NHTSA Complaint #10195666 — 2006 DUTCHMEN T@B

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DUTCHMEN T@B. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AXLES UNDERNEATH THE TRAILER CAUSED THE SPRING HANGERS TO SEPARATE. ALL FOUR SPRING HANGERS HAVE FAILED. THE AXLES BEGAN TO RIDE ON THE TIRE, CAUSING THE TIRE TO SMOKE. THE AXLE WAS LIFTED TO THE UNDERBELLY OF THE TRAILER. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THIS WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM, BUT WAS LIPPMANN INDUSTRIES' PROBLEM INSTEAD. THE MANUFACTURER SENT SOMEONE TO REPAIR THE CROSS MEMBERS, BUT THEY STATED THAT THE CROSS MEMBERS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THAT THE TRAILER WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THEY REFERRED HER TO ANOTHER MANUFACTURER (MOORE RIDE) WHO STATED THAT THE CROSS MEMBERS WERE NOT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. BOTH MANUFACTURERS STATED THAT IF THE FAILURE WERE TO RECUR, NEITHER OF THEM WOULD BE ABLE TO REPAIR THE DEFECT AGAIN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 2,500. NO OTHER VEHICLE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE.