Service Brakes
Filed Jan 10, 20153,000 milesAZ
TRAILER BEARINGS AND BRAKES FAILED. AXLES ALSO FAILED. TIRES GOT HOT AND WORE OUT. AXEL AND BRAKES ARE BUY AL-KO WHO REFUSES TO HONOR THE WARRANTY. *TR
2014 South Georgia Cargo Trailer
Routine
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsService Brakes
Filed Oct 24, 201425 milesVA
AFTER EXPERIENCING A SUDDEN DROP IN BRAKE APPLICATION, TRAILER WAS PUT IN REPAIR SHOP. WHEN THE BRAKES DRUMS WERE REMOVED IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRAILER WAS EQUIPPED WITH A BRAKE PAD OF 1 X 3/4 ON A DRUM OF 2 X 1/4. THE FACTORY AT SOUTH GEORGIA CARGO L.L.C. ([XXX]) LOCATED IN PEARSON GA. AT 393 AUSTIN AVE. WAS NOTIFIED BY CALLING 912-422-3434. ADDITIONALLY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE AXLES - ALKO ([XXX]) AT 574-294-6651 IN ELKHART, IN. AND ALSO ( [XXX] ) 229-388-8886 IN TIFTON, GA. WERE NOTIFIED. ALKO IN ELKHART IN. CONFIRMED THE SPEC OF THE AXLE TO HAVE ONLY A 1 3/4 PAD WHEN INDUSTRY GUIDELINES CALLED FOR A PAD OF 2 1/4. ALKO COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY THE TRAILER HAD THOSE PADS. ALL PARTIES WERE ASKED TO MAKE RESTITUTION, BUT HAVE NOT. THE TRAILER MANUFACTURER ASSOCIATION IN OKLAHOMA WAS ALSO NOTIFIED. THE BBT IN THREE STATES WERE INVOLVED. THE TRAILERS CONTINUE TO BE MADE AND EQUIPPED WITH THESE INSUFFICIENT BRAKE PADS WHICH RESULT IN SEVERELY REDUCED BRAKING APPLICATION. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
2 of 2 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.