2005 K-Z New Vision

2005 KZ RV SPORTSMEN SPORTSTER 24' TRAVEL TRAILER HAD INCORRECT AXLES. TRAILER SPECIFICATION LISTED 2-5200LB AXLES, IT CAME FROM THE FACTORY WITH 2-3500LB AXLES. TRAILER WAS RATED AT 10,400LBS. TRAILER WAS LOADED TO 8,200 LBS WHICH RESULTED IN TRAILER BEING OVERLOADED FOR THE EXISTING AXLES. HAD BLOW OUT ON LEFT REAR TIRE AND TORE UP FENDER WELLS ON BOTH SIDES OF TRAILER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 K-Z NEW VISION. THE VEHICLE HAS MANKANG TIRES (NA). WHILE DRIVING 68 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AND DAMAGED THE FENDER ON THE TRAILER. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A SPARE AND WAS INSPECTED. THE STICKER ON THE VEHICLE READ 2 AXLES 5,200 POUNDS EACH GVW 10,000. THE AXLES ARE RATED AT 3,500 POUNDS EACH. THE TIRE SIZE WAS ST20575R15C, BUT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SIZE ST225R75D. THE RIMS SHOULD BE 15 X 16 INCHES; HOWEVER, THEY ARE 15 X 5 INCHES. THE COMPONENTS ARE THE ORIGINAL ONES THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000. NO OTHER VEHICLE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VIN STICKER DID NOT MATCH TO WHAT WAS ON THE TRAILER. THE CONSUMER DID NOT BELIEVE THE BLOWOUT WAS DUE TO A DEFECT, THE TIRE WAS SIMPLY OVERLOADED. THE CONSUMER HAD THE TRAILER LOADED BASED ON THE RATING ON THE VIN STICKER. THE CONSUMER WAS LOADED AT 8200LBS ON A TRAILER RATED FOR 10000LBS WHEN IN REALITY THE TRAILER COULD ONLY HANDLE 7000LBS. UPDATED 11/06/07. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 K-Z FRONTIER (NA). THE VEHICLE HAS TIRECO MILE STAR, SIZE ST205/75R15 TIRES (NA). THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE TIRE SHOP STATED THAT THE VALVE STEM CAUSED THE FAILURE AND THEY REPLACED THE VALVE STEM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPARE TIRE WAS FLAT DUE TO A BROKEN VALVE STEM. THE DEALER REPLACED THE VALVE STEM IN THE SPARE TIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A FLAT ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE CAUSED BY THE VALVE STEM. AS OF OCTOBER 17, 2007, THE TIRE SHOP HAD NOT REPAIRED THE TIRE. NO OTHER VEHICLE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 K-Z NEW VISION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED FOUR KLEBER MILE STAR TIRES IN JANUARY OF 2006. WHILE ON A ROAD TRIP, ONE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. WHILE RETURNING HOME, THE OTHER REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE VEHICLE INFORMATION FOR HIS PULL ALONG TRAILER AND PROVIDED A PARTIAL DATE OF PURCHASE (JUNE 2005).

WE HAVE TIRECO/NANKANG TIRES ON OUR TRAILER, IN JUNE WE WERE TRAVELING TO FALLS CITY NEBRASKA AND HAD A BLOW OUT ON ONE TIRE, THE TREAD PILED OFF AND LEFT TIRE INFLATED, NANKANG REPLACED THE TIRE, LAST WEEKEND MY HUSBAND TOOK THE TRAILER TO OGALLALA NEBRASKA AND THEY HAD A BLOW OUT, THIS TIME IT TORE UP OUR TRAILER, SAME THING, THE TREAD CAME OFF THE TIRE. I BELIEVE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES, NOW OUR INSURANCE IS GOING TO HAVE TO PAY TO FIX OUR CAMPER, ON TOP OF HAVING TO BUY A TIRE IN KEARNEY NEBRASKA. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER A RAIN STORM, WATER WAS PRESENT ON THE BUILT IN DRESSER OF THE BEDROOM IN THE FIFTH WHEEL TRAVEL TRAILER. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MANUFACTURER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THE METAL STRUCTURE BETWEEN THE CEILING AND THE ROOF PUNCTURED THE OUTER ROOF COATING ALLOWING RAINWATER TO ENTER THE TRAILER. ADDITIONALLY, THE WOODEN TRIM ALONG THE FLOOR BEGAN TO SEPARATE WITHOUT WARNING. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, IT WAS REVEALED, THE WOODEN FLOOR UNDERNEATH THE CARPETING WAS ROTTEN AND WET FROM THE RAINWATER AS WELL. THIS WAS A 2005, KZ MANUFACTURING, NEW VISION.*AK