2012 NORTHWOOD NASH — Problems, Recalls & Safety Data

LETTER FROM SENATOR MCCAIN ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED WITH HER 2012 NASH TRAILER (DOT/I#S 2012 251) NOTE: RESPOND DIRECTLY TO CONSTITUENT *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH HIS BRAND NEW 2012 NORTHWOOD NASH TRAILER. HE STATED THE INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD SWAY BARS BEEN USED FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE DISTRIBUTION HITCH. WHEN THE CONSUMERS HUSBAND REACHED HIS RENTED SPACE FOR THE RV, IT WAS SOON DISCOVERED THEY COULD NOT GET IT UNHITCHED. THEY CALLED THE DEALER, WHO WALKED THEM THROUGH ON HOW TO GET IT UNHITCHED WITH THE DISTRIBUTION BARS. THE HITCH WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, BECAUSE IT WAS USED AND PARTS WERE MISSING. THE DEALER STATED EVERYTHING WAS FIXED. DURING A TRIP, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE TRAILER SEEMED TO HAVE SOME SWAY WHEN THEY PASSED BY OTHER LARGE VEHICLES. AS THE CONSUMERS HUSBAND CONTINUED TO DRIVE, HE BEGAN CLIMBING A HILL, AS THEY PASSED A FED EX SEMI TRUCK, THE TRAILER WAS PUSHED FROM THE AIR OF PASSING THE SEMI TRUCK AND STARTED SWAYING OUT OF CONTROL. THE CONSUMER'S HUSBAND ATTEMPTED TO KEEP THE TRAILER ON THE ROAD, BUT IT THREW THEM AROUND, UNTIL IT JACK-KNIFED AND FELL ON ITS SIDE AND SLID FOR A WHILE. IT FLIPPED OVER THE VEHICLE THEY WERE TOWING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND PUSHED THE REAR OF THE TRUCK INTO THE AIR.