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1999 Great Dane 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 Apr 30, 2007
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 Jul 30, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 Great Dane 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

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Other / unspecified
Filed Apr 30, 2007

1999 GREAT DANE TRAILER. CONSUMER WAS EASTBOUND ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE WHEN THE RIGHT REAR TRAILER WHEEL CAME OFF. CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO A PLAZA WHEN THE SECOND WHEEL CAME OFF. *MC THE RIGHT REAR WHEELS SEPARATED FROM THE TRAILER DUE TO THE LUG BOLTS/NUTS SHEARING OFF. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *JB

NHTSA ID
10190049
Incident
Mar 21, 2007
Other / unspecified
Filed Dec 1, 2006
Fire reported

THE 1999 GREAT DANE TRAILER'S LEFT TANDEM WHEELS CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TS THE WAS DAMAG TO THE REAR TANDEM WHEELS, TRAILER FLOOR, AND TO THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER. *NM

NHTSA ID
10176425
Incident
Oct 3, 2006
Powertrain (other)
Filed May 11, 2004
Crash reported1 injury reported

CONSUMER WAS INJURED WHEN THE GREAT DANE TRAILER HIS TRACTOR RIG WAS PULLING FAILED. *MR WHILE DRIVING THE TRAILER ON THE VEHICLE LOST IT'S REAR AXLES. THE AXLES WENT ACROSS THE ROAD AND COLLIDED WITH THE GUARDRAIL. THE TRAILERS LOAD SHIFTED WHICH CAUSED THE TRAILER TO ROLL ONTO IT'S RIGHT SIDE AND SLIDE ALONG THE EMBANKMENT. THE TRACTOR'S FRONT END COLLIDED INTO THE EMBANKMENT. THE TRACTORS AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER WAS INJURED ((STATE OF COLORADO TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORT). *NM

NHTSA ID
10073779
Incident
May 8, 2002
Powertrain (other)
Filed Jul 30, 2002

WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT AXLE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRAILER BROKE, THE ALUMINUM HOUSING WHICH COVERS THE WHEEL BEARING CAME OFF OF THE AXLE.(OHIO TRAFFIC REPORT, 10-91-274)*JB

NHTSA ID
566997
Incident
May 21, 2002

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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