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1998 Load Rite Snowmobile Trailer

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the equipment › mechanical › wrecker and wheel lift devices. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Equipment › Mechanical › Wrecker and Wheel Lift Devices1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Equipment › Mechanical › Wrecker and Wheel Lift Devices01E031000
Filed Jun 25, 20013,918 vehiclesLoad Rite Trailers, Inc.

Defect. EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: 1997-2001 TILT STYLE 10' AND 12' SNOWMOBILE TRAILERS WITH TORSION AXLES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN JUNE 1997 AND DECEMBER 2000. DUE TO CORROSION FROM ROAD SALTS AND SNOW REMOVAL CHEMICALS, THE FRAME RAIL TUBING AROUND THE U-BOLTS AND EDGES OF THE TORSION AXLE MOUNTING PLATE CAN CRACK AND FRACTURE WHEN SUBJECTED TO THE FULL RATED LOAD.

Risk. IF THE TUBING HAS A COMPLETE FRACTURE FAILURE, THE TRAILER TIRE WILL CONTACT THE DECK OF THE TRAILER AND RESULT IN DIFFICULT TO SEVERE HANDLING OF BOTH THE TRAILER AND THE TOW VEHICLE, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy. LOAD RITE WILL NOTIFY ITS DISTRIBUTORS AND CUSTOMERS TO RETURN THEIR TRAILERS TO AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS/DEALERSHIP TO HAVE A FRAME STIFFENER KIT INSTALLED FREE OF CHARGE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JULY 23, 2001. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR TRAILERS TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT LOAD RITE AT 866-949-5845.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Equipment › Mechanical › Wrecker and Wheel Lift Devices
Filed Jan 7, 2010NJ

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 LOAD RITE SNOWMOBILE TRAILER. DUE TO CORROSION, THE AXLE COULD BRAKE OFF OF THE TRAILER. LOAD RITE DISCONTINUED USAGE OF THE AXLE THAT BUILT HIS TRAILER. THE TRAILER WAS REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY UNDER THE RECALL# NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 01E031000, EQUIPMENT MECHANICAL, WRECKER AND WHEEL LIFT DEVICES. THE AXLE BROKE OFF FROM THE TRAILER AGAIN AND THE CONTACT NOTIFIED LOAD RITE WHO STATED THAT THEY DO NOT FEEL THAT THIS IS A PART OF THE RECALL; HOWEVER, THEY HAVE OFFERED HIM A NEW AXLE AT NO CHARGE.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20013100Routine
20000100Routine
19990100Routine
1998 — this page1100Routine
19970100Routine

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No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

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Most recent recall on file: Jun 25, 2001. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.