2007 Load Rite 5s-Ac26t6000102tb2

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes1
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What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes
Filed Aug 13, 2013NY

THIS LOAD RITE BOAT TRAILER INCLUDES A TIE DOWN MFG MODEL 125 BRAKE ACTUATOR WHICH PROVIDES A HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM (NOT CONNECTED TO THE TOW VEHICLE). THIS IS A "SURGE" BRAKE SYSTEM. IT APPEARS TO WORK PROPERLY DURING NORMAL BRAKING. THE PROBLEM EXISTS WHEN TRYING TO BACK THE TRAILER ( ESPECIALLY WHEN LOADED WITH A BOAT). THIS SIMPLY COMPRESSES THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND LOCKS THE BRAKES. APPLYING MORE BACKING POWER CAUSES THE HYDRAULIC FLUID TO BE FORCED OUT OF THE FILL OF THE BRAKE ACTUATOR. A DESIGNED ELECTRICAL CONNECTION TO THE TOW VEHICLE REVERSE LIGHT, USED FOR BACKING, IS CONNECTED AND BELIEVED TO BE WORKING PROPERLY. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS INDICATE THAT THE BRAKE ACTUATOR SHOULD BE FILLED. THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO ACTIVATE A VALVE FROM THE REVERSE LIGHTS AND REDIRECT THE BRAKE FLUID TO THE RESERVOIR INSTEAD OF TO THE TRAILER BRAKES. WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM FILLED, THERE IS NO SPACE TO WHICH TO REDIRECT THE BRAKE FLUID, WHICH CAUSES THE FLUID TO BE FORCED OUT OF THE FILL CAP. (ALSO INDICATING THAT ALL IS FUNCTIONING AS INTENDED). THE TRAILER INCLUDES A BOLT AND HOLE TO MECHANICALLY PREVENT THE MOVEMENT OF THE TRAILER COMPONENT IN REVERSE, AND THE COMPRESSION OF THE BRAKE ACTUATOR. WITH THIS IN PLACE THE TRAILER CAN BE BACKED. OR, THE BRAKE FLUID CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE BRAKE ACTUATOR RESERVOIR, PROVIDING SOME SPACE TO REDIRECT THE BRAKE FLUID. THIS ALSO WORKS (FURTHER CONFIRMING THE ACTUAL PROBLEM). HOWEVER, THERE IS NO GOOD METHOD TO KNOW HOW MUCH BRAKE FLUI

1 of 1 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.