Tireman9 wrote:
Did anyone learn anything from my efforts to file a complaint with NHTSA?
Yes . . . If you have detailed enough information that is actionable, the NHTSA will promptly follow up on it.
The problem is, and I think FE has pointed this out pretty well a couple of posts back in different words, people are generally not detail oriented enough. They just want a simple answer and don't want to deal with details. Out of necessity and fairness, the NHTSA can't operate on a complaint that is "simple"; e.g. lacks the details.
Consider the consequences of them doing otherwise. Someone fool overloads all four of their Maxxis ST205/75R14 load range C tires on their tandem axle utility trailer by trying to haul a D2 on it. The only details they give the NHTSA is "two of my Maxxis trailer tires blew up within 50 miles of each other". For the NHTSA to take action on that report and make Maxxis recall every M8008 out there would be irresponsible to say the least.
