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1993 Talbert 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 27, 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 Apr 27, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1993 Talbert 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.

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Other / unspecified
Filed Apr 27, 2009
1 injury reported

LAW FIRM REQUESTING INFORMATION ABOUT INJURIES CAUSED BY A TALBERT GOOSE NECK CONSTRUCTION TRAILER . *NJ THE CONSUMER CAME UPON ONE OF HIS COMPANY'S CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS LOADED WITH A LARGE EXCAVATOR. HE NOTICED THAT THE LOAD WAS RIDING LOW AND SUGGESTED TO THE DRIVER THAT HE STOP AND ADD A WEDGE OR SPACER TO THE TRAILER. THE WEDGES WERE METAL PLATES THAT WERE PLACED BETWEEN THE TRAILER NECK AND THE BODY OF THE TRAILER. BY ADDING A WEDGE, OR INCREASING THE SIZE OF A WEDGE, IT WOULD ALLOW THE DRIVER TO OPERATE THE FRONT LIP OF THE TRAILER HIGHER. THE WEDGE WAS THEN ATTACHED TO THE TRAILER NECK BY SPLITTING IT OVER A SHAFT OR POST AND PLACING A COTTER TYPE PIN TO HOLD IT IN PLACE. THEN THE DRIVER LOWERED THE TRAILER BODY ONTO THE WEDGE. WHEN THE DRIVER LOWERED THE TRAILER BODY AGAINST THE WEDGE, THE WEIGHT OF THE LOAD CAUSED THE WEDGE TO FLY OFF THE TRAILER, SHEARING THE COTTER PIN. THE WEDGE HIT THE CONSUMER IN THE HEAD AND FRACTURED HIS SKULL. FINDINGS BY AN INDEPENDENT ENGINEER , DISCOVERED THAT THE WAY THE WEDGE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED, WHEN IT BEGAN TO WEAR, IT DEFORMED WHICH ALLOWED THE SPACER BLOCKS FOR SETTING TRAILER ROAD CLEARANCE TO BE FORCIBLY SEPARATED DURING NORMAL USE. *JB

NHTSA ID
10266968
Incident
Feb 20, 2001

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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