NHTSA Complaint #11150695 — 2019 FREEDOM TRAILERS FREEDOM TRAILERS

THE TRAILER IS BENDING AND BULGING FROM ITS OWN WEIGHT. THE TRAILER WAS NOT PROPERLY ASSEMBLED BY THE MANUFACTURER. GROSS NEGLIGENCE BURNED STEEL WITH POOR WELDS. WELDS THAT ARE INCOMPLETE, WELDS THAT ARE MISSING. SECTIONS OF THE WALL SUPPORTS WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WELDED TO THE FRAME OF THE TRAILER ARE MISSING WELDS COMPLETELY. SECTIONS OF THE BOX THAT ATTACHES TO THE RISER OF THE GOOSENECK ARE NOT REINFORCED AND ARE SIMPLY SPOT WELDED IN FEW AREAS BUT NOT COMPLETELY AS SHOULD BE. EVERY TIME THE TRAILER GOES OVER A BUMP OR DECELERATES THE GOOSENECK SECTION THAT ATTACHES TO THE BED OF THE TRUCK IS SEEN BENDING AND FLEXING WITH NO LOAD INSIDE. WE LOADED A 2017 EXPLORER AND A 2017 INFINITY QX50 INSIDE DROVE LESS THAN 100 MILES WITH THE TRAILER LOADED(LESS THAN MAX) AND A TRUCK DRIVER FLAGGED US TO PULL OVER WHEN THEY SEE THE TRAILER BENDING UNSAFELY ON THE 5 FREEWAY BETWEEN 134 AND THE 118 IN CA. THE ROAD IS NOT THE BEST IN THIS AREA THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 55MPH IN THE TRUCK LANE OVER VERY ROUGH ROAD BUT WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND FOLLOWING ALL POSTED SPEED AND LAWS.WHEN SPEAKING WITH THE MANUFACTURER THE OWNER TOLD ME TO GO F#$% MY SELF. STATING YOUR IN CA AND I AM IN GA THAN HANGING UP ON ME. HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/RDRXNMLCHAI HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/FR2YB7LRDXC THE TRAILER IS CURRENTLY PARKED AT THE SOCAL RVDOCTOR IN LAKE ELSINORE CA (XXXXX) FOR ANY FURTHER DETAILS OR PHOTO OR TO GO SEE THIS TRAILER IN PERSON. THINKING THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD DONE I CONTACT MY INSURANCE COMPANY WHO TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR FACILITY WHERE IT CURRENTLY SITS UPON OPENING THE INSIDE WALLS THE REPAIR FACILITY REP EXPLAINED ITS NOTHING THAT WAS BROKEN OR DAMAGED. THE TRAILER WAS JUST NOT PUT TOGETHER PROPERLY AND SHOULD NEVER HAVE PASSED SAFETY INSPECTIONS. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *JB