TRAVEL TRAILER TIRE FAILURES TIRES SUDDENLY BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY - TWO OF THE FOUR TRAILER TIRES BLEW OUT ON OUR TRAVEL TRAILER WITHIN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. - AS THE TREAD AND BELTS WERE ENTIRELY TORN APART, THE TIRES WERE UNUSABLE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. BOTH TIRES DID EXACTLY THE SAME THING. THE TRAILER WAS NOT OVERLOADED AND THE TIRES WERE TWO YEARS OLD, TIRE PRESSURE HAD BEEN CHECKED AND WAS CORRECT. THE TIRES HAD ABOUT 5500 MILES OF USAGE.
2018 Rockwood Lite Weight Tra Rltg12rk
Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tires | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tires › Tread/Belt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsTL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 ROCKWOOD A213HW (NA) EQUIPPED WITH CASTLEROCK TIRES, TIRE LINE: UNKNOWN, TIRE SIZE: ST 205/75/R14 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TREAD WAS SEPARATING FROM THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE TIRES ON THE CAMPER. THE CONTACT WAS NOTIFIED OF THE SEPARATION BY ANOTHER DRIVER. THE CAMPER WAS TAKEN TO A GOODYEAR DEALER WHO REPLACED BOTH TIRES. THE INDEPENDENT TIRE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TIRE SEPARATION WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE VEHICLE AND TIRE MANUFACTURERS WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DOT NUMBER AND VIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,200.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 ROCKWOOD SIGNATURE ULTRA LITE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH CASTLE ROCK TIRES (NA), TIRE LINE: ST225, TIRE SIZE: 75R15, AND DOT NUMBER:JULT1MT2717. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, ANOTHER DRIVER ALERTED HIM TO PULL OVER AND INFORMED HIM THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NORTH TRAIL RV COLLISION CENTER (5500 ENTERPRISE PKWY, FORT MYERS, FL 33905, (888) 264-4552) WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY AWAITING DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,500. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
3 of 3 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.