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2011 Trailstar Z9 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 Jul 22, 2014
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 Jul 22, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2011 Trailstar Z9. 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.

Complaints, most recent first

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Suspension
Filed Jul 22, 2014

ON JULY 7, 2014, WE LEFT TO GO CAMPING TOWING OUR BOAT BENIND THE RV. WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN I-40 AND ABOUT 100 MILES FROM HOME WHEN WE NOTICED THE BOAT TRAILER WAS SWAYING. WE EXITED THE HIGHWAY AND DID A WALK AROUND THE TRAILER TO CHECK THE TIRES AND HITCH BUT DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND CONTINUED TO CONCHAS LAKE STATE PARK, AN ADDITIONAL 90 MILES OR SO. WHEN I WENT TO UNHOOK THE BOAT I COULD NOT. TRACKER TRAILSTAR FEATURES A SWING AWAY TRAILER TONGUE THAT WAS LESS THAN 8" OFF THE GROUND. THE BOLT (ON THE PASSENGER SIDE) WHICH HAS A GREASE HOLE DOWN THE MIDDLE BROKE WITH ONLY A THIRD OF THE BOLT LEFT. THE WELD THAT HOLDS THE LOCKING PIN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TONGUE WAS ALMOST GONE AND I WAS AN INCH OF WELD AWAY FROM LOSING THE BOAT TRAILER. I USED TO WORK IN THE FOUNDRY AT MERCURY MARINE AND AFTER LOOKING AT THE BOLIT, IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE FOUNDRY MAY HAVE HARDENED THE BOLT TOO HARD. NEVERTHELESS THE BOAT DID BREAK AND IF I WAS TRAVELING ANY FURTHER DOWN THE HIGHWAY I BELIEVE THE TONGUE WOULD HAVE DISENGAGED FROM THE BODY OF THE TRAILER AND POSSIBLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE LESS THAN 5,000 MILES ON THIS TRAILER. *TR

NHTSA ID
10615428
Incident
Jul 7, 2014
Mileage
4,000 mi

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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