2009 Kendon Dual Rail Trailer

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Steering1
000
Exterior Lighting1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Steering
Filed Nov 4, 2015OH

THIS TRAILER IS RATED FOR A PAYLOAD OF 2000 POUNDS. WITH TWO BIKES LOADED ON IT, FOR A PAYLOAD OF 1700 POUNDS, THE TRAILER IS UNSTABLE AND OVER 50 MILES PER HOUR WAGS SO SERIOUSLY THAT IT NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I TRAVELLED FIRST ON A RURAL ROAD AT 45 MPH, AND THEN UPON ENTERING THE HIGHWAY EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY UPON ACCELERATING. I STOPPED, RECHECKED ALL TIE DOWNS, TRAILER CONNECTIONS, TIRE PRESSURE, AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE TRAILER AGAIN. SAME RESULT. I REMOVED ONE BIKE FROM THE TRAILER AND IT TOWED ACCEPTABLY. THE TRAILER IS NOT CAPABLE OF SAFELY TOWING THE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAS RATED IT FOR.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 13, 2010MA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KENDON CARRIER DUAL RAIL TRAILER. THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND BRAKE INDICATORS HAVE FAILED. THE WIRING FOR THE LIGHTS MAY OR MAY NOT BE CONNECTED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND SENT REPLACEMENT LIGHTS WHICH WERE INSTALLED BY THE CONTACT BUT THEY HAVE NOT WORKED SINCE HE INSTALLED THEM. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED VIA TELEPHONE AND EMAIL MULTIPLE TIMES AND NO RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED BY THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT CONFIRMED THAT THE LIGHTS ARE COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. THE TRAILER DOES NOT HAVE A GAUGE THAT INDICATES THE MILEAGE.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2004
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2009 — this page2000Routine
20044000Routine
19981000Routine

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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.