2002 Continental Trailer Continental

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › foundation components. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Tread/Belt1
000
Structure › Frame and Members › Underbody Shields1
000
Structure › Frame and Members1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components1
010

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Sep 18, 2008MO

THIS IS ABOUT A BOAT TRAILER THAT HAS WELDS THAT WILL CAUSE THE TRAILER TO BREAK IN HALF, THE WELDS HAVE NO PENATRATION SO THAT THE CROSS MEMBER JUST LAYS IN THE FRAME RAILS. THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED AS THE MANUFACTURE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND REFUSES TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE I'M NOT THE FIRST OWENER. THE TRAILER WAS MADE IN MARCH OF 2007 BY CONTINENTAL TRAILERS AT 9200 NW 58TH STREET MIAMI FLORIDA 33178. PH (305) 594-1022. I FEEL THAT EVEN IF THEY DO NOT FIX MY TRAILER THAT THIS A VERY REAL SAFETY PROBLEM. THE FLEXING OF THE TRAILER CAUSED ONLY MINOR SCRAPING OF THE PAINT, BUT ANYONE WITH A TRAILER LIKE THIS COULD WELL LOSE CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE, BOAT AND TRAILER THEREBY PUTTING THE PUBLIC AT RISK.

Structure › Frame and Members › Underbody Shields
Filed Aug 24, 2004FL

ON AUGUST 21, 2004, I FOUND A CRACK ON EACH I-BEAM OF THE FRAME FROM MY CONTINENTAL BOAT TRAILER WHERE THE I-BEAM IS BENT TO FOLLOW THE CONTOUR OF THE BOAT. THIS APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN STRUCTURAL DEFECT. *AK

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Aug 27, 2002NE

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HEARD NOISE. LEFT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. CONTINENTAL TRAIL, , #P2575S17 #DOTAD9C448408. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation ComponentsFire
Filed Jul 11, 2002MI

WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING, THE BRAKE SYSTEM ENGAGED CAUSING A FIRE TO THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL. *YH

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2002 — this page4010Routine
19902000Routine

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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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.