Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2004 Homesteader Hercules

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires2
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires
Filed Aug 15, 2007VA

SINCE PURCHASING MY NEW HOMESTEADER STALLION 3-HORSE TRAILER IN SEPTEMBER 2004, ALL FIVE OF THE ORIGINAL CARLISLE 235/R16 TIRES HAVE BLOWN WITH THE TREAD SEPARATING (PHOTOS HAVE BEEN TAKEN). THE RESULT HAS BEEN DAMAGE TO OUR TRAILER WITH FENDERS BEING BLOWN OFF AND/OR DAMAGED, AND THE SIDING OF OUR TRAILER DAMAGED. THE LAST TWO TIRES BLEW WITHIN TWO DAYS OF EACH OTHER. THE DATE LISTED BELOW IS THE LAST INCIDENT. IT NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT EACH TIME THE TIRE BLEW AS WE WERE USUALLY ON A FREEWAY HAULING HORSES. *JB

Tires
Filed Mar 19, 2004VA

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH RIGHT FRONT TIRE EXPLODED. THE EXPLOSION RIPPED THE FENDER OFF THE VEHICLE THAT TRAILER WAS TOWING. FENDER, IN TURN, FLEW OFF AND BACKWARDS, DAMAGING THE REAR OF VEHICLE. *AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2004
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20051000Routine
2004 — this page2000Routine
20011000Routine

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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.