2018 TRAILSTAR BOAT TRAILER MODEL BASSTRKXL HAD THE SAFETY PIN FAIL WHILE PULLING UP THE LAUNCH RAMP AFTER LAUNCHING THE BOAT AND THE TRAILER WAS EMPTY AND THE MPH WAS LESS THAN 5. THE CHEAP AND THIN FACTORY INSTALLED SAFETY PIN BACKED ITSELF OUT CAUSING THE TONGUE TO UNLOCK AND THE TRAILER POPPED OFF THE BALL. NOT ONLY DID THE PIN FAIL, BUT BOTH FACTORY INSTALLED SAFETY CABLES DID ALSO AND THIS CAUSED THE TRAILER TO CAREEN OUT OF CONTROL DOWN THE LAUNCH RAMP AFTER THERE WAS NOTHING HOLDING IT ON TO THE TRUCK ANY LONGER. THE SAFETY CABLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRUCK RIPPED COMPLETELY OFF THE TRAILER BECAUSE THE FACTORY INSTALLED WASHED WAS SMALLER IN DIAMETER THEN NECESSARY TO ANCHOR IT TO THE TRAILER. THE SAFETY CABLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRUCK DIDN'T RIP FREE FROM THE TRAILER, BUT THE CABLE FAILED WHEN THE S-HOOK COMPLETELY STRAIGHTENED OUT AND BROKE FREE FROM THE TRUCK. IN ADDITION TO THE S-HOOK STRAIGHTENING OUT, IT ALSO HAS A FRACTURE IN IT THAT IS APPROXIMATELY TWO THIRDS OF THE DIAMETER. ONCE ALL 3 OF THESE FACTORY INSTALLED SAFETY MEASURES FAILED WITH A WEIGHTLESS TRAILER, THE WIRING HARNESS WAS THEN YANKED OUT OF THE TRUCK AND GRAVITY TOOK OVER AS THE TRAILER SLIDE DOWN THE LAUNCH RAMP ON THE TONGUE OF THE TRAILER SEVERING THE WIRE HARNESS IN THE PROCESS. THANKFULLY THE TRAILER TURNED ITSELF HORIZONTALLY AND CAME TO REST BEFORE HITTING ANY VEHICLES, BOATS, TRAILERS OR PEOPLE. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONCE RETURNING THE TRAILER HOME AND IT TURNS OUT THAT I FO
2019 Tracker Marine Bass Tracker
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the unknown or other. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown or Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsUnknown or Other
Filed May 28, 201985 milesCA
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.