER. THE TIRE WAS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD WITH APPROXIMATELY 2000 MILES ON IT. THE FIRESTONE DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO MILEAGE WARRANTY NOR DEFECT WARRANTY ON THE TIRE. I REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER BRAND. ON 8/12/2012, THE SAME TRAILER SUFFERED A TIRE BLOWOUT OF ANOTHER BRANDED TOWMAX TIRE. THIS TIRE HAD APPROXIMATELY 3200 MILES ON IT AND WAS ALSO INFLATED TO 80PSI PER THE SIDEWALL INSTRUCTIONS. THIS WAS ON I-75 AND THE FAILURE WAS ALSO A TREAD SEPARATION. I HAVE SAVED THIS TIRE FOR INSPECTION. THE DAMAGE THIS TIME WAS MORE EXTENSIVE THAN THE PREVIOUS BLOWOUT. I HAVE NOT REPLACED THIS TIRE YET, BUT WILL REPLACE WITH ANOTHER BRAND. ESTIMATED TRAILER DAMAGE - $2500. TO SUMMARIZE, I HAVE HAD 2 TIRE BLOWOUTS OF THE SAME BRAND TIRES THAT ARE ONE YEAR OLD WITH 2K AND 3K MILES ON THEM RESPECTIVELY. THE FAILURES ARE IN THE SAME AREAS OF THE TIRES BEING TREAD SEPARATION. I BELIEVE THESE ARE DEFECTIVE TIRES AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR POSSIBLE RECALL OR REMOVAL FROM THE MARKET. *TR

NHTSA ID
10471212
Incident
Aug 12, 2012
Mileage
5,200 mi

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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