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2006 Long Chih Lci-745TC 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 28, 2009
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 28, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2006 Long Chih Lci-745TC. 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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Other / unspecified
Filed Aug 28, 2009

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LONG CHIH USA TRAILER. SHE STATED THAT THE HITCH UNHOOKED FROM THE TRAILER. SHE ALSO STATED WHILE HAULING LUMBER, THE HITCH BECAME UNHOOKED AND NEARLY CAUSED A CRASH DUE TO THE BALL NOT FITTING PROPERLY.. THE OWNER RE-WELDED THE TRAILER; HOWEVER, THE LUG NUTS WERE LOOSE AND THE WHEEL CAME OFF OF THE TRAILER. THE CONTACT HAS HAD SEVERAL FAILURES WITH THE TRAILER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 10/06/09 *BF INSTRUCTIONS LISTED THE BALL SIZE AS 17/8 BUT IT WAS NOT, IT WAS SMALLER AND CAME OFF. IT BENT THE TONGUE SEVERLY AND HAD TO BE CUT OFF OFF COMPLETELY AND A NEW STEEL TONGUE HAD TO BE WELDED ON. A WEEK LATER, THE LEFT WHEEL FELL OFF. THE NUTS WERE MADE OF ORDINARY COLD ROLL INSTED OF LEADED ALLOY AND DO NOT LOCK DOWN PROPERLY. UPDATED 10/08/09

NHTSA ID
10282203
Incident
Aug 1, 2009

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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