Consumer Complaint Detail

THULE / BACKPACK / 9999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005036028 Incident Date: Jul, 15 2005
Consumer's City: PHOENIX Consumer's State: AZ
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Thule, Inc.
Model Name: BACKPACK Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Equipment:mechanical:carrier/rack
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 27 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Thule ski rack 725 flat top locking mechanism failed and snowboards fell into roadway, causing following traffic to violently swerve to avoid. fortunately, no crashes occurred... this time. this is the second failure: both due to breaking of plastic locking latch. the snow equipment was severely damaged or destroyed. *jb