NHTSA complaint: UNKNOWN UNKNOWN — TRAILER HITCHES
CONSUMER STATES THAT HE BOUGHT A LOADMAX GOOSE NECK TRAILER AND WHEN PULLING THE TRAILER WITH HIS TRUCK THE TRAILER CAME OFF THE HITCH. CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS A DEFECT PROBLEM WITH THE HITCH COUPLER. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE HITCH COUPLER CAME OFF OF THE HITCH BALL. WHEN THE TRAILER CAME LOOSE, IT ALMOST RIPPED THE BED OFF THE TRUCK AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE TRAILER AND MUD TRUCK THEN WENT OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND OVERTURNED. THE CONSUMER HAD THE COUPLER CHECKED AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED HITCH SEEMED LOOSE. THE CONSUMER THEN SENT THE HITCH BALL COUPLER TO THE MANUFACTURER TO BE INSPECTED. THE CONSUMER THEN RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THE COUPLER DID NOT MEET THEIR SPECIFICATION AND THEY WOULD CONTACT THE COUPLERS MANUFACTURER. THE COMPANY THAT MANUFACTURED THE COUPLER, STATED IT HAD BEEN ABUSED AND THEY WERE NOT LIABLE IN ANY WAY. THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAS SINCE PURCHASED A NEW COUPLER FOR THE TRAILER. *JB
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation