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1998 Trailer Trailer Star

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires › tread/belt. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Tread/Belt1
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1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Equipment12V223000
Filed May 16, 201212 vehiclesTrailmaster Inc.

Defect. TRAILMASTER BY MCCOLLUM CUSTOM TRAILERS INCORPORATED (TRAILMASTER) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 GOOSENECK DUAL TANDEM TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH A DEXTER AXLE ELECTRIC/HYDRAULIC (E/H) BRAKE ACTUATOR PUMP. THIS PUMP MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY HEAT TREATED. THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE PREMATURE WEAR OF SOME CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN THIS PUMP WHICH CAN RENDER THE UNIT INOPERABLE.

Risk. THE E/H BRAKE ACTUATOR PROVIDES BRAKING POWER TO THE TRAILER BRAKES. FAILURE OF THE ACTUATOR CAN RESULT IN THE LOSS OF BRAKING EFFORT BY THE TRAILER, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy. TRAILMASTER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEXTER AXLE DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ELECTRIC/HYDRAULIC (E/H) BRAKE ACTUATOR PUMPS, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 2, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TRAILMASTER, INC. AT 1-903-572-1834.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Jun 13, 2002TN

GOODYEAR, P205/75R15, DOT UNKNOWN, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1998, SUNDOWNER HORSE, TRAILER. LEFT FRONT TIRE SHREDDED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, OTHER 3 TIRES WERE BULGING AND SHOWING SIGNS OF BELT SEPARATION.*AK *MJ

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

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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.

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Most recent recall on file: May 16, 2012. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.