{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=PULLIAM","name":"PULLIAM","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","data_provider_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-09-10T00:23:01.365Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":3,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fires":0},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL","n":2},{"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"1413418","date_received":"2017-10-10","make":"PULLIAM","model":"HITCH","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL","description":"I WAS TOWING MY 5TH WHEEL CAMPER OUT OF AN RV PARK, AFTER STOPPING AT THE STOP SIGN AT THE HIGHWAY, I BEGAN MY RIGHT HAND TURN ON AN UP HILL SLOP, I FELT A JERK AND I HEARD  THE HITCH DISENGAGE AND MY CAMPER SLID BACKWARDS INTO MY TAIL GATE.   I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE REGIONAL MANAGER AT PULLRITE AND HE ENSURES ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE HITCH PLATE, HOWEVER I PURCHASED A NEW ONE AND AFTER INSPECTING BOTH MY OLD AND NEW PLATES, THERE IS DEFINITELY A FLAW IN THE PLATES DESIGN THAT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ALLOW THE PLATE TO OPEN UP.  THE 5TH WHEEL PLATE NEEDS A SAFETY PIN OR SIMILAR DEVICE TO PREVENT IT FROM DROPPING A TRAILER.   ..UPDATED 12/11/17 *BF ..BF  *BF  VIN NOT AVAILABLE UPDATED 7/25/18*JB","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1413418"},{"cmplid":"865658","date_received":"2011-07-07","make":"PULLIAM","model":"HITCH","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER","description":"I PURCHASED A SUPER GLIDE HITCH MANUFACTURED BY PULLIAM ENTERPRISES. THIS HITCH UNLIKE ANY OTHER RV HITCH REQUIRES A VERY HIGH MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE AS IN DAILY, UNLIKE AND OTHER 5TH WHEEL HITCH IF IT BINDS EITHER DUE TO A LACK OF MAINTENANCE OR AN ITEM LOCKING THE HITCH UP WILL CAUSE THE 7K POUND -25K POUND TRAILER TO COME LOOSE RIP THROUGH THE TAILGATE AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME AN UNCONTROLLABLE MISSILE SHOULD THE BREAK AWAY SWITCH FAIL TO ENGAGE. NO OTHER 5TH WHEEL HITCH HAS THIS DANGEROUS FEATURE. ALSO THE SAME HEAD IS USED FOR ALL WEIGHT LOADS.  THEREFORE ALL HITCHES SHOULD HAVE A SAFETY BACKUP CHAIN SUFFICIENT TO ARREST THE TRAILER SHOULD THIS HITCH BIND FOR ANY REASON AND DESTROY IT'S SELF. I HAVE THIS HITCH AND IT CAME APART AND CAUSED $7500 IN DAMAGE. PULLIAM AFTER MANY DISCUSSIONS IS VERY OBLIVIOUS TO THE FACT THAT DAMAGE OR RISK OF DEATH OF THIS SORT IS JUST UNREASONABLE WHEN PULLING AN RV. THEY TOLD ME THE DEFACING OF THE METAL PARTS WAS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING YET THE DENY WARRANTY COVERAGE WHEN THERE IS DEFACING OF THE WORKING SURFACES. THE WORKING SURFACES ACCORDING TO THE MANUAL ARE TO BE SPRAYED WITH GREASE OR GRAPHITE WHICH ARE UNPROTECTED FROM DUST OR ROAD DEBRIS WHICH ADDS TO THE MARRING IF THE WORKING SURFACES BECAUSE THE HITCH WEIGHT SCRAPES OF NEARLY ALL LUBRICANT ON THE FIRST PASS LEAVING THE BARE METAL TO GRIND AND WEAR DOWN THE WORKING SURFACES TILL THEY EVENTUALLY GALL CAUSING THE   HITCH TO SUCCUMB TO TORQUE EFFECTS WHICH THEN DROPS THE RV TYPIC","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/865658"},{"cmplid":"640323","date_received":"2007-09-27","make":"PULLIAM","model":"HITCH","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL","description":"BALL BEARING FAILED IN NEW HITCH ASSY MODEL #4400 CAUSING MY 13K FIFTH WHEEL TO UNHITCH FROM MY TRUCK AND SLAM BACK INTO MY TAIL GATE. TAIL GATE KEPT FIFTH WHEEL FROM SEVERLY INJURING PEOPLE IN CARS BEHIND ME. COMPANY LISTED BELOW TOLD ME TODAY THAT BALL BEARING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A ROLLOR BEARING BUT I DO NOT BELEIVE A RECALL IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BALL BEARING HITCHES AND THAT HAS ME HIGHLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFTY OF OTHERS. WHEN I INFORMED MY INSTALLER, TRAILERS AND HITCHES, WICHITA, KS 1-888-288-6418, HE SAID ANOTHER CUSTOMER WITH A NEW SAME HITCH FAILED TOO.     HITCH MANUFACTURER: PULLIMEN, 13790 E. JEFFERSON BLVD, MISHAWAKA, IN 46545 1-800-443-2307  *JB","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/640323"}]}