ON THE DATE INDICATED AND FOURTEEN MILES INTO A TRIP, THE RIGHT REAR TREDIT RAINIER ST145R12 TIRE THAT CAME ON MY TANDEM AXLE BOAT TRAILER PURCHASED NEW IN JULY 2019 SUFFERED A BLOWOUT WITH COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION AT 55MPH. AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS 84 DEGREES AT THE TIME, THE ROADWAY WAS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH NO HAZARDS, AND IT IS A 75 MILE TWO LANE 55MPH MAX SPEED LIMIT ROUTE WE TAKE EVERY TWO WEEKS DURING THE SUMMER. THE TREAD WRAPPED AROUND THE TRAILER AXLE, BENT A 3/16" STEEL FENDER BRACKET WELDED TO THE FRAME, AND TORE THE FENDER OFF. THE TIRES HAD LESS THAN 3000 MILES ON THEM, THE TRAILER WAS KEPT IN A GARAGE, AND THE TIRES WERE ALWAYS INFLATED TO THE MANUFACTURER SPEC OF 80PSI COLD. THE OTHER THREE TIRES WERE CHECKED WHEN I PULLED OVER TO CHANGE THE TIRE. THEY WERE COOL TO THE TOUCH AND READ 82PSI, AND ALL TIRES WERE VERIFIED AT 80PSI BEFORE LEAVING HOME. I INSTALLED MY SPARE AND I REMOVED THE OTHER TIRES WHEN I GOT HOME. THERE I FOUND THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS BALLOONED TO ABOUT AN INCH LARGER DIAMETER THAN THE OTHER TWO TIRES. I HAD IT REMOVED FROM THE WHEEL AND FOUND LARGE BUBBLES INSIDE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TIRE INDICATING THE TREAD WAS SEPARATING FROM THE BELT LAYER ON IT AS WELL AND IT WAS A MIRACLE THAT IT DIDN'T BLOW OUT AS WELL DURING THE TRIP. THE DATE CODE ON ALL FOUR TIRES IS 4418, AND WHAT I ASSUME IS THE MOLD CODE IS TR088-01 ON THE REARS AND TR088-02 ON THE FRONTS SO THE TWO FAILED TIRES WERE NOT ONLY DIFFERENT AXLES AND SIDES OF THE TRAILER BUT A
2019 Yacht Club 1825b
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 Aug 27, 20202,000 milesSC
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.