Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the equipment adaptive/mobility. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Equipment Adaptive/Mobility | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BRAND NEW TRAILER FROM HARBOR FREIGHT HAD DEFECTIVE LEAF SPRINGS. THE SPRINGS WERE DIFFERENT LENGTHS, CAUSING THE AXLE TO BE SKEWED SIGNIFICANTLY. THIS PRESENTS A SERIOUS DANGER OF TRAILER SWAY. THE TRAILER WAS NEVER TOWED DUE TO THE SAFETY HAZARD, INSTEAD RETURNED TO HARBOR FREIGHT. A REPLACEMENT TRAILER OF A DIFFERENT MODEL #90153 HAS A SIMILAR DEFECT. *TR
I PURCHASED THIS TRAILER FROM HARBOR FREIGHT IN APRIL OF 2006, AND HAVE USED IT ONLY OCCASIONALLY UP TO NOW. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AS I WAS ABOUT TO TAKE IT TO A STORE TO BRING HOME SOME ITEMS---THE TRAILER BOUNCED LOOSE OF THE HITCHBALL ON MY CAR. LUCKILLY I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 5-10 MPH, AND THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER FELL DOWN AND WAS CAPTURED BY THE SAFETY CHAINS. AFTER A QUICK VISUAL CHECK, I RETURNED HOME ( ONLY ABOUT 2 BLOCKS) . WHEN I EXAMINED THE HITCH MORE CLOSELY, I DISCOVERED THAT THE RIVIT THAT ACTS AS A FULCRUM ON THE PART OF THE HITCH THAT GRABS THE BOTTOM OF THE HITCH BALL, HAD BROKEN OFF, COMPLETELY ON ONE SIDE. THIS CAUSED THE PART OF THE HITCH,WHICH CATCHES THE LOWER PART OF THE HITCH BALL TO SWING LOOSE AND ALLOW THE TRAILER TO UNCOUPLE.
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.