{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=UTILITY","name":"UTILITY","_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":"2026-07-27T12:44:24.408Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":19,"deaths":3,"injured":14,"fires":8},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"TIRES","n":3},{"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","n":2},{"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, AIR","n":2},{"component_desc":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","n":1},{"component_desc":"STRUCTURE:BODY","n":1},{"component_desc":"STRUCTURE","n":1},{"component_desc":"STEERING","n":1},{"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC","n":1},{"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES","n":1},{"component_desc":"SEAT BELTS","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"2090489","date_received":"2025-05-09","make":"UTILITY","model":"Refrigerated van","model_year":2023,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES","description":"See attached document for complaint.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/2090489"},{"cmplid":"2090490","date_received":"2025-05-09","make":"UTILITY","model":"Refrigerated van","model_year":2023,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"FIRERELATED","description":"See attached document for complaint.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/2090490"},{"cmplid":"1213489","date_received":"2015-08-27","make":"4 TON UTILITY","model":"4EC16W","model_year":2001,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"STEERING","description":"I WAS EXITING THE FREEWAY GOING 70 MPH IN RUSH HOUR AND WHEN I WENT TO SLOW DOWN THE CAR JUST STALLED AND LOCKED UP THE STEERING AND EVERYTHING, WHICH CAUSED TO HIT MY ARM PRETTY HARD AND I HAD TO AVOID BEING HIT I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OFF RAMP AND PUT IN PARK TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE AWAY IT HAS BEEN DOING MORE FREQUENTLY. I WAS HIT ALMOST 5 TIMES. I HAVE CALLED HYUNDAI BECAUSE I FEEL THIS WAS PART OF THE RECALL THEY SAID IT IS CLOSED I NEVER RCVD A LETTER AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE ESPECIALLY IF I HAVE MY SON IN THE CAR. I BASICALLY ENDED UP HITTING THE SHOULDER AND ROAD SIDE CONES PRETTY HARD","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1213489"},{"cmplid":"1213490","date_received":"2015-08-27","make":"4 TON UTILITY","model":"4EC16W","model_year":2001,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","description":"I WAS EXITING THE FREEWAY GOING 70 MPH IN RUSH HOUR AND WHEN I WENT TO SLOW DOWN THE CAR JUST STALLED AND LOCKED UP THE STEERING AND EVERYTHING, WHICH CAUSED TO HIT MY ARM PRETTY HARD AND I HAD TO AVOID BEING HIT I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OFF RAMP AND PUT IN PARK TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE AWAY IT HAS BEEN DOING MORE FREQUENTLY. I WAS HIT ALMOST 5 TIMES. I HAVE CALLED HYUNDAI BECAUSE I FEEL THIS WAS PART OF THE RECALL THEY SAID IT IS CLOSED I NEVER RCVD A LETTER AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE ESPECIALLY IF I HAVE MY SON IN THE CAR. I BASICALLY ENDED UP HITTING THE SHOULDER AND ROAD SIDE CONES PRETTY HARD","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1213490"},{"cmplid":"1213491","date_received":"2015-08-27","make":"4 TON UTILITY","model":"4EC16W","model_year":2001,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)","description":"I WAS EXITING THE FREEWAY GOING 70 MPH IN RUSH HOUR AND WHEN I WENT TO SLOW DOWN THE CAR JUST STALLED AND LOCKED UP THE STEERING AND EVERYTHING, WHICH CAUSED TO HIT MY ARM PRETTY HARD AND I HAD TO AVOID BEING HIT I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OFF RAMP AND PUT IN PARK TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE AWAY IT HAS BEEN DOING MORE FREQUENTLY. I WAS HIT ALMOST 5 TIMES. I HAVE CALLED HYUNDAI BECAUSE I FEEL THIS WAS PART OF THE RECALL THEY SAID IT IS CLOSED I NEVER RCVD A LETTER AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE ESPECIALLY IF I HAVE MY SON IN THE CAR. I BASICALLY ENDED UP HITTING THE SHOULDER AND ROAD SIDE CONES PRETTY HARD","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1213491"},{"cmplid":"969446","date_received":"2013-03-20","make":"UTILITY TRAILER","model":"VS2DX","model_year":2007,"deaths":1,"injured":4,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"STRUCTURE:BODY","description":"A 2002 CHEVY SUBURBAN TRAVELING AT 35MPH COLLIDED AT 90 DEGREES WITH SIDE OF A 53' BOX TRAILER.  BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT OF THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER THE SUBURBAN'S FRONT BUMPER AND GRILL PASSED UNDERNEATH THE TRAILER, ALLOWING THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER TO CRUSH THE CAB OF THE SUBURBAN.  AS A RESULT OF THIS COLLISION, THE ROOF OF THE SUBURBAN CRUSHED IN ON THE DRIVER.  THE DRIVER'S HEAD WAS TWISTED SIDEWAYS AND PINNED TO HIS HEADREST CAUSING HIM DEATH BY ASPHYXIATION.  THIS WAS A SURVIVABLE COLLISION SPEED AS SHOWN BY THE 35MPH NCAP TEST FOR THIS SUV.  THE SUBURBAN'S SAFETY SYSTEMS (CRUMPLE ZONES, SEAT BELTS, AIRBAGS, SURVIVAL SPACE, ETC.) WERE RENDERED INEFFECTIVE BY THE LACK A GUARDRAIL OR BUMPER SIMILAR TO THAT PRESENT ON THE REAR OF TRAILERS.  THE UTILITY TRAILER IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN SIDE TYPE COLLISIONS BECAUSE THE COLLISION FORCES ARE PLACED UPON THE WINDSCREEN AND ROOF OF THE CAR WHICH IS NOT CAPABLE OF KEEPING THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER AWAY FROM THE FACE, HEAD, AND UPPER BODY OF SMALLER CARS.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/969446"},{"cmplid":"969447","date_received":"2013-03-20","make":"UTILITY TRAILER","model":"VS2DX","model_year":2007,"deaths":1,"injured":4,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","description":"A 2002 CHEVY SUBURBAN TRAVELING AT 35MPH COLLIDED AT 90 DEGREES WITH SIDE OF A 53' BOX TRAILER.  BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT OF THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER THE SUBURBAN'S FRONT BUMPER AND GRILL PASSED UNDERNEATH THE TRAILER, ALLOWING THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER TO CRUSH THE CAB OF THE SUBURBAN.  AS A RESULT OF THIS COLLISION, THE ROOF OF THE SUBURBAN CRUSHED IN ON THE DRIVER.  THE DRIVER'S HEAD WAS TWISTED SIDEWAYS AND PINNED TO HIS HEADREST CAUSING HIM DEATH BY ASPHYXIATION.  THIS WAS A SURVIVABLE COLLISION SPEED AS SHOWN BY THE 35MPH NCAP TEST FOR THIS SUV.  THE SUBURBAN'S SAFETY SYSTEMS (CRUMPLE ZONES, SEAT BELTS, AIRBAGS, SURVIVAL SPACE, ETC.) WERE RENDERED INEFFECTIVE BY THE LACK A GUARDRAIL OR BUMPER SIMILAR TO THAT PRESENT ON THE REAR OF TRAILERS.  THE UTILITY TRAILER IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN SIDE TYPE COLLISIONS BECAUSE THE COLLISION FORCES ARE PLACED UPON THE WINDSCREEN AND ROOF OF THE CAR WHICH IS NOT CAPABLE OF KEEPING THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER AWAY FROM THE FACE, HEAD, AND UPPER BODY OF SMALLER CARS.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/969447"},{"cmplid":"969448","date_received":"2013-03-20","make":"UTILITY TRAILER","model":"VS2DX","model_year":2007,"deaths":1,"injured":4,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SEAT BELTS","description":"A 2002 CHEVY SUBURBAN TRAVELING AT 35MPH COLLIDED AT 90 DEGREES WITH SIDE OF A 53' BOX TRAILER.  BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT OF THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER THE SUBURBAN'S FRONT BUMPER AND GRILL PASSED UNDERNEATH THE TRAILER, ALLOWING THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER TO CRUSH THE CAB OF THE SUBURBAN.  AS A RESULT OF THIS COLLISION, THE ROOF OF THE SUBURBAN CRUSHED IN ON THE DRIVER.  THE DRIVER'S HEAD WAS TWISTED SIDEWAYS AND PINNED TO HIS HEADREST CAUSING HIM DEATH BY ASPHYXIATION.  THIS WAS A SURVIVABLE COLLISION SPEED AS SHOWN BY THE 35MPH NCAP TEST FOR THIS SUV.  THE SUBURBAN'S SAFETY SYSTEMS (CRUMPLE ZONES, SEAT BELTS, AIRBAGS, SURVIVAL SPACE, ETC.) WERE RENDERED INEFFECTIVE BY THE LACK A GUARDRAIL OR BUMPER SIMILAR TO THAT PRESENT ON THE REAR OF TRAILERS.  THE UTILITY TRAILER IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN SIDE TYPE COLLISIONS BECAUSE THE COLLISION FORCES ARE PLACED UPON THE WINDSCREEN AND ROOF OF THE CAR WHICH IS NOT CAPABLE OF KEEPING THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER AWAY FROM THE FACE, HEAD, AND UPPER BODY OF SMALLER CARS.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/969448"},{"cmplid":"708395","date_received":"2009-02-15","make":"UTILITY","model":"UTILITY","model_year":1991,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS","description":"WE HAVE A FORD EXPLORER XLT   2002.  THE REAR WINDOW LIFT GATE  WOULD NOT STAY UP ON ITS OWN, SO MY SON PUSHED IT UP, AND THE REAR WINDOW GLASS EXPLODED.  HE AND MY HUSBAND RECEIVED MINOR CUTS AND IT CAME VERY CLOSE TO MY SONS EYES.  I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND  THAT OTHERS HAD VERY SIMILAR EXPERIENCES AT WWW. CARCOMPLAINTS.COM    IN 2004 WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SECONDARY TO A RECALL REGARDING THE SHOCKS ON THE REAR WINDOW.  WE TOOK IT IN AND THEY SUPPOSABLY FIXED IT.  I DON'T KNOW WHY IT MY WINDOW EXPLODED, BUT WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IT THE GLASS HAD GOTTEN IN MY SONS EYES   WE WILL BE CALLING THE DEALERSHIP IN THE MORNING TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY.  BY THE WAY  IT IS GOING TO COST 1400 DOLLARS TO GET IT REPAIRED. *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/708395"},{"cmplid":"693786","date_received":"2008-10-24","make":"UTILITY","model":"TRAILER","model_year":2000,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"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 STILL INFLATED BUT THE ENTIRE THICK TREAD WAS MISSING'..JUST THE WIRES WERE LEFT.    THE TIRE MUST HAVE SEPARATED AND THE FENDER ACTED LIKE A PEELER BUT CRUSHED IN AT THE SAME TIME.    IT ALL HAPPENED REAL FAST.    THIS EVENT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY UGLY.    A CANTON POLICE OFFICER ASKED IF I NEEDED ASSISTANCE BUT I SAID I'D JUST PULL OUT THE FENDER AND PUT MY SPARE ON. *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/693786"},{"cmplid":"690407","date_received":"2008-09-30","make":"UTILITY","model":"TRAILER","model_year":1996,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","description":"1996 UTILITY TRAILER.  THE TRAILER'S RIGHT REAR AXLE CAUGHT FIRE BECAUSE OF A HOT BRAKE.  DRIVER STOPPED AT SERVICE PLAZA TO PUT OUT FIRE.   *NJ  OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT 10-0578-90. *JB","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/690407"},{"cmplid":"604871","date_received":"2006-12-01","make":"UTILITY","model":"TRAILER","model_year":2001,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC","description":"2001 UTILITY TRAILER CAUGHT ON FIRE.  *TS  IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT FRONT TRAILER BRAKE OR BEARING CAUGHT ON FIRE, WHICH CAUSED THE TRAILER TO CATCH ON FIRE.  *JB","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/604871"},{"cmplid":"604872","date_received":"2006-12-01","make":"UTILITY","model":"TRAILER","model_year":2001,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","description":"2001 UTILITY TRAILER CAUGHT ON FIRE.  *TS  IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT FRONT TRAILER BRAKE OR BEARING CAUGHT ON FIRE, WHICH CAUSED THE TRAILER TO CATCH ON FIRE.  *JB","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/604872"},{"cmplid":"593585","date_received":"2006-08-22","make":"UTILITY","model":"TRAILER","model_year":1998,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"1998 UTILTY TRAILER'S RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT DAMAGING THE UNIT.  *KB  THE CONSUMER PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND THE TIRE CAUGHT ON FIRE.  *NM","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/593585"},{"cmplid":"195465","date_received":"2000-01-28","make":"UTILITY","model":"TRAILER","model_year":1994,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY","description":"POSSIBLE AXLE DAMAGE TO TRAILER CAUSING SWAYING AND LOSS OF CONTROL AND DAMAGE TO VEHICLE(OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT).   *MJS","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/195465"},{"cmplid":"195473","date_received":"2000-01-28","make":"UTILITY","model":"UTILITY","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"TIRES","description":"RIGHT TRAILER TIRE BROKE OFF BREAKING OFF WOOD PIECES FROM UNIT CAUSING DAMAGE TO OTHER VEHICLE (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT).  *MJS","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/195473"},{"cmplid":"192905","date_received":"2000-01-07","make":"UTILITY","model":"TRAILER","model_year":1998,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"STRUCTURE","description":"(STOUGHTON BOX/UTILITY TRAILER) TRAILER UNIT WAS TOO HIGH AND DENIED ACCESS ONTO ROADWAY, HOWEVER DURING TRAVEL UNIT MUST HAVE STRUCK BRIDGE/ROADWAY AT THE TOP OF THE UNIT CAUSING DAMAGE WHICH RESULTED IN BUCKLE/BOWING OF TRAILER AND COLLAPSING. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MJS","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/192905"},{"cmplid":"147925","date_received":"1999-03-30","make":"UTILITY","model":"TRAILER","model_year":1992,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, AIR","description":"BRAKES ON RIGHT SIDE OF FRONT AXLE OF TRAILER CAUGHT FIRE.(OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT).","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/147925"},{"cmplid":"117945","date_received":"1998-06-17","make":"UTILITY","model":"TRAILER","model_year":1995,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, AIR","description":"BRAKES CAUGHT ON FIRE.(OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT).","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/117945"}]}