Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1995 Fruehauf Trailer

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the wheels › lugs/nuts/bolts/studs. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Wheels › Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs1
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1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Suspension › Front › Wheel Bearing95V121000
Filed Jun 26, 199513 vehiclesFruehauf Corporation

Defect. AN INNER WHEEL BEARING CONE MAY BE MISSING ON SOME OF THESE TRAILERS.

Risk. WITHOUT AN INNER BEARING CONE, THE WHEEL USES THE OIL SEAL AS THE INNER LOAD SUPPORT. UNDER THIS LOAD, THE OIL SEAL DETERIORATES CAUSING THE OIL CONTAINED IN THE WHEEL CAVITY TO SEEP AND THE BRAKE DRUM TO RESTAND DRAG ON THE BRAKE LINING. DRAGGING BRAKES CAN CAUSE INADVERTENT OR ERRATIC BRAKING AND/OR OVERHEATING OF THE BRAKE DRUM WHICH, IN CONTACTING THE SEEPING OIL CAN START A FIRE IN THE AFFECTED WHEEL ASSEMBLY.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSPECT ALL BRAKE COMPONENTS AND THE AXLE SPINDLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR EXCESSIVE WEAR. DEALERS WILL REPLACE AND REPAIR AS REQUIRED.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Wheels › Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs
Filed Jan 11, 2006OH

1995 FRUEHAUF TRAILER REAR TIRES SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. *TS THE LUGS ON THE RIGHT REAR DUAL WHEEL WERE BROKEN AND STRIPPED AND WHEN THE TIRE SEPARATED IT BOUNCED OVER THE MEDIAN AND SLAMMED INTO THE HOOD OF A VEHICLE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD. . *NM

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1996
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20000100Routine
19990100Routine
19980100Routine
19970100Routine
19967000Routine
1995 — this page1100Routine
19940100Routine
19930200Routine
19901010Routine

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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: Jun 26, 1995. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.