AFTER APPROXIMATELY 2000 MILES ON TRAILER, WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED. CENTER GREASE CAPS RUBBED ON GREASE ZERK FROM INCOMPATIBLE AXLE/BEARING CAP. CONTACTED DEALER WHERE TRAILER WAS PURCHASED, THEY GOT ME IN CONTACT WITH KARAVAN REP. KARAVAN SENT ME THE CORRECT CENTER CAPS, DID NOT COVER ANY REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3000 MILES TRAILER BRAKES FAILED UPON EMERGENCY STOP. THE BRAKE LINES ARE ROUTED ON TRAILER WITH THREE LOCATIONS OF RUBBING, TWO WHERE THE LINE GOES UNDER FRAME UP TO CALIPER, ALMOST RUBBED A HOLE IN LINE, AND ONE LINE LOOPED RUBBING INSIDE RIGHT FRONT AXLE WHEEL, THIS LINE WAS THE ONE THAT RUBBED UNTIL IT WAS THIN ENOUGH TO RUPTURE DURING HARD BRAKING. WHEN THE LINE RUPTURED A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF BRAKING OCCURRED WITH LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. CONTACED KARAVAN BY EMAIL WITH NO RESPONSE, MY TRAILER IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE TRAILER HAS BEEN REPAIRED AT CONSIDERABLE COST TO CORRECT THE MANUFACTURING ASSEMBLY DEFECTS. THE BUILD SHEET FOR MY TRAILER LISTS A REVISION TO THE ASSEMBLY THAT DETAILS ROTATING THE BRAKE LINE FITTING BLOCKS TO AVOID THIS CONDITION, HAD THIS BEEN A RECALL THIS COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE BRAKE FAILURE, IF THE CORRECT BEARING CAP GREASE CAPS HAD BEEN INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY THE BEARING FAILURES COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. BOTH CONDITIONS WERE KNOWN BY THE MANUFACTURER.
2016 Karavan Tandem Axle Trailer
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the wheels. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsWheels
Filed Jun 3, 20192,000 milesOK
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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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.