SPEED RATING OF ST RATED TRAILER TIRES IS TOO LOW MY RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT ALL ST RATED TRAILER TIRES HAVE A MAXIMUM SPEED RATING OF 65 MPH AND I WANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT, SINCE IN REAL LIFE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS NOT AWARE OF THAT LIMIT AND THEY ARE PULLING THEIR TRAILERS AT HIGHER SPEEDS, RISKING THEIR LIVES AND EVERYBODY AROUND THEM. I HAVE HAD A TRAILER TIRE BLOW OUT AT 70 MPH AND I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE SPEED RATING LIMIT OF 65 MPH. I KEEP MY TIRE PRESSURES UP AND I AM VERY SAFETY CONSCIOUS, BUT MOST USERS ARE NOT INFORMED OF THE NEED TO USE THE MAXIMUM AIR PSI RATING ON THE TIRE AND TO LIMIT THEIR SPEED TO 65. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT THE GOVERNMENT CHANGE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ST RATED TRAILER TIRES BY REQUIRING THAT THE SPEED RATING BE AT LEAST A 75 MPH MINIMUM. ANYTHING LESS THAN A 75 MPH SPEED RATING IS A DANGER TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY SAFETY FACTOR FOR UNDER INFLATED AND OLDER WEAKER TIRES. I HAVE HAD MANY TRAILER TIRE'S TREAD SEPARATE AND RECENTLY FOUND THE STEEL BELT IN MY TRAIL AMERICA TRAILER TIRE WAS PROTRUDING THROUGH THE TREAD, BUT LUCKILY IT DID NOT BLOW OUT. HOWEVER, I HAVE BEEN PULLING MY TRAILER UP TO 75 MPH NOT KNOWING ABOUT THE 65 MPH RATING. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I CAN DO TO PROMOTE A HIGHER SPEED RATING FOR ST RATED TRAILER TIRES? *TR
2004 Trailers Flats
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tires | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsTires
Filed Nov 7, 2013SC
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2011Reading 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.