Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,215,138 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA — including 138,663 crashes, 56,255 fires, and 8,561 deaths.
What is a NHTSA consumer complaint?
A consumer complaint is a free-form report filed by a vehicle owner directly to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing a safety concern about their vehicle. NHTSA collects these reports through its Vehicle Owner Defect Report (VOQ) system and publishes them publicly. Each complaint includes the affected component, the date and circumstances of the incident, whether the failure caused a crash or fire, and any reported injuries or deaths. The owner's full narrative description is included verbatim — NHTSA does not edit or moderate the descriptions.
The database below contains over 2,215,138 individual complaints. NHTSA's investigators monitor it for clusters of similar reports — when enough owners describe the same failure mode on the same vehicle, NHTSA may open a Preliminary Evaluation that can lead to a recall. Many of the largest recalls in U.S. history, including the Takata airbag recall and the Hyundai/Kia engine fire recalls, started as patterns visible in this complaint database years before they became formal recalls.
How to interpret what you read
A few principles for reading consumer complaints usefully:
- One complaint is anecdote; a hundred similar complaints is data. NHTSA does not investigate the truthfulness of any individual report — that's the job of the Office of Defects Investigation, which looks at the full pattern. When evaluating a vehicle, look for whether multiple owners describe the same chain of events.
- Crash, fire, injury, and death flags are owner-set. They are not verified by NHTSA. They are still useful as a filter, because owners who tick those boxes are typically reporting more serious incidents than those who don't.
- Component categories are NHTSA-assigned, not owner-assigned. NHTSA standardizes the component field so that complaints can be aggregated. The owner narrative often goes into more detail than the component category captures.
- Complaint volume scales with sales volume. A best-selling model will accumulate more raw complaints than a niche model even at the same defect rate. To compare across vehicles, look at complaints per 100,000 units sold, not raw counts.
If you've experienced a defect
File a complaint. NHTSA's investigators rely on this database to detect emerging defects, and useful complaints — specific, concrete, with dates and mileage and clear descriptions of what happened — feed directly into the agency's pattern detection. The form takes about 10 minutes and is at nhtsa.gov/recalls under "Report a Safety Problem." Your complaint becomes part of the same public record that this page is built from. Owners filing detailed VOQs are how recalls get triggered.
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Showing 610 complaints for COACHMEN
Incident date: Jul 30, 2001
THE RIGHT REAR INNER TIRE VIBRATED, AND A BULGE CAME OUT OF THE TREAD, BUT HELD AIR. AT 46,724 MILES THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE VIBRATED, AND THE TREAD SEPARATED, BUT HELD AIR. AT 48,510 MILES THE LEFT REAR INNER TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND BLEW OUT. AT 52,715 MILES THE RIGHT OUTER REAR TIRE TREAD CAME OFF, AND AT 52,793 MILES THE LEFT REAR OUTER TIRE VIBRATED, AND THE TREAD SEPARATED, BUT HELD AIR. ... Read more
Incident date: Jul 10, 2004
WHILE MAKING A TURN THE SLIDE OPENED WITHOUT WARNING DUE TO A MECHANICAL FAILURE. *JB THE MANUFACTURER HAD RECALLED THE SAME EQUIPMENT FOR THE 2003 MODEL FOR THE SAME MALFUNCTION. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE INCORRECT HARDWARE WAS USED DURING INSTALLATION. *NM
Incident date: Oct 9, 2001
THE UNIVERSAL JOINT RUSTED. FRONT END DRIVESHAFT HASDA LEAK. ALSO, MOTOR MOUNTS WERE LOOSE. THIS WAS DISCOVERED DURING AN OIL CHANGE.*AK
Incident date: Oct 9, 2001
THE UNIVERSAL JOINT RUSTED. FRONT END DRIVESHAFT HASDA LEAK. ALSO, MOTOR MOUNTS WERE LOOSE. THIS WAS DISCOVERED DURING AN OIL CHANGE.*AK
Incident date: Oct 9, 2001
THE UNIVERSAL JOINT RUSTED. FRONT END DRIVESHAFT HASDA LEAK. ALSO, MOTOR MOUNTS WERE LOOSE. THIS WAS DISCOVERED DURING AN OIL CHANGE.*AK
Incident date: Jul 1, 2004
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER # 04E031000. HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURES STATED THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO REPAIR IT AND DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD ARRIVE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB
Incident date: Jul 1, 2004
WHILE DRIVING TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS. REALTEX RADIO,R4S, LIGHT TRACK 225/75R 16, MULTIPLE SERVICE, DOT VN1L1XE 497, LOAD RANGE D TUBELAS, DA 189PG17L. *AK
COACHMEN
LEPRECHAUN
(1999) — TIRES
Sep 8, 2004
Incident date: May 19, 2004
1. TRAVELING ON I-77 TO CHARLOTTE, SC . TREAD SEPARATED AT AROUND 11:30 P.M. 3. REPLACED TIRE - MAILED DAMAGED TIRE TO FIRESTONE. *AK
COACHMEN
LEPRECHAUN
(1999) — TIRES:TREAD/BELT
Sep 8, 2004
Incident date: Sep 7, 2004
1. DRIVING I-85 AT 55 MPH. 2. TREAD STARTED TO SEPARATE (TREAD SEPARATION) AND PULLED OVER. 3. DROVE TO CLOSEST EXIT AND HAD CHANGED. *AK
Incident date: Sep 7, 2004
WHEN THE CONSUMER MADE A TURN, THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND SECONDS LATER THE BRAKES LOCKED. AS A RESULT THE PARKING BRAKE AND THE ELECTRIC BRAKES FAILED. THE DEALER STATES THE BRAKES INADEQUATE FOR THE MOTOR HOME. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
Incident date: Oct 24, 2002
WHILE DRIVING THE COMPLETE TREAD OF THE TIRE CAME OFF, LEAVING THE SIDEWALL INTACT AS WELL AS THE CORE OF THE TIRE. SPEED WAS APPROX 50 (OR SPEED LIMIT) AND ON A GOOD ROAD (HWY 95 SO OF JORDAN VALLEY. *AK
Incident date: Aug 24, 2004
(REAR INSIDE DUAL) FIRESTONE STEELEX RADIAL R4SII , LT225/75/R16 TIRE EXPLODED ON COACHMEN 2000 MOTOR HOME AT 60 MPH AND 81 DEGREES F. TIRES HAD JUST BEEN CHECKED AND INFLATED TO 80 PSI 12 MILES PRIOR TO BLOW OUT. SOME DAMAGE DONE TO COACH AS TREAD SEPARATION OCCURRED. 15,700 MILES ON ODOMETER.*AK
COACHMEN
SANTARA
(1999) — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
Aug 24, 2004
Incident date: Aug 22, 2004
UPON PULLING OUT OF THE CAMP GROUND AND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE BRAKE FAILED TO STOP THE MOTOR HOME. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE ENGAGED TO STOP THE MOTOR HOME. DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE BRAKE LINES UNDER THE MOTOR HOME WERE RUSTED, AND HAD A PIN SIZE HOLE IN IT. THIS WAS NOT DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THE MOTOR HOME WAS MOUNTE... Read more
COACHMEN
CASCADE 26RBS
(2002) — EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:LPG SYSTEMS:TANK ASSEMBLY
Aug 11, 2004
Incident date: Jul 4, 2004
WHILE SITTING IN A CAMP GROUND AND UPON EXITING THE TRAILER CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE DROP TANK WAS HANGING ON THE GROUND ALONG WITH TUBING, BOLTS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE RV COMPANY WASN'T RESPONSIBLE. ALSO, TOLD THAT THE 2005'S HAD STRAPS TO KEEP THIS FROM OCCURRING. *AK
Incident date: Sep 10, 2003
ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS (ON THE SAME TRIP) I EXPERIENCED TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AT 60 MPH DUE TO THE FRONT WHEELS OF MY MOTOR HOME HITTING STAGGERED BUMPS IN THE ROAD THAT SET OFF A HARMONIC VIBRATION. THE FRONT WHEELS WERE OSCILLATING FROM LOCK TO LOCK (I HEARD THEM HITTING THE STOPS) WITH NO INPUT FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. BRAKING EFFECT WAS ALSO SEVERELY REDUCED. I THOUGHT THE VEH... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 1901
REPEATED LOSS OF GRADE 8 CHASSIS FRAME ATTACH, COMMON TO THE AIRLIFT BRACKET INSTALLATION. (NAR) *PH OTHER ONGOING PROBLEM LISTED. TRANSMISSION, STARTER ASSEMBLY, HOOD LATCH, AND INTAKE FUEL PUMP. ETC *CB
Incident date: Jan 1, 1901
REPEATED LOSS OF GRADE 8 CHASSIS FRAME ATTACH, COMMON TO THE AIRLIFT BRACKET INSTALLATION. (NAR) *PH OTHER ONGOING PROBLEM LISTED. TRANSMISSION, STARTER ASSEMBLY, HOOD LATCH, AND INTAKE FUEL PUMP. ETC *CB
Incident date: Jan 1, 1901
REPEATED LOSS OF GRADE 8 CHASSIS FRAME ATTACH, COMMON TO THE AIRLIFT BRACKET INSTALLATION. (NAR) *PH OTHER ONGOING PROBLEM LISTED. TRANSMISSION, STARTER ASSEMBLY, HOOD LATCH, AND INTAKE FUEL PUMP. ETC *CB
Incident date: Jan 1, 1901
REPEATED LOSS OF GRADE 8 CHASSIS FRAME ATTACH, COMMON TO THE AIRLIFT BRACKET INSTALLATION. (NAR) *PH OTHER ONGOING PROBLEM LISTED. TRANSMISSION, STARTER ASSEMBLY, HOOD LATCH, AND INTAKE FUEL PUMP. ETC *CB
Incident date: Jan 1, 1901
REPEATED LOSS OF GRADE 8 CHASSIS FRAME ATTACH, COMMON TO THE AIRLIFT BRACKET INSTALLATION. (NAR) *PH OTHER ONGOING PROBLEM LISTED. TRANSMISSION, STARTER ASSEMBLY, HOOD LATCH, AND INTAKE FUEL PUMP. ETC *CB
Incident date: Feb 7, 2004
LIVING ROOM SLIDER HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS TWICE. 1ST WAS 2/7/04 WHEN IT WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH ONLY 2572 MILES ON COACH, AND 2300 OF THOSE MILES WERE DELIVERY DISTINATION. 2ND WAS7/2/04, 5 MONTHS LATER WITH ONLY 3769 MILES ON COACH, THE SLIDE CAME OUT WHEN THE UNIT WAS SITTING AND THE PARK BRAKE WAS OFF, THEN IT CAME OUT WHEN THE COACH WAS SITTING WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND THE PARK BRAKE ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 16, 2004
ON A TRIP TO THE SOUTHWEST, MY 1998 COACHMEN 30' TRAVEL TRAILER HAD 3 OUT OF 4 TIRES BLOW OUT. THEY HAD PLENTY OF TREAD, AND WERE INFLATED TO 50 PSI. SIZE IS STR 245-75R15. I BELIEVE THEY WERE ALL CARLISLE. THE FAILURES OCCURED OVER A 1-WEEK PERIOD.*AK
Incident date: May 22, 2004
WHILE DRIVING FROM NEVADA TO ILLINOIS, ALL THE WINDOW SEALS (EXCEPT IN BEDROOM) BLEW OUT, THEN THE DASHBOARD SEPARATED FROM WALLS OF UNIT, ALSO THE WALLS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE RELEASED FROM THE FLOOR LENGTHWISE ABOUT 20 FEET. YOU CAN SEE ROAD, THE SEPARATION IS SO BIG. THE SEPARATION IS ALSO ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BUT NOT AS LONG. WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE SEALS AND WINDOWS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACE... Read more
Incident date: May 22, 2004
WHILE DRIVING FROM NEVADA TO ILLINOIS, ALL THE WINDOW SEALS (EXCEPT IN BEDROOM) BLEW OUT, THEN THE DASHBOARD SEPARATED FROM WALLS OF UNIT, ALSO THE WALLS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE RELEASED FROM THE FLOOR LENGTHWISE ABOUT 20 FEET. YOU CAN SEE ROAD, THE SEPARATION IS SO BIG. THE SEPARATION IS ALSO ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BUT NOT AS LONG. WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE SEALS AND WINDOWS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 20, 2004
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A BUMPING SOUND FROM THE FRONT OF THE MOTOR HOME. CONSUMER THEN PULLED OFF THE ROAD TO INSPECT THE NOISE, AND FOUND THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE STARTED TO SHOW THE SAME SIGNS OF FAILURE. *AK
COACHMEN
SPORTSCOACH
(2001) — TIRES:SIDEWALL
Jun 4, 2004
Incident date: May 27, 2004
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 90 I EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE, ON MY 2001 COACHMEN SPORTCOACH MOTORHOME. THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS VERIFIED PIROR TO DEPARTING.THE TIRES WERE MICHELIN 255/80R22.5 XRV. THE INNER SIDEWALL BLEWOUT, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE ZIPPER EFFECT.*AK
Incident date: Aug 15, 2003
240 WB COACHMAN CATALINA SP MM 240 WB-F: HAVE NOT YET MADE FORMAL COMPLAINT; THO THEY ARE MANY, FROM FAILURE OF ELECTRIC, TO ROOF NOT BEING SEALED AND HAVING PIN HOLE, TO OVEN PILOT AND BURNING SHUTTING DOWN WHILE "ON" TO MANY MANY "MINOR" THINGS LIKE LEAKY PLUMBING, SCREWS "POPPING" OUT, HANDLES COMING UNFASTENED, COUNTER TOPS AND FINISH "PEELING" OFF, WALLS W/ EL... Read more
1999 COACHMEN MOTORHOME EXPERIENCE TWO BLOW OUTS WITH MICHELIN TIRES. *PH *LA
Incident date: Feb 17, 2004
GENERAL, AMERICAN , SIZE LT245/75R16E. REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, TWO WEEKS LATER, ANOTHER TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER INDICATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRES. COACHMEN, ROYAL, IMPERIAL 1994. *AK
Incident date: Oct 11, 2003
WE HAVE A 2000 COACHMEN CLASS C RV MOTOREHOME. WE WERE TRAVELING EAST ON RT 36 GOING ABOUT 60 MPH AND HAD A BLOWOUT IN AGRA,KS. IT WAS THE REAR OUTSIDE TIRE ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE. IT WAS A STEELTEX RADIAL R4S...LT225/75/R16. *AK WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING THE FIRESTONE TIRES SINCE 10/2/2000 AND HAVE CALLED EVERYBODY ABOUT OUT STEELTEX TIRES...TO NO AVAILABLE. WHEN THERE WAS THE CONTRAVERSARY ABO... Read more
Incident date: Jan 2, 2004
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH SPARE TIRE AND REAR BUMPER SHEARED OFF. DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC REPLACED BOTH SPARE TIRE AND BUMPER.*AK
Incident date: Jan 2, 2004
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH SPARE TIRE AND REAR BUMPER SHEARED OFF. DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC REPLACED BOTH SPARE TIRE AND BUMPER.*AK
Incident date: Oct 11, 2003
WE HAVE A 2000 COACHMAN CLASS C RV. WE WERE TRAVELING EAST ON RT 36 GOING ABOUT 60 MPH AND HAD A BLOWOUT IN AGRA, KS. IT WAS THE REAR OUTSIDE TIRE ON THE PASSANGERS SIDE. IT WAS A FIRESTONE STEELTEX LT225/75/R16
COACHMEN
SPORTSCOACH
(2000) — TIRES:SIDEWALL
Dec 29, 2003
Incident date: Dec 28, 2003
MICHELIN XRV 255/80R22.5 SIDE WALL FAILURE DOT# B6H6AK3 X 179 26000 MILES TOTAL, THREE BLOW OUT WITHIN 1200 MILES - TIRE PRESSURES WITHIN COACHMAN SPECS.*AK
Incident date: Jan 14, 2003
WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THE REAR RIGHT INSIDE TIRE. ON BOTH TIRES THE SIDEWALL RUPTURED, CAUSING THE BLOW OUT. *AK *JB
Incident date: Aug 3, 2003
SANITARY BOOM ARM WAS TORN OFF BY A PIECE OF TIRE TREAD DEBRIS.*MR BOOM ARM CAUSED THE TAIL PIPE TO FLATEN.*TS
Incident date: Oct 26, 2003
FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S TIRE SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING MY RV. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF TREAD LIFE AND NO REASON FOR THIS SEPARATION. I HAVE THE TIRE AND WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO LOOK AT IT.
COACHMEN
COACHMEN
(1999) — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
Oct 23, 2003
Incident date: Oct 18, 2003
WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. *AK THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND CAUSED THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK. AS A RESULT WHEN THE BRAKE WERE APPLIED THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. *NLM
COACHMEN
CATALINA
(1995) — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
Oct 20, 2003
THERE WAS AN EXHAUST SMELL IN THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED THAT GASKET ON THE MANIFOLD BURNED OUT AND CAUSED A LEAK. THE GASKETS WERE REPLACED MORE THAN ONCE. *AK
Incident date: Sep 27, 2003
FUEL PUMP FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS DURING STOP AND GO TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THE ENGINE WOULD QUIT AND IT WOULD BE HARD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER FIGURED IT WAS WATER IN THE GAS TANK. HE PURRED 6 CANS OF HEET INTO IT AND LATER IT STARTED FINE AND SOUNDED GREAT. CONSUMER TEST DROVE IT PUTTING 12 MILES ON IT AND CONCLUDED ... Read more
Incident date: Sep 8, 2003
VEHICLE'S FRAME DETACHED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH VEHICLE SUFFERED BLOW OUT RESULTING IN VEHICLE'S HITCH DETACHING FROM FRAME OF MOTORHOME.*MR
Incident date: Sep 30, 2002
1998 COACHMEN SANTARA AWNING MADE BY DOMETIC A&E, MODEL 8500, BLEW OPEN WITH A GUST OF WIND. THE ENSUING VIBRATION CAUSED THE FRONT SUPPORT ARM TO DEPLOY AND DROP DOWN. HAD THERE BEEN ANOTHER VEHICLE NEXT TO US IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT TO THEM AND OUR MOTORHOME. THIS AWNING, AND OTHER MODELS LIKE IT,NOW HAVE A NEW MECHANISM TO PREVENT THIS DEPLOYMENT, BUT THERE ARE MANY THOUSANDS ON THE R... Read more
MOTOR HOME HAD THREE TIRE TREAD SEPARATINS. ON 6/20/2003, DEALER REPLACED ONE OF THE TIRES DUE TO TREAD WEAR. ON 7/3/2003, REAR INSIDE PASSENGER SIDE DUAL TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, AND ON 7/4/2003 REAR OUTSIDE PASSENGER SIDE DUAL TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. *AK
Incident date: Aug 15, 2002
WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH INSIDE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE JUST BLEWOUT WITHOUT RUNNING OVER ANYTHING. ABOUT ONE YEAR LATER, THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE INSIDE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE.*AK
Incident date: Aug 20, 2003
GENERAL TIRE LMT 400, 225/70R 19.5 TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS ON 2002 COACHMEN RV WITH FORD CHASSIS. FIRST ON INTERSTATE REAR INNER DUAL BLOWOUT SHOWING SIDEWALL ZIPPER OF APPROX 6 INCHES, TIRE HAD 13000 MILES ON JULY 17, 2003. SECOND INCIDENT ON IN TOWN ROADWAY BLOWOUT OF INNER DUAL SHOWING SIDEWALL ZIPPER PF APPROX 6 INCHES, TIRE HAD 500 MILES. NOTIFIED GENERAL OF BOTH INCIDENTS, FIRST INCIDENT TOO... Read more
Incident date: Aug 5, 2003
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. OWNERS MANUAL STATES IF YOUR VEHICLE IS EQUIPED WITH AN ELECTRONIC 4-SPEED AUTOMATIC (E4OD OR 4R70W) TRANSMISSION, OPERATE IN OVERDRIVE. ETC, (PAGE 247 OF OWNERS MANUAL.) TRANSMISSION FAILED AFTER PULLING A 2,000 LB TRAILER AND CONTENTS FOR APPROXIMATE 2400 MILES. THIS IS WELL BELOW THE TOWING CAPACITY OF THIS VEHICLE. PROBLEM IS: SOME FORD DEALERS SAY THAT YOU SHOULD NE... Read more
VEHICLE TIRE EXPLODED. *MR THE VEHICLE HAD GONE DOWN A 25 FOOT EMBANKMENT TO ANOTHER ROAD TO A PARKING LOT. THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. *SCC. THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME, THE TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *JB
Incident date: Apr 30, 2003
CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *SCC. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED 3 TIRE BLOW OUT ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS. *JB
Incident date: Jul 18, 2003
WHEN GOING OVER EXPANSION JOINTS ON THE FREEWAYS, THE VEHICLE GALLOPS SEVERELY. THE FRONT TIRES ACTUALLY LEAVE THE GROUND. THE AXLE WEIGHTS ARE OUT OF PROPORTION, DUE THE FACT THAT IT'S A REAR DIESEL PUSHER. THE AXLE WEIGHTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: FRONT 4240 REAR 11,500 THE PLATE IN THE VEHICLE STATES THAT THE GVW SHOULD BE: FRONT 6000,: REAR 10000 THIS WEIGHT WAS TAKEN WITH THE GREY AND BLACK HOLDIN... Read more
COACHMEN
LEPRECHAUN
(1999) — TIRES
Jul 7, 2003
Incident date: Jul 6, 2003
FOR THE SECOND TIME I HAD A SHOULDER SEPARATION, BUT THIS TIME TRVELING AT 35 MILES PER HOUR IN A SMALL TOWN, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE. THE PREVIOUS INCIDENT WAS IN EARLY MARCH 2003, SPEED 60 MILES PER HOUR, WHEN THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE WENT THE SAME WAY, BUT WITH NO DFAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. 3 OTHER TIRES APPEAR READY TO SEPERATE, ACCORDING TO A LOCAL TIRE SERVICE CENTER.THE TIRE... Read more