NHTSA complaint: CAREFREE CAREFREE — EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
DT: CONSUMER LET THE TAIL GATE DOWN AND IT FELL ON HIS ARM AND HAND. THE CONSUMER HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. HE TOOK PICTURES AND XRAYS. THE VEHICLE WAS LOOKED OVER AND THE NOTICED THAT TAILGATE SLID TO THE RIGHT, NO CARTER PINS WERE THERE TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING. JUST WANTED MANUFACTURER TO FIX THIS TO KEEP OTHERS FROM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAD FIXED IT ON THE NEWER MODELS. *AK (CARRY-ON TRAILER/5X8G 2002) *SC *JB
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation