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1993 Talbert Trailer Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1993 Talbert 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

  • Other / unspecified1100.0%

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

Other / unspecified

Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.

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From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Apr 27, 2009

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

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