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2011 Trailstar Z9 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 Jul 22, 2014
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 2011 Trailstar Z9, 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

  • Suspension1100.0%

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

Suspension

Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Jul 22, 2014

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.

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Data sources

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