{"count":1,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":10359604,"manufacturer":"UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/10/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"10/08/2010","vin":"","components":"TRAILER HITCHES,EQUIPMENT","summary":"THE PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED CONCERNS A PULLRITE FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER HITCH, MODEL NO. (P/N) 1200. THE FAILED COMPONENT IS A WELDED LOCKING PIN THAT SECURES THE TRAILER TO THE HITCH THROUGH THE LOCKING MECHANISM. AFTER RELEASING MY TRAILER FROM THE HITCH, I NOTICED THAT THE RELEASE HANDLE \"FELL\" TO AN ABNORMAL POSITION. UPON INVESTIGATION AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED, I FOUND THAT THE PIN THAT SECURES THE RELEASE HANDLE TO THE LOCK BAR HAD BECOME LOOSE BECAUSE OF A BROKEN WELD. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE\" LOCK BAR\" IS THE ONLY DEVICE THAT SECURES THE \"LOCK JAW ASSEMBLY\" IN PLACE ONCE THE TRAILER IS SECURED TO THE HITCH. FAILURE OF THE LOCK JAW ASSEMBLY TO REMAIN SECURED DURING TOWING WILL VERY LIKELY RESULT IN THE TRAILER BECOMING DETACHED FROM THE TOW VEHICLE DURING OPERATION. UPON INSPECTION OF THE SAID WELD, I NOTICED THAT THE ORIGINAL WELD HAD ONLY BEEN A \"TACK\" WELD. IN OTHER WORDS, THE WELD HAD ONLY BEEN PERFORMED ON A SMALL CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE PIN. LUCKILY, WHEN THE WELD BROKE, A SMALL PORTION OF THE WELD REMAINED WITH THE PIN NOT ALLOWING IT TO PASS THROUGH THE RELEASE HANDLE AND OUT ONTO THE TRUCK BED. I TOOK THE BROKEN COMPONENT TO A COMMERCIAL WELDING SHOP AND HAD THE PIN WELDED TO THE LOCK BAR WITH A 360 DEGREE WELD. I HAVE CONTACTED PULLRITE/PULLIAM ENTERPRISES INC. THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE ABOUT THIS MATTER BUT TO DATE, HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE FROM  THEM. THEREFORE, I AM BRINGING THIS MATTER TO YOUR ATTENTION AS I FEEL IT IS A SERIOUS CONCERN. I REQUESTED INFORMATION REGARDING DIS-ASSEMBLY AND RE-ASSEMBLY OF THE UNIT SO THAT I MAY HAVE THE NEW WELD PLATED TO PREVENT RUSTING OF THE PART TO PREVENT INEVITABLE CORROSION AND POSSIBLE FURTHER FAILURE(S), BUT AGAIN, NO RESPONSE.  UPDATED 12/02/10  *BF  UPDATED 12/07/10      UPDATED 12/30/10  *BF  UPDATED 01/07/11.*JB  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"9999","productMake":"UNKNOWN","productModel":"UNKNOWN","manufacturer":"UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER"},{"type":"Equipment","productYear":"9999","productMake":"PULLIAM","productModel":"HITCH","manufacturer":"PULLIAM ENTERPRISES, INC."}]}]}