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1996 Fruehauf 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 Jul 12, 2001
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 Jan 4, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 7 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 Fruehauf 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.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–7 of 7

Suspension
Filed Jul 12, 2001

CONSUMER COMPLAINS THE SUSPENSION ALLIGNMENT ARM ON BOTH VEHICLES BROKE FROM THE HANGER, CAUSING LOOSE ALIGNMENTS AND STRAYING, REPAIRS WERE MADE BUT NO RESOLUTIONS. *JG

NHTSA ID
561975
Suspension
Filed May 8, 2001

THE REAR SUSPENSION FAILED, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT HAS FAILED TWICE SINCE REPAIR, THE REAR SUSPENSION (SPREAD TAMDEM) BROKE, THE SPRING HANGER, SPRING BLOCK AND TORQUE ARM BLOCK FAILED. NLM

NHTSA ID
561096
Incident
Dec 1, 1995
Suspension
Filed Jan 4, 2000

TRAILER HAS POORLY DESIGN SUSPENSION CAUSING THE TRAILER TO SWAY BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING. NLM

NHTSA ID
550215
Suspension
Filed Jan 4, 2000

TRAILER HAS POORLY DESIGN SUSPENSION CAUSING THE TRAILER TO SWAY BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING. NLM

NHTSA ID
550214
Suspension
Filed Jan 4, 2000

TRAILER HAS POORLY DESIGN SUSPENSION CAUSING THE TRAILER TO SWAY BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING. NLM

NHTSA ID
550213
Suspension
Filed Jan 4, 2000

TRAILER HAS POORLY DESIGN SUSPENSION CAUSING THE TRAILER TO SWAY BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING. NLM

NHTSA ID
550212
Suspension
Filed Jan 4, 2000

TRAILER HAS POORLY DESIGN SUSPENSION CAUSING THE TRAILER TO SWAY BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING. NLM

NHTSA ID
550208

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.

Data sources

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