2012 Trails West Rpm

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › frame and members. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Structure › Frame and Members	1		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Equipment14V021000

Filed Jan 27, 2014247 vehiclesTrails West Manufacturing Of Idaho

Defect. Trails West Manufacturing of Idaho, Inc. (Trails West) is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 RPM bumper pull recreational trailers manufactured October 2009 through January 2014 and equipped with a Suburban-brand SF-30 FQ furnace. In the affected vehicles, the plastic furnace intake fan may melt which can cause the furnace to overheat causing other plastic pieces to melt from the lack of air flow.

Risk. The melting and overheating could result in a trailer fire.

Remedy. Trails West Manufacturing will send to owners repair kits, with detailed inspection instructions, if damage to the intake fan is detected, the owners can take their trailer to an authorized repair facility for replacement of the furnace, free of charge. The recall began on May 12, 2014. Owners may contact Trails West Manufacturing of Idaho, Inc. at 1-208-852-2200.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Structure › Frame and Members

Filed Oct 9, 2016100 milesOR

I WRITE YOU TODAY REGARDING A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN FOR MY TRAILS WEST CLASSIC 2 HORSE TRAILER. I BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS TRAILERS MALFUNCTIONING AXEL, AND I NEVER RECEIVED PROPER NOTICE OF THIS DEFECT. HAD I RECEIVED PROPER NOTICE, I WOULD HAVE AVOIDED THE TRAILER MALFUNCTION I HAD YESTERDAY POTENTIALLY ENDANGERING THE LIFE OF MY HORSE AND MYSELF. I WILL FURTHER EXPLAIN MY CONCERNS AND THE TRAILERS MALFUNCTION BELOW. IN 2014, I TOOK MY HORSE TRAILER INTO LES SCHWAB TIRES IN SALEM, OR TO HAVE THE BEARINGS PACKED AND ENSURE ALL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WAS IN COMPLIANCE. SHORTLY BEFORE TAKING MY TRAILER INTO LES SCHWAB, THE TIRES AND BREAKING MECHANISM LOCKED UP WHILE I WAS HAULING MY HORSE. I SAFELY TRANSPORTED THE TRAILER TO LES SCHWAB, AND ASKED WHAT COULD CAUSE THE TIRES TO LOCK UP, AND ENSURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. THE MANAGER INFORMED ME HE HAD SEEN A SIMILAR LOCKING INSTANCE ON ONE OTHER TRAILER WHEN THERE WAS A BENT AXEL CAUSING THE TIRES TO SEIZE. I HAD ALL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND A FULL INSPECTION COMPLETED ON THAT DAY TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF MY HORSE AND MYSELF. YESTERDAY, WHILE PULLING MY HORSE TRAILER DOWN INTERSTATE 5 THROUGH SALEM, OR, THE FRONT LEFT TIRE BEGAN TO SMOKE ON THE HIGHWAY. MY VEHICLE WAS LOCATED IN BETWEEN HIGHWAYS EXITS, AND PULLING THE HORSE OUT OF THE TRAILER ALONG THE HIGHWAY WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE DANGEROUS THAN SLOWLY MANEUVERING THE SMOKING TRAILER OFF THE HIGHWAY AT THE NEXT EXIT. I SLOWLY MOVED THE TRAILER (AT

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2012

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2014	0	1	Routine
2013	0	1	Routine
2012 — this page	1	1	Routine
2011	0	1	Routine
2010	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: Jan 27, 2014. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.