2016 Hyundai Translead Van Trailer Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2016 Hyundai Translead Van Trailer, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Suspension2100.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Suspension
Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware.
From owner reports, verbatim
DURING ROUTINE VEHICLE INSPECTION, SHOP MECHANICS DISCOVERED TWO TRAILERS (SAME MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR) IN THE LAST TWO DAYS WITH THE FOLLOWING DEFECTS WHICH IF NOT CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY WILL LED TO AN ACCIDENT. AXLE BUSHINGS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING WHICH IS CAUSING THEM TO BREAK AND/OR ALLOWING EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF THE AXLE ITSELF; THE BUSHINGS ITSELF IS TO SMALL (THICKNESS). IF NOT REPAIRED, AXLE COULD SHIFT OUT OF PLACE DURING BRAKING EVENT DURING POOR TO BAD ROAD CONDITIONS (RAIN, SNOW, ETC.). TRAILER AXLE SHIFT WILL CAUSE TRAILER TO LED IN A NEW DIRECTION AND TAKE FULL CONTROL OUT OF THE DRIVERS HANDS (ACCIDENT WILL ENSUE).
DURING ROUTINE VEHICLE INSPECTION, SHOP MECHANICS DISCOVERED TWO TRAILERS (SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR) IN THE LAST TWO DAYS WITH THE FOLLOWING DEFECTS WHICH IF NOT CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY WILL LED TO AN ACCIDENT. AXLE BUSHING ARE PREMATURELY WEARING WHICH IS CAUSING THEM TO BREAK AND/OR ALLOWING EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF THE AXLE ITSELF; THE BUSHING ITSELF IS TO SMALL (THICKNESS). IF NOT REPAIRED, AXLE COULD SHIFT OUT OF PLACE DURING BRAKING EVENT DURING POOR TO BAD ROAD CONDITIONS (RAIN, SNOW, ETC). TRAILER AXLE SHIFT WILL CAUSE TRAILER TO LED IN A NEW DIRECTION AND TAKE FULL CONTROL OUT OF THE DRIVERS HANDS (ACCIDENT WILL ENSUE).
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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