NHTSA Complaint #10347001 — 2001 STOUGHTON TRAILER

ON HWY 10, RIGHT AFTER PHOENIX,AZ. MY LEFT BACK AXEL FROM MY 2001 STOUGHTON TRAILER VAN CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE MOBILE SERVICE CHANGED THE BEARINGS, HUB,SEAL, REPAIRS AND COST OF LABOR COST ME $1597.70, PLUS HE ALSO OPEN THE OTHER 3 CAPS OF THE AXELS AND PUT GREASE ON THEM, TELLING ME THAT ALL THE FOUR AXELS NEED NEW DRUMS AND THE 3 REMAIN AXELS THAT HE ONLY GREASED, DOES NEED NEW SEALS AND PROBABLY NEW BEARINGS. WHEN WE CONTINUE OUR TRIP TO LOS ANGELES, BEFORE COACHELLA, CA. OUR REAR BACK RIGHT TIRE FROM THE TRAILER EXPLODED, WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE NEAREST TRAVEL CENTER (4 MILES AWAY) AND HAD TO BUY ANOTHER TIRE AND THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT HE WAS CONCERN THAT THE TIRE EXPLODED BECAUSE THAT AXEL WAS LEAKING VERY HOT OIL AND HE RECOMMENDED THAT WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM RIGHT AWAY , TO BUY AND CHANGE THIS TIRE COST ME $324.34. WE JUST BOUGHT IN JULY 14, 2010 THIS TRAILER VAN AND WAS GUARANTEED WITH ALL THE PERMITS> THE MOBILE SERVICE MECHANIC, AND THE TA MECHANIC,BOTH EMPHASIS ABOUT THAT THIS TRAILER IN THE LAST TIMES WAS NOT PROPERLY GREASED THEIR AXLES. *TR