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1991 Grote Trailer Lighting Kits 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 Jun 20, 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 Jun 20, 2007

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1991 Grote Trailer Lighting Kits. 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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Electrical
Filed Jun 20, 2007
Fire reported

I PURCHASED A SET OF LED TRAILER LIGHTS FROM WEST MARINE IN CALIFORNIA. THE FIRST TIME I USED THE TRAILER I FOUND THAT ONE TRAILER LIGHT FAILED WITHIN 200 MILES, AND THE SECOND FAILED WITHIN A FEW MORE. MY FISHING BUDDY CALLED ME ON MY CELL PHONE TOLD ME THE LIGHTS WERE OUT. I RETURNED THEM TO THE STORE AND GOT A REPLACEMENT SET WHICH ALSO FAILED PROMPTLY. I THEN WENT TO THE COMPANIES WEB SITE AND FOUND THAT THERE WERE OVER 50 REVIEWS ONLINE OF THE PRODUCT I BOUGHT AND SEVERAL OTHERS THAT HAD THE SAME CONCERN. THE MOST CONCERNING THING WAS THAT THE REVIEWS WENT BACK TO 2004, SHOWING THAT THE COMPANY KNEW THAT THESE LIGHTS WERE DEFECTIVE AND DID NOTHING TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK HAD SOMEONE NOT BEEN FOLLOWING ME, MY TRAILER (8'6" WIDE 32' LONG) WOULD HAVE BEEN INVISIBLE IN THE DARK NIGHT. I WAS TRAVELING AT 50MPH AND BEING PASSED AT 70+. THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY BAD CRASH DUE TO THIS. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED ASAP OR SOMEONE WILL BE SERIOUSLY HURT. IF YOU GO TO WWW.WESTMARINE.COM AND SEARCH FOR LED TRAILER LIGHTS IN THE SEARCH BAR, THEN CLICK ON THE PAGES , AND THEN CLICK ON THE STAR RATINGS AND YOU WILL FIND THESE REPORTS. ONE REPORT INDICATES THAT THE LIGHT CAUGHT ON FIRE.

NHTSA ID
10193787
Incident
Apr 6, 2007

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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