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2011 Tow Ready T-One Connector 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 23, 2019
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 23, 2019

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2011 Tow Ready T-One Connector. 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 23, 2019

TL* THE CONTACT RECENTLY PURCHASED A TOW BLAZER INC. EZ-HAUL CAR TOW DOLLY, MODEL: EZTD (NA) WITH A HYDRAULIC BRAKING SYSTEM. WHILE TOWING A VEHICLE, THE TIE DOWN STRAPS, COTTER PIN, AND HOOKS LOOSENED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE BEING TOWED BECAME LOOSE AND UNSTABLE. ON A SECOND OCCASION, THE TOW STRAPS BECAME SHREDDED BY THE ROAD SURFACE AFTER THEY LOOSENED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TOW DOLLY WAS SECURED BY A SINGLE CHAIN THAT WAS THE SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE. ADDITIONALLY, THE TOW RAMPS WERE UNABLE TO BE SECURED TO THE TOW DOLLY AS INTENDED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE LICENSE PLATE BRACKET SEPARATED FROM THE TRAILER. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY AND OTHER MOTORISTS ON THE ROADWAY DUE TO THE FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURES WERE DUE TO DRIVER ERROR. THE TOW DOLLY WAS NOT REPAIRED. *TT *AS *TR

NHTSA ID
11246095
Incident
Aug 18, 2019

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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