ON AUGUST 31, 2011 ON US HWY 89 IN UTAH ONE HALF MILE NORTH OF UT HWY 9, THE LATCH HOLDING THE LID OF THE BOLTON PET TRAILER BROKE AND THE LID CRASHED TO THE GROUND. THE LID HAD TO BE BUNGEE CORDED TO GET THE TRAILER HOME. TRAILER MILEAGE WAS 9,162 MILES. THE TRAILER WAS REPAIRED THROUGH OUR INSURANCE COMPANY. ON AUGUST 18, 2013, ON INTERSTATE 70 IN COLORADO AT MILE MARKER 151, THE REAR TRAILER DOOR OPENED ON ITS OWN ACCORD WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH. OUR DOG STEPPED OUT OF THE TRAILER AND WAS SEVERELY INJURED. WE INCURRED VETERINARIAN COST IN VAIL, COLORADO FOR THE INJURED DOG. TRAILER MILEAGE WAS 20,446 MILES. WHILE CONTINUING TO COME HOME WITH THE INJURED DOG IN THE TRAILER, ON AUGUST 21, 2013, THE TRAILER REAR DOOR FELL COMPLETELY OFF OF THE TRAILER ON INTERSTATE 15 AT ABOUT MILE MARKER 39. WITH LUCK, THE DOG DID NOT GET OUT OF THE TRAILER. MILEAGE ON THE TRAILER WAS 21,374 MILES. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE FOR THE PETS THAT IT WAS DESIGNED AND SOLD TO SAFELY CARRY. WITH MAJOR PARTS FALLING OFF WHILE IN TRANSIT, IT IS ALSO UNSAFE FOR OTHER VEHICLES THAT CAN HAVE AN ACCIDENT TRYING TO AVOID THE PARTS FALLING OFF. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THE SAFETY OF BOLTON TRAILERS IN DUNNELLON, FLORIDA. *TR
2011 Bolton Motorcycle Trailer Pet Trailers
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsStructure
Filed Sep 14, 20139,162 milesCA
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.