2012 Big Tex 25Gn

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Tires	1		1	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Equipment12V168000

Filed Apr 9, 201220 vehiclesBig Tex Trailer Manufacturing, Inc.

Defect. BIG TEX IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 22GN AND 25GN TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH A DEXTER AXLE ELECTRIC/HYDRAULIC (E/H) BRAKE ACTUATOR PUMP. THIS PUMP MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY HEAT TREATED. THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE PREMATURE WEAR OF SOME CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN THIS PUMP WHICH CAN RENDER THE UNIT INOPERABLE.

Risk. THE E/H BRAKE ACTUATOR PROVIDES BRAKING POWER TO THE TRAILER BRAKES. FAILURE OF THE ACTUATOR CAN RESULT IN THE LOSS OF BRAKING EFFORT BY THE TRAILER, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy. BIG TEX WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEXTER AXLE DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ELECTRIC/HYDRAULIC (E/H) BRAKE ACTUATOR PUMPS, FREE OF CHARGE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BIG TEX MANUFACTURING, INC. AT 1-903-575-0300.

What owners reported

Newest filings

TiresCrash

Filed Sep 3, 20154,000 milesFL

PROVIDER TRAILER TIRE DEFECT 235/85/16 LOAD RANGE E WHILE DRIVING MY BIG TEX TRAILER I BEGAN TO NOTICE A REPETITIOUS VIBRATION WHICH I INITIALLY BELIEVED TO BE THE DRIVELINE OF MY FORD F-350 DUALLY, I PULLED OFF AN EXIT ON I-75 AND INSPECTED THE TIRES ON MY TRUCK AND TRAILER AS WELL CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURES, THE TIRES ON THE TRAILER WERE ALL FOUND TO BE 78-80PSI, I CONTINUED ON MY TRIP AND ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER THE REPETITIOUS VIBRATION BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND MORE SEVERE AND A MOMENT AFTER THAT THE LEFT FRONT INSIDE TIRE FAILED AND FAILED/ TREAD SEPARATION, I INSTALLED THE SPARE WENT TO A TIRE STORE AND HAD IT REPLACED. THINKING NOTHING MORE I CONTINUED, THEN APPROXIMATELY 250 MILES LATER A VIBRATION BEGAN AND THEN THE RIGHT FRONT OUTER TIRE EXPLODED AT 65MPH AND CAUSED THE TRAILER TO SWERVE INTO A CONCRETE BRIDGE EMBANKMENT, THANK GOD I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. I PULLED OVER AND REPLACED THAT TIRE WITH A SPARE AND THEN CONTACTED A 24HR ROAD SERVICE PROVIDER WHOM BROUGHT A REPLACEMENT TIRE AND MOUNTED UP FOR ME. I THEN PROCEEDED FURTHER AND ABOUT 15 MILES FROM HOME THE VIBRATION RETURNED. I THEN TOOK THE TRAILER INTO THE SHOP AND ASKED THAT ALL THE TIRES BE REPLACED, WHEN THEY REMOVED THE TIRES THEY SHOWED ME THAT THE 3RD PROVIDER RADIAL TIRE WAS SEPARATING, I HAVE NOW REPLACED ALL OF THESE TIRES, I HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THEM FOR RETRIBUTION FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THESE TIRES ARE LESS THAN FOUR YEARS OLD AND HAVE LESS THAN 4000 MILES ON THEM, AND HAVE BEEN METICULOUS

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2015

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Deaths	Assessment
2024	0	2	0	Routine
2015	2	0	1	Fatalities reported
2012 — this page	1	1	0	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Apr 9, 2012. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.