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2013 Wabash National Van 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 May 1, 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 May 1, 2019

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2013 Wabash National Van. 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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Body & structure
Filed May 1, 2019

I DRIVE FOR WERNER ENTERPRISES AND I HAVE RAISED THIS SAFETY ISSUE MANY OF TIMES TO ALL LEVELS OF UPPER MANAGEMENT. I AM ON THE ANHEUSER BUSCH DEDICATED ACCOUNT AND WE PULL THESE 53' DRY VAN TRAILERS THAT ARE CERTIFIED BY WABASH TO 68,000 LBS. GROSS WEIGHT. THESE TRAILERS ARE REGISTERED IN NEBRASKA FOR A GROSS WEIGHT OF 34,000 LBS. UNLADEN WEIGHT IS 13,500. OUR NORMAL LOAD WEIGHT VARY BETWEEN 49,000 LBS. AND 52,150 WITH A MAX GROSS WEIGHT OF 80,000 LBS. THE SAFETY ISSUE IS THAT THE WEIGHT WE ARE CARRYING IS CAUSING STRESS FAILURES IN THE STRUCTURE OF THESE TRAILERS AND IT IS A FACT OF NOT IF BUT WHEN ONE OF THESE TRAILERS HAVE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WHILE IN TRANSIT. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD AT LEAST ONE TRAILER COLLAPSE UNDER THE LOAD WHILE SETTING AT THE BREWERY. THIS IS AN AGING FLEET OF ABOUT 200 TRAILERS AND I HAVE A GRAVE CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR FELLOW MOTORIST THAT WE SHARE THE ROAD WITH. *DT CARFAX CANNOT PROCESS THIS REQUEST. *JB

NHTSA ID
11205119
Incident
Apr 30, 2019
Mileage
100,000 mi
Filed May 1, 2019

THIS TRAILER IS BEING OVERLOADED BEYOUND THE WABASH CERTIFICATION OF 40,000 LBS CARGO AND 68,000LBS GROSS WEIGHT , AND ONLY REGEISTERED IN NEBRASKA FOR 34,000 LBS GROSS WEIGHT, UNLADEN WEIGHT OF 13,500 LBS. I WORK FOR WERNER ENTERPRISE AND I HAVE ADDRESSED THIS SAFETY ISSUE WITH OUR SAFETY DEPARTMENT FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS NOW. I ADDRESSED THIS AGAIN ON 04/30/2019 @ 17:30 TO DAVE DAVIS SENIOR DIRECTOR DEDICATED ACCOUNTS. HIS REPLY WAS THAT IF I THINK THESE TRAILER ARE UNSAFE TO PULL THAT HE COULD MOVE ME TO ANOTHER ACCOUNT. THIS FLEET OF TRAILERS ARE BEING USED ON ALL OF WERNER ENTERPRISE DEDICATED ACCOUNTS FOR ANHEUSER BUSCH ACCOOUNTS. THIS FLEET IS AGING AND IT ONLY A MATTER OF WHEN AND NOT IF A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT WILL OCCUR ON OUR INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS. THESE TRAILERS ARE SHOWING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE FROM THE EXCESSIVE WEIGHT. THREE HAS BEEN A COUPLE EVENTS @ THE BREWERY IN JACKSONVILLE,FL. WHERE PARKED TRAILERS HAVE JUST COLLASPED AND FOLDED UNDER. *DT

NHTSA ID
11205001
Incident
Apr 30, 2019
Mileage
100,000 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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