2005 Reinke 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 2005 Reinke 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
- Body & structure1100.0%
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
Body & structure
Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim.
From owner reports, verbatim
2005 RUFFNECK TRAILER SERIES/MODEL BU-07-01 VIN [XXX]PURCHASED ON 3/22/05 IN NORTH MIAMI FROM RUFFNECK TRAILER CO. ON 5/15/05, WHILE DRIVING HOME ON NORTHBOUND INTERSTATE 275 IN ST PETERSBURG, FL, FROM SARASOTA, FL, THE RIGHT METAL FENDER SUDDENLY FLEW OFF THE TRAILER STRIKING THE ROADWAY AND DAMAGING THE RIGHT TIRE. AFTER LOCATING THE FENDER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, WE TOOK THE TRAILER TO A LOCAL DEALER THE NEXT DAY, O'DELL'S TRAILERS IN LARGO,FL. ACCORDING TO O'DELL'S, THE RIGHT FENDER WAS NOT PROPERLY WELDED TO THE FRAME CAUSING IT TO SEPARATE. FURTHERMORE, THE LEFT FENDER WAS ALSO LOOSE AND HAD TO BE RE-WELDED TO PREVENT IT FROM SEPARATING FROM THE FRAME LIKE THE RIGHT FENDER HAD DONE. O'DELL'S STRAIGHTENED OUT AND RE-WELDED THE RIGHT FENDER BACK ONTO THE TRAILER FRAME. HOWEVER, THE INTEGRITY OF THE TIRE HAD BEEN COMPROMISED DUE TO THE SHEAR ON THE SIDEWALL FROM THE METAL FENDER EDGE AND A NEW TIRE HAD TO BE PURCHASED. I CONTACTED DAN THATCHER, OWNER OF RUFFNECK TRAILERS, AND HE SAID HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS OCCURRING TO ANY OF HIS TRAILERS BEFORE AND REFUSED TO BELIEVE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. I OFFERED TO SEND DIGITAL PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER AS WELL AS THE REPAIR INVOICE BUT HE REFUSED TO LISTEN. I EXPLAINED TO DAN THAT WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROX 2200 HRS AND THE ROADWAY WAS CLEAR OF OTHER TRAFFIC OTHERWISE THE FLYING METAL FENDER COULD HAVE EASILY STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE OR PEDESTRIAN OR IMPEDED THE MOTION OF ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE NEXT LANE CAUSING A CRASH AND SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE AND/OR INJURY. DAN WAS UNCOOPERATIVE AND DISCONNECTED THE PHONE LINE. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE FENDER WAS LOOSE THAT NIGHT AND I HAD EVEN VISUALLY CHECKED THE TRAILER PRIOR TO LEAVING SARASOTA FOR HOME. NOTE: THE VEHICLE INFO PAGE DOES NOT INCLUDE RUFFNECK TRAILERS SO I CHOSE THE FIRST ENTRY- AIRSTREAM- WHICH HAS NO CONNECTION TO THIS COMPLAINT. THANK YOU. *JB UPDATED 07/19/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
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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