RoadVitals

2008 Wilson Livestock Trailer Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

Data refreshed

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.
1
Latest Aug 6, 2015
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
1
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.
0

What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2008 Wilson Livestock 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

  • 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.

1
report

From owner reports, verbatim

VEHICLE IS WILSON TRAILER VIN # LISTED... THERE IS CURRENTLY A RECALL FOR THE SAME STYLE TRAILER BUT WITH A SPREAD AXLE CONFIGURATION. RECALL 526D NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V060000 COMPONENT(S): SUSPENSION SUMMARY:WILSON TRAILER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2000 THROUGH 2008 LIVESTOCK TRAILERS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN MARCH 1, 2000 AND AUGUST 1, 2008. THE CROSS CHANNEL BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION HANGERS CAN BREAK AND, IF UNDETECTED, OVER TIME CAN CAUSE THE FRAME TO FLEX CAUSING SEVERE CRACKING OF THE FRAME. CONSEQUENCE:THIS COULD LEAD TO A LOSS OF SUSPENSION AND INCREASE A RISK OF A CRASH. THIS TRAILER IS A CLOSE TANDEM CONFIGURATION. THE VEHICLE BROKE THE BAR BETWEEN THE FRONT SUSPENSION HANGER AND HAS CRACKED THE CURB SIDE FRAME RAIL. ONCE THE VEHICLE BROKE THE FRAME RAIL THE VEHICLE TRACKED SEVERELY TO THE CURB SIDE ALLOWING TRAILER TO TRACK INTO DITCH. VEHICLE WAS LOADED AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN MAJOR DAMAGE AND OR INJURY. IF ROAD SIDE FRAME RAIL WOULD HAVE CRACKED IT WOULD HAVE TRACKED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. VEHICLE HAS BEEN PUT OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED. THIS IS ALSO HAPPENING TO 2 OTHER UNITS WITH THE SAME CONFIGURATION, BUT THESE HAVE BEEN CAUGHT PRIOR TO ANY ACCIDENT AND ARE OUT OF SERVICE. THIS WILL COST LARGE AMOUNTS IN DOWNTIME AND WILL RESULT IN A SEVER ACCIDENT POSSIBLE FATALITY IF THIS RECALL IS NOT EXPANDED TO ALL WILSON TRAILERS WITH THIS TIME OF FRAME CONFIGURATION..

NHTSA ID 10746710 · filed Aug 6, 2015

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

Data on this page last refreshed .