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Reese weight distribution ball mount- when changing from one vehicle to another it was noted that the teeth that hold the ball mount to the hitch were completely stripped. This could have lead to trailer separarting from vehicle and a possible accident- this happened with 2 separate reese hitch ball mounts
A ford excursion hauling a four star brand horse trailer switched lanes on the interstate and started to sway and the reese trailer hitch that was used to hook the trailer to the excursion cracked causing the trailer to break away from the vehicle.this event caused the excursion to cross the median into oncoming traffic.the excursion hit a chevrolet cavalier head-on killing the two occupants in the cavalier.
The contact owns a reese trailer hitch. While the trailer was being towed by a 2014 dodge ram 3500 driving approximately 25 mph, the trailer jerked. The failure recurred numerous times. The trailer was taken to the dealer where the failure was undetermined. The trailer was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.
Trailer ball mountsnapped in front of trailer ball while towing trailer that was under weight of manf. Specs. For ball mount reese # 21793 5000# trailer weight 500# tong weight trailer id plate stated 4420# trailer weight 410# tong weight. This was a reese ball mount sold by cequent towing products a trimas corp. This could have been deadly, just 1 mile further down the road i would have been on interstate 20 and doing hwy. Speeds i have repeatedly tried to get company to contact me by phone calls,e-mails, and letters, the only thing i have heard from them is ( the ball mount broke due to being overloaded) this came from trimas corp. Lawyer. I feel the ball mount broke due to metal failure not overload condition. I also feel trimas corp. Should take responsibility for damages.
1-7/8 trailer ball failed at highway speeds while carrying small landscaping trailer and golf cart. Item was installed and torqued correctly but while under load snapped midway down the shank causing the trailer to detach from the tow vehicle, destroying both the trailer and golf cart. Load was far less than the 2000lb maximum as per reese.
Trailer hitchs:fifthreese 16000 fifth wheel hitch may have a defect in design that allows safety pin to fall out.without a safety pin, the main load-bearing pin can then slide out causing the rv to become disconnected from the towing vehicle.the pin fell out on two recent occasions on my hitch.
I was driving down an inclined road at night in a rainstorm (in colorado mountain pass) when i heard a loud clunk. I slowed down immediately and turned off the road onto the first road i could find. That's when i noticed one of the spring bars for my reese mini350 weight distribution hitch was missing and that there was an indentation on our camper's nose hitch crank wheel where the spring bar had hit. The spring bars are under hundreds of pounds of downward force and can't fall off by themselves unless the hitch falls backwards. My hitch was still adjusted properly.i eventually had a replacement bar fedex'd in from a dealer after the manufacturer (cequent dba reese towing) refused to provide one to me. They said the remaining spring bars they had in stock were defective.after careful examination of my remaining spring bar it was noted that the end of the spring bar had worn away so that only a tiny portion of the steel was holding it in place under the clamp. It is obvious that reese did not make this part wide enough. The replacement spring bars (i order both sides to be safe) have a much wider surface area to keep them in place under the bracket. I don't know if they redesigned this part or whether my original parts were that wide to begin with. In any event, if they did redesign it then the owners of the original parts need those as replacements. And if they didn't redesign it then these parts are flawed as they can wear down too quickly. Fortunately, our camper did not run over the dropped spring bar. If it did, then this incident could have been fatal.i reported the lost bar to the durango police department in case they ever found it on the highway.
I was driving down an inclined road at night in a rainstorm (in colorado mountain pass) when i heard a loud clunk. I slowed down immediately and turned off the road onto the first road i could find. That's when i noticed one of the spring bars for my reese mini350 weight distribution hitch was missing and that there was an indentation on our camper's nose hitch crank wheel where the spring bar had hit. The spring bars are under hundreds of pounds of downward force and can't fall off by themselves unless the hitch falls backwards. My hitch was still adjusted properly.i eventually had a replacement bar fedex'd in from a dealer after the manufacturer (cequent dba reese towing) refused to provide one to me. They said the remaining spring bars they had in stock were defective.after careful examination of my remaining spring bar it was noted that the end of the spring bar had worn away so that only a tiny portion of the steel was holding it in place under the clamp. It is obvious that reese did not make this part wide enough. The replacement spring bars (i order both sides to be safe) have a much wider surface area to keep them in place under the bracket. I don't know if they redesigned this part or whether my original parts were that wide to begin with. In any event, if they did redesign it then the owners of the original parts need those as replacements. And if they didn't redesign it then these parts are flawed as they can wear down too quickly. Fortunately, our camper did not run over the dropped spring bar. If it did, then this incident could have been fatal.i reported the lost bar to the durango police department in case they ever found it on the highway.
1-7/8 trailer ball failed at highway speeds while carrying small landscaping trailer and golf cart. Item was installed and torqued correctly but while under load snapped midway down the shank causing the trailer to detach from the tow vehicle, destroying both the trailer and golf cart. Load was far less than the 2000lb maximum as per reese.
1-7/8 trailer ball failed at highway speeds while carrying small landscaping trailer and golf cart. Item was installed and torqued correctly but while under load snapped midway down the shank causing the trailer to detach from the tow vehicle, destroying both the trailer and golf cart. Load was far less than the 2000lb maximum as per reese.
I was driving down an inclined road at night in a rainstorm (in colorado mountain pass) when i heard a loud clunk. I slowed down immediately and turned off the road onto the first road i could find. That's when i noticed one of the spring bars for my reese mini350 weight distribution hitch was missing and that there was an indentation on our camper's nose hitch crank wheel where the spring bar had hit. The spring bars are under hundreds of pounds of downward force and can't fall off by themselves unless the hitch falls backwards. My hitch was still adjusted properly.i eventually had a replacement bar fedex'd in from a dealer after the manufacturer (cequent dba reese towing) refused to provide one to me. They said the remaining spring bars they had in stock were defective.after careful examination of my remaining spring bar it was noted that the end of the spring bar had worn away so that only a tiny portion of the steel was holding it in place under the clamp. It is obvious that reese did not make this part wide enough. The replacement spring bars (i order both sides to be safe) have a much wider surface area to keep them in place under the bracket. I don't know if they redesigned this part or whether my original parts were that wide to begin with. In any event, if they did redesign it then the owners of the original parts need those as replacements. And if they didn't redesign it then these parts are flawed as they can wear down too quickly. Fortunately, our camper did not run over the dropped spring bar. If it did, then this incident could have been fatal.i reported the lost bar to the durango police department in case they ever found it on the highway.
Trailer ball mountsnapped in front of trailer ball while towing trailer that was under weight of manf. Specs. For ball mount reese # 21793 5000# trailer weight 500# tong weight trailer id plate stated 4420# trailer weight 410# tong weight. This was a reese ball mount sold by cequent towing products a trimas corp. This could have been deadly, just 1 mile further down the road i would have been on interstate 20 and doing hwy. Speeds i have repeatedly tried to get company to contact me by phone calls,e-mails, and letters, the only thing i have heard from them is ( the ball mount broke due to being overloaded) this came from trimas corp. Lawyer. I feel the ball mount broke due to metal failure not overload condition. I also feel trimas corp. Should take responsibility for damages.
Cpsc: i1550267a. Reese trailer hitch. Consumer stated a crack has developed in the hitch.*ln update 9/15/15*cwthe consumer stated the reese weight distributing hitch developed a crack. The crack was in the head that was bolted to the shank.
Consumer installed a reese interchangable hitch ball which was rated for a 10000 pound trailer, the ball separated from the post and the 500 pound trailer came loose from the vehicle, luckily a safety chain prevented the trailer from coming completely detached, slight damage was caused due to the hitch failure.
The contact owns a reese trailer hitch. The contact was examining the hitch when he noticed that a pin had fractured from the locking mechanism without warning. The hitch was not diagnosed or repaired.
Extra spacers on the hitch cause the safety latch to rub the groves in the latch handle permiting the handle to open the safety latch whenthe trailer is going down a steep grade resulting in the trailer dropping onto the truck.nlm
After driving approximately 75 miles, the interchangeable hitch ball released and the trailer became disengaged from the vehicle, driver was traveling at a slow speed(35-40 mph).the trailer did not turn over but eventually came to a halt in the ditch with only minor damage,driver was able to reconnect the hitch ball. Aftering reaching destination, the trailer was disengaged. Two days later the trailer was reattached securly, within 2 miles the interchangeable hitch ball released, causing the trailer to disengage from the vehicle. Once again this happened while driving at a low speed, causing only minor damage to the trailer. *cj
Trailer hitch failed to maintain secureness due to safety latch raising while towing. Manufacturer notified, and refused to accept consumer's complaint.
After driving approximately 75 miles, the interchangeable hitch ball released and the trailer became disengaged from the vehicle, driver was traveling at a slow speed(35-40 mph).the trailer did not turn over but eventually came to a halt in the ditch with only minor damage,driver was able to reconnect the hitch ball. Aftering reaching destination, the trailer was disengaged. Two days later the trailer was reattached securly, within 2 miles the interchangeable hitch ball released, causing the trailer to disengage from the vehicle. Once again this happened while driving at a low speed, causing only minor damage to the trailer. *cj
Trailer hitch failed to maintain secureness due to safety latch raising while towing with trailer falling onto the truck.mjs
The contact owns a 2012 chevrolet silverado 3500 equipped with an aftermarket hitch pin manufactured by reese. The product number was 7063333. The contact stated that the locking feature failed to engage and caused the vehicle to fail the state inspection. The contact stated that the failure created a potentially hazardous environment. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The serial number was unknown.
A ford excursion hauling a four star brand horse trailer switched lanes on the interstate and started to sway and the reese trailer hitch that was used to hook the trailer to the excursion cracked causing the trailer to break away from the vehicle.this event caused the excursion to cross the median into oncoming traffic.the excursion hit a chevrolet cavalier head-on killing the two occupants in the cavalier.
As consumer was straightening up his 2000 snowbird trailer, the 20k 5th wheel hitch released the trailer with the trailer falling on the back of the pickup, a reese rep stated that the hitch was in good operating condition and is denying any of the responsibility for its failure, this newly designed hitch operates so a person just has to move the latch out of the way for hookup.
Cpsc#214761472. Signature series fifth wheel hitch. Consumer stated the defective welds lead to a collapse of the head assembly. * updated 1/11/13updated 1/22/2013updated 06/26/13*lj
Trailer hitchs:fifthreese 16000 fifth wheel hitch may have a defect in design that allows safety pin to fall out.without a safety pin, the main load-bearing pin can then slide out causing the rv to become disconnected from the towing vehicle.the pin fell out on two recent occasions on my hitch.
After market trailer hitch: towing trailer with 2 bolts attached. One of the bolts had snapped off. The trailer was 1,000lb less than what trailer hitch bolt required. Manufacturer indicated problem was with installation.#81378ts
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