FaultScore

Worst years for a Utility Trailer

Owners have filed 109 complaints about the Utility Trailer with NHTSA across model years 1991 to 2013. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1998 Utility Trailer

13 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly tires.

Cleanest on record

1999 Utility Trailer

16 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Utility Trailer year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2013 1 0 0 Tires
2012 1 0 0 Tires
2003 1 0 0 Wheels
2001 3 0 2 Brakes
2000 4 1 0 Tires
1999 B 16 0 0 Equipment & Accessories
1998 C 13 1 1 Tires
1997 C 24 0 0 Brakes
1996 9 0 1 Brakes
1995 B 12 0 1 Brakes
1994 9 1 0 Brakes
1993 7 0 0 Brakes
1992 7 0 1 Brakes
1991 2 0 0 Brakes

What breaks on a Utility Trailer

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 35 32.1%

Worst in 1997

Tires 19 17.4%

Worst in 1998

Equipment & Accessories 18 16.5%

Worst in 1999

Electrical System 7 6.4%

Worst in 1997

Transmission & Drivetrain 6 5.5%

Worst in 1997

Wheels 6 5.5%

Worst in 1999

Suspension 4 3.7%

Worst in 1995

Other & Unspecified 4 3.7%

Worst in 1996

Body & Structure 3 2.8%

Worst in 1995

Lights 2 1.8%

Worst in 1999

Fuel & Propulsion 2 1.8%

Worst in 1997

Airbags 1 0.9%

Worst in 1992

Steering 1 0.9%

Worst in 1993

Doors, Latches & Locks 1 0.9%

Worst in 1998

Exactly what failed on a Utility Trailer

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Foundation Components 24 46.2%
Pads 6 11.5%
Tread/Belt 5 9.6%
Axle Assembly 3 5.8%
Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs 3 5.8%
Wiring 3 5.8%
Fuel Injection System 2 3.8%
Water Heater 2 3.8%
Recreational Vehicle/Trailer 2 3.8%
Accessory Scissor/Screw/Bottle Jack/Lift 2 3.8%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Utility Trailer, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Sep 1997 peak 30 Mar 2020

Compare the Utility Trailer

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.