DEALER SWAP ON TRAILER 04-27-2015 FROM GEORGETOWN TX DAY OF PICKUP THE BRAKES WASN'T WORKING AFTER SPENDING A DAY AT DEALERSHIP BY DAY END WORKING HOWEVER A LEAK WAS DETECTED IN REAR ON BRAKE LINE COUPLER THEY ATTEMPTED TO TIGHTEN IT UP AND I PROCEEDED TO LEAVE DEALERSHIP. ON OR ABOUT JUNE 9TH 2015 TRAILER HAD NO BRAKES, LEAKING FLUID OUT OF COUPLINGS, DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO FIX. REPLACED COUPLING AT OWN EXPENSE. ON JULY 4 I WAS PUT OUT OF SERVICE IN HOUSTON TX BY DOT BECAUSE BRAKE FAILED AGAIN LEAKING THIS TIME CALIPER HAD BLEW OUT..DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO FIX DEXTER AXLES SENT PARTS TO FIX. IN SEPTEMBER 2015 ALL CALIPERS BLEW OUT DEALERSHIP IN GEORGETOWN AND MT PLEASANT REFUSED TO FIX AGAIN DEXTER AXLES SUPPLIED PARTS TO BRAKE TECH IN CORBIN FOR REPAIR. WHEREFORE IN OCTOBER 2016 AND ACCIDENT OCCURRED RESULTING IN A DEATH DUE IN PART OF BRAKES FAILING AND BLOWING OUT WHILE BRAKING. AT THAT TIME ALL CALIPERS HAD BLEW AND BRAKES WAS METAL TO METAL ONCE AGAIN NOT EVEN 35 DAYS AFTER THE SECOND REPLACEMENT. WHEREFORE CONNIE MASSIE AT DEXTER DETERMINED IT WAS A FAULTY ACTUATOR THAT WAS CAUSING BRAKES TO PREMATURELY FAIL. BIG TEX HAS HAD THIS SIMILAR PROBLEM IN THE PAST. THIS ACTUATOR WAS NOT RELEASING CORRECTLY CAUSING DRAG ON ROTORS AND PADS CAUSING THEM TO WEAR EXTREMELY FAST. STILL BIG TEX IN MT PLEASANT TX REFUSED TO SERVICE BRAKES EITHER TIME THIS ISSUE CAME UP. AFTER THE FATAL ACCIDENT IN SPARKS NV, BIG TEX WAS CONTACTED AND CALL WAS FORWARDED TO BARRY IN WARRANTY DEPARTMENT WH
2015 Big Tex 25Gn
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structure › Body | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Service Brakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsTL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 BIG TEX 25GN TRAILER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE CALIPER FRACTURED AND THE SECOND AXLE FRACTURED AND BLEW THE BRAKE LINE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE TRAILER WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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1 death reported in complaints filed with NHTSA.
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.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.