THE STEEL FRAME ON BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE DIRECTLY BEHIND THE WHEEL AXLE OF A BOAT TRAILER WHICH CARRIES AN 18 FT MARIAH PLEASURE BOAT. THE RIGHT SIDE WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY BROKEN IN HALF AND THE LEFT SIDE IS FRACTURED ON THE OUTSIDE FRAME. THE PROBLEM IS A DESIGN FLAW WHICH INVOLVES THE STEEL FRAME BEING CUT OUT TO ALLOW THE TRAILER BRAKE LINE TO BE HIDDEN INSIDE THE TRAILER FRAME AND THE BOTTOM CUT OUT TO ALLOW THE BRAKE LINE TO COME OUT OF THE FRAME AND CONNECT TO THE BRAKES AT THE WHEELS. OVER- TIME THE FRAME WEAKENS FROM RUST AND NOT BEING A CLEAN CUT AND SINCE THE FRAME IS NOT REINFORCED ON THE OUTSIDE, EVENTUALLY IT BRAKES. THE FRACTURE IS HIDDEN BEHIND THE TRAILER WHEEL. HAD I NOT REMOVED THE TIRE TO REPLACE THE WOOD SKID BEHIND THE WHEEL I WOULD NEVER HAD FOUND THIS AND COULD HAVE CAUSED MY FAMILY, OF SIX, TO HAVE CRASHED POSSIBLY ON A CROWDED HIGHWAY. THE FIX COSTED ME $400.00 TO HAVE STEEL PLATES WELDED ON BOTH THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE FRAME AT BOTH WHEELS BY A PROFESSIONAL WELDER. *TR
2000 Prestige Non-Comm Trailer
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › body. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structure › Body | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsStructure › Body
Filed Jul 16, 2014OH
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.