1996 Trailmobile Trailer

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the wheels › rim. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Wheels › Rim	1		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Steering › Linkages › Knuckle › Spindle › Arm95V249004

Filed Apr 30, 1996250 vehiclesTrailmobile Inc.

Defect. THESE AXLES CONSIST OF A STEEL TUBULAR CENTER SECTION AND FORGED STEEL SPINDLES THAT ARE WELDED TO EACH END OF THE TUBE. EITHER SPINDLE CAN CONTAIN A CIRCUMFERENTIAL CRACK THROUGH A PORTION OF ITS CROSS SECTION.

Risk. THIS CRACK CAN REDUCE THE EFFECTIVE SERVICE LIFE OF THE SPINDLE AND CAUSE THE SPINDLE TO FRACTURE DURING NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

Remedy. EATON WILL USE PORTABLE ULTRASONIC TESTING EQUIPMENT TO INSPECT EACH SUSPECT TRAILER AXLE. TRAILER AXLES CONTAINING DEFECTIVE SPINDLES WILL BE REPLACED WITH EQUIVALENT AXLES.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Wheels › Rim

Filed Aug 25, 1998OR

GOODYEAR TIRES (235-85R16) CONTINUE TO FAIL DUE TO FAILURE OF THE WHEEL RIM, RECALL COMPONENT HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS NOT NOTIFIED PRIOR TO INCIDENTS.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2005	0	1	Routine
2004	1	1	Routine
2001	1	1	Routine
2000	1	2	Routine
1997	0	1	Routine
1996 — this page	1	1	Routine
1995	2	0	Routine
1992	0	1	Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Apr 30, 1996. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.