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2000 Stratos BOAT TRAILER: complaints, problems and recalls

Explore the records behind recurring owner reports.

Key facts

2 owner complaints analyzed

1 distinct recall campaigns

Not available median reported failure mileage

Scope: 2000 model year. Data snapshot: . 0 complaints include usable failure mileage.

This selection has limited data. It remains available for lookup but is excluded from search indexing.

Owner-reported patterns

Most common problems

Wheels is the most frequently named component, appearing in 1 of 2 complaints (50.0%). A complaint can name multiple components.

Component breakdown

Number of unique complaints naming each component. Top eight shown.

Wheels
1
Wheels:Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs
1
Component breakdown data
CategoryCount
Wheels1
Wheels:Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs1

Wheels: 1; Wheels:Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs: 1

Reported problems by failure mileage

Complaint counts in mileage bands. These are not failure rates per vehicle or mile.

Under 25,000
0
25,000 to 49,999
0
50,000 to 74,999
0
75,000 to 99,999
0
100,000 to 149,999
0
150,000 and above
0
Reported problems by failure mileage data
CategoryCount
Under 25,0000
25,000 to 49,9990
50,000 to 74,9990
75,000 to 99,9990
100,000 to 149,9990
150,000 and above0

Under 25,000: 0; 25,000 to 49,999: 0; 50,000 to 74,999: 0; 75,000 to 99,999: 0; 100,000 to 149,999: 0; 150,000 and above: 0

No usable failure mileage is recorded. 2 complaints have missing, zero or invalid mileage.

Complaints over time

Year the complaint was filed, not the vehicle model year or incident year. The snapshot year is partial.

2000
1
2011
1
Complaints over time data
CategoryCount
20001
20111

2000: 1; 2011: 1

Pattern summary

Wheels leads the component reports. Use these patterns to inspect individual reports and prepare questions for a mechanic.

Calculated from recorded counts. An AI narrative has not been published for this selection.

Examples from the source records

Examples provide context, not a representative sample or a verified diagnosis.

Owner report 10410219 · 2011-07-01 (July 1, 2011)

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 STRATOS BOAT TRAILER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 TO 65 MPH, THE RIMS WOULD SHAKE AND THE LUG NUTS WOULD DETACH FROM THE WHEELS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE LUG NUTS MAY BE DEFECTIVE. THE MECHANIC TIGHTENED THE LUG NUTS. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE DRIVING AWAY FROM THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10410219 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 731521 · 2000-09-15 (September 15, 2000)

3 LUGS: BOLTS SHEARED OFF THE RIGHT WHEEL OF THE TRAILER. STRATOS WAS AWARE OF THE THE PROBLEM. NHTSA BULLETIN 99V293000 STATED NOTIFICATION NOTICES WHERE TO GO OUT MARCH OF 2000. I NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE. A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF HAD BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE A PROBLEM EXISTED AND THE WHEEL LUG BOLTS CAN COME LOOSE. WHY HAS THE PROBLEM NOT BEEN RESOLVED AND THE DEFECTIVE WHEELS RECALLED? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO GET KILLED FIRST?*AK

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 731521 at NHTSA ↗

Recall history

1 distinct campaigns affect this selection. Announcement dates below are different from vehicle model years. A campaign may cover multiple years.

99V293000 · Wheels:Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs

Reported: 1999-10-25 (October 25, 1999)

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: BOAT TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH ALUMINUM WHEELS. THESE WHEELS HAVE A CHAMFERED CENTRAL HOLE WHERE THE AXLE SPINDLE PASSES THROUGH. ON SOME, THE CHAMFER IS TOO SHALLOW CAUSING THE WHEEL BEARING DUST CAP TO PROTRUDE BEHIND THE WHEEL. WHEN THIS CAP IS PROTRUDING, WHEEL LUG BOLT TORQUE WILL NOT REMAIN TIGHTENED.

Consequence: IF UNDETECTED, WHEEL STUDS CAN BREAK ALLOWING THE WHEEL TO FALL OFF INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy: STRATOS HAS GONE OUT OF BUSINESS. THE CORRECTION WAS TO REPLACE THESE WHEELS.

NHTSA campaign record ↗