RIGHT FRONT GOODYEAR TIRE BLEW OUT AT SIDEWALL FOR NO APPARENT REASON WHILE DRIVING ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. *AK
1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
HAD FAULTY TRAILER OUTLET REPACED IN NORWICH,NY,WHILE ENROUTE TO NJ. WHILE TRAVELING DOWN ROUTE 206 IN NJ MY BRAKES FOR THE TREAILER WOULD NOT WORK.THIS WAS ON A STEEP DOWNHILL. WAS ABLE TO STOP BY PULLING INTO AN ELKS CLUB PARKING LOT.MY TRAILER PLUG CAME OUT OF THE SOCKET AND WAS SHREDDED DO TO DRAGGING.AN ERLK MEMBER LET ME BORROW HIS CABLE. THE BORROWED CABLE ALSO CAME OUT TWICE. THE REPLACEMENT CABLE ALSO WOULD NOT STAY IN THE OUTLET UNLESS I TAPPED IT. I REPOTED THE PROBLEM TO THE DEALER, OLIVERS CAMPERS, NORWICH NY. THE RESPONSE THAT I RECIVED WAS I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING.THAT I SHOULD TIE THE PLUG IN WITH WIRE. I WAS NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO HAVE THE OUTLET LOOKED INTO. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ROAD HAZZARD. IT MAY BE THE ONLY DEFECTIVE ONE BUT IF NOT HOW MANY DEFFECTIVE OUTLETS ARE THERE? I DO HAVE OTHER TRAILERS AND THEY SEEM TO LOCK OKAY. IT MAY BE THAT IT IS ONLY CERTAIN PLUGS.BUT I FEEL THAT IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.