2005 Ranger Boat Trailer Fishermen

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Wheels1
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What owners reported

Newest filings
Wheels
Filed Apr 17, 2013CT

I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU LOOKED INTO THE PROBLEM OF AXLE WELD FAILURES ON RANGER BOAT TRAILERS. I HAVE ATTACHED A BASS FISHING WEB SITE ADDRESS WHERE THIS IS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH. I HAVE ALSO ATTACHED THE TEXT OF A MESSAGE FROM A FORMER RANGER DEALER WHO PROVIDED INFO ON THIS ISSUE. WEB SITE WHERE THE FOLLOWING WAS POSTED: HTTP://WWW.BBCBOARDS.NET/RANGER-BOATS/ I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN DAVID FRITTS OUTDOORS CARRIED RANGER WE STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH THE TRAILERS IN 2005 AND IT CONTINUED RIGHT UP TO LATE 2010. THE BIGGEST ISSUE WAS WITH THE SINGLE AXLE TRAILERS BUT ALSO WITH THE TANDEM TRAILERS. FROM TIRES WEARING TO HUBS FAILING, AND THE AXLES BREAKING LOOSE. THE FIRST ONE WAS BROUGHT TO ME ON A FLAT BED AND THE AXLE HAD BROKEN LOOSE AND FOLDED UNDER THE BOAT. WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF THE FIRST TRAILER FAILURE WE HAD 3 MORE COME IN. I CHECK THE INVOICES ON THESE 4 BOATS AND FOUND THAT THEY WERE SHIPPED ON THE SAME LOAD AND HAD CONSECUTIVE SERIAL NUMBERS. I CALLED RANGER TO INFORM HIM OF MY FINDINGS. [XXX] ASSURED ME THAT DFO WAS THE ONLY DEALER THAT HAD REPORTED ANY FAILURES. LATER THAT YEAR I SENT SOME GUYS TO THE PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE TOUR AT THEPLANT. WHILE TOURING THE TRAILER PLANT HE CALLED ME AND SAID THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST 8-9 TRAILERS SITTING IN THE BACK WITH THE SAME AXLE PROBLEMS THAT HE HAD SEEN AT DFO. HAVING PROBLEMS WITH A MANUFACTURED PRODUCT IS TO BE EXPECTED, BUT TO NOT ADMIT THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IS WRONG AND I DON?T CARE WHO YOU ARE. I COULD SIT HERE AND TYPE

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.