2023 Kaufman Trailers Kaufman Trailer

Routine

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

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Service Brakes	1		1	0	0
Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

Filed Mar 8, 2024AZ

The contact's employer owns a 2024 Kaufman GVWR 38500 gooseneck trailer. The contact stated that while the trailer was empty and being hitched to a 2023 Ford F-450, the trailer was raised 4 1/2 inches off the ground, scraping the roadway. The contact's company, a trailer manufacturer, was unable to adjust the hitch height above 4 1/2 inches from the ground. The trailer was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and recommended adding an extension to raise the hitch height; however, the contact stated that the front of the trailer would be raised by 10 inches but the back would not be level. The failure mileage was unknown.

Service BrakesCrash

Filed Jun 25, 2023IA

I am writing to provide you with an update regarding the unfortunate incident that occurred on May 27th, involving the Kaufman trailer and my truck. On that day, shortly after receiving the plates for the trailer, an accident occurred due to the brakes not functioning properly. As a result, the loaded trailer pushed the truck downhill, causing it to jackknife and collide with the truck. I have emails from the manufacturer informing me that the brakes will not work on there trailers as delivered. The problem is that the brakes have an anti corrosion coating on them that stop the brakes from working.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

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.