2000 UTILITY TRAILER Tires Problems
4 NHTSA complaints on file
Tires Issues in the 2000 UTILITY TRAILER
4 tires complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2000 UTILITY TRAILER. Of these, 1 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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Complaints
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Crashes
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Fires
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Injuries
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Deaths
All Tires Complaints
ITS JUST TOLD BY UHAUL THAT DRIVING OVER 1500 MILES ON TWO DIFFERENT TIRES WITH TWO DIFFERENT TREADS WAS SAFE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. WE DROVE THROUGH A STORM. SHE OFFERED ME A $65 REFUND. I PURCHASED A UHAUL IN NY AND DROVE OVER 1500 MILES WITH A DOLLY THAT HAD TWO DIFFERENT TIRE TREADS TO BE TOLD BY A MARKETING PRESIDENT THAT THE TIRES WERE OKAY TO DRIVE ON. ANY SANE PERSON KNOWS THAT DRIVING ON USING ALTERNATIVE TIRES FROM DIFFERENT TIRE CATEGORIES, WITH ALTERNATE SIZES OR DIFFERENT SPEED RATINGS CAN UNBALANCE THE VEHICLES HANDLING IN POOR WEATHER OR WHEN PUSHED TO THE LIMIT IN AN EMERGENCY. ONE OF MY COMPLAINTS WERE THE FACT THAT MY CAR WAS MY CAR PULLING TO ONE SIDE NOT THE RUST. BECAUSE TIRES PLAY SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN EVERY VEHICLES COMFORT QUALITIES AND HANDLING CAPABILITIES, IT IS ALWAYS BEST TO DRIVE...
I HAVE A ROADMASTER TOW DOLLY AND ONE DAY, WHILE JUST SITTING THERE, I FOUND A THICK PIECE OF THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED, SHOWING WIRES UNDERNEATH. I FIGURED THE OTHER TIRE MAY DO THE SAME THING SINCE IT WAS IDENTICAL BUT MY INSPECTIONS REVEALED NOTHING'..THE TIRE LOOKED LIKE NEW. UNFORTUNATELY THE OTHER TIRE EVENTUALLY GAVE AWAY ON THE FREEWAY WHILE I HAD A CAR IN TOW. LUCKILY AT THE TIME I WASN'T SURROUNDED BY THE HEAVY TRAFFIC THAT SEEMED TO ACCOMPANY ME THAT DAY BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TOWED VEHICLE STARTED DRAGGING ME ACROSS ALL THE LANES, FROM ONE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY TO THE OTHER BUT THE SCARIEST PART WAS WHEN I WAS STARING DOWN AT TRAFFIC UNDER THE OVER PASS. AFTER PULLING OVER I DISCOVERED MY THICK FENDER HAD CRUSHED INWARD AT THE REAR'..TOTALLY SWALLOWING MY TAILLIGHT AND EFFECTIVELY ACTING AS A BRAKE. THE TIRE WAS...
2000 UTILITY TRAILER LOST TWO TIRES WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TIRE CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. *KB OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-89-0621
ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 11TH, I EXPERIENCE A BLOW OUT; THE BLOW OUT WAS ON THE CAR CARRIER. I CALLED CS AT 6: 25 CST AND TRANSFERRED TO THE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE-I WAS ON HOLD FOR OVER 15 MINUTES. I CALLED BACK TO SEE IF CS WOULD HAVE ANY BETTER LUCK WITH GETTING ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, JANA STAYED ON HOLD WITH ME FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES, SHE WAS THE MOST EMPHATIC AND PROFESSIONAL REP I SPOKE WITH THROUGHOUT THIS ORDEAL. SHE INDICATED THAT SHE COULDN'T HOLD ANY LONGER AND WOULD HAVE TO PUT ME BACK IN THE QUEUE. I ASKED FOR A SUP - MELISSA WAS UNHELPFUL. THE REPS AND MGMENT AREN'T OPEN TO ANY OTHER OPTIONS OTHER THAN THE BOX. THEY'RE TRAINED IN. SHE STATED THAT THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS TO TRANSFER THE CALL TO ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. SHE STATED THAT ROADSIDE WAS THERE BUT THE WAIT TIME WOULD PROBABLY...