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Gdetrailer
May 04, 2014Explorer III
Carhlr wrote:
I can adjust the brakes if need be BUT 1st thing I did when I got it home was check the torque of the lugs they were all loose. and I mean loose.
my main concern now is the valve stems on the tires I actually had one go flat in my driveway because it was so cracked and after further inspection
I found they ALL were like that, if I hadn't checked the pressure I could have been looking at Multiple tire failure.....Like all of them. They were that bad. I also have a outside storage door that is so far outta wack it keeps opening going down the road. I also can't open the lock on the outside shower. All kinda small stuff but still very irritating. I'm sure it'll all be taken care of. I guess I expected more.
5-6 yrs ago there was millions of bad valve stems recalled for cracking and breaking off. A real good chance that many of those bad valve stems never got out of circulation and many are still unused setting in boxes at tire shops..
Not the dealers fault nor is it the manufacturer of the trailer and tires.
Last year I found that I had a flat tire over the winter, yep the valve stem broke right off sitting in my yard over winter (of course the valves and tires were on the trailer for six years so it was time to replace anyway)..
Consider yourself lucky you found it before getting stranded on a trip.
As far as the other stuff wrong, well consider your self lucky that it is all minor little irritations. Get what you can get fixed under warranty and the rest you will need to learn to fix the small things on your own (it will get done right then).
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