General Trailer General Trailer
Model General Trailer made by General Trailer got 5 consumer complains as well as 1 recall. Consumer complaints with reference to tires. . There was one recall concerning equipment .
Model 9999
Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| EQUIPMENT - OTHER - LABELS | ||||||||||||||||
| 87E002000 | GENERAL TRAILER CO., INC. | from 01/01/1983 to 01/01/1983 | E (Equipment) | 4 | 02/11/1987 | OVSC | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | 02/11/1987 | 02/13/1987 | 571 | 126 | |||||
| Defect Summary | Certification label fails to meet requirements of fmvss 126. also, no owner manuals. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Without certification label showing correct weights, itis possible for an overloading condition to exist. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Affix certification label with correct weight in a manner it cannot be removed without defacing. also, furnish owner's manual information. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | System: camper slide in.vehicle category: pickup truck. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 04/27/2011 | 150 | ||
| New trailer tire sidewall failure. i purchased a new carry-on cargo trailer two weeks ago. i took a trip down to oregon last week. just south of wilsonville, or, the sidewall of the passenger side tire blew out. the trailer had approximately 700 pounds of cargo, so it was not overloaded. the new tire had less than 150 miles on it at the time, and we were travelling at 60 mph on the i-5 freeway. the tire had a sidewall failure with a 6 inch tear. no personal damage occurred and we did have a spare. the tire is a carlisle sport trail bias plied trailer tire. the size of the tire is 205/75d15. the dot id is aq12 dot aqul 0811. end of report. | |||