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 492 complaints for TIFFIN
Incident date: Jan 16, 2017
CUMMINS INC. ISSUED A FIELD ACTION, ATC1747 TO PREVENT PRESSURIZED ENGINE FUEL LEAKS. WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CUMMINS DATED JULY 28 2016 STRONGLY ENCOURAGING CUMMINS COMPLIMENTARY INSTALLATION OF FUEL SUPPLY LINE ISOLATORS ON #1 AND #6 FUEL INJECTORS. CUMMINS IS NOW SAYING THAT WE DIDN'T ACT ON THE OFFER QUICKLY ENOUGH AND THEY'VE RETRACTED THEIR OFFER TO INSTALL THE FUEL SUPPLY LINE ISOLATORS ... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Jul 27, 2015
TIFFIN RECALLED SOME 2008 ALLEGRO BAY MOTOR HOMES, BUT OURS WAS NOT ON THE LIST. WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKE CALIPERS FAILING IN JULY OF 2015. THIS WAS THE ISSUE OF THE RECALL. WE MADE A QUICK STOP TO AVOID A VEHICLE AND THEN THE BRAKES BEGAN TO DRAG. PULLED OVER, BRAKES WERE OVERHEATED SO WE BEGAN TO SEARCH FOR REPAIR FACILITY. WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE SLOWLY TO THE GARAGE WHICH WAS ONLY ABO... Read more
TIFFIN
ALLEGRO BAY
(2007) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Sep 1, 2016
Incident date: Aug 21, 2016
WE WERE TRAVELING IN THE SOUTH PASS OF BIG HORN NATIONAL PARK. THE GRADES WERE LONG AND STEEP. A PERSON PASSED US AND PULLED OVER AND STOPED US AND SAID WE WERE ON FIRE. THE COACH FILLED WITH SMOKE ND I GOT OUT AND FOUND THAT THE AREA ABOVE THE EXAUST PIPE HAD MELTED DOWN ON TO THE PIPE CATCHING ON FIRE AND BURNING UP EVERYTHING IN THE COMPARTMENT CAUSEING $3000.00 OF DAMAGE. ON MY OLDER MOTERHOME... Read more
Fire
Incident date: May 14, 2016
COACHSTEP MODEL 181174 30"SINGLE RETRACTIBLE STEP, BOLT IN MECHANISM SHEARED OFF RENDERING THE STEP UNUSABLE NOTE: I WAS ON STEP WHEN IT BROKE AND WAS NOT INJURED RV WAS PARKED WHEN IT OCCURED.
TIFFIN
ALLEGRO BUS
(2006) — POWER TRAIN
May 4, 2016
Incident date: Jun 2, 2015
NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07E033000 CUMMINGS ENGINE SERIAL NUMBER 46565687 ON 6/02/2015 THE WRIST PIN FAILED ON THIS ENGINE THAT FALL IN THE SERIAL NUMBER RANGE 46543077 TO 46603939. THE WRIST PIN FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON LA 1 ABOUT TO TURN ONTO I49 CAUSING CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. CONTACTED TIFFIN ABOUT IT AND LOCAL CUMMINS DEALER AT TIME OF FAILURE. TIFFIN WA... Read more
Incident date: May 29, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TIFFIN ALLEGRO. WHILE WALKING DOWN THE STEPS OF THE VEHICLE, THE STEP BOLTS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE STEP BOLTS WERE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V880000 (EQUIPMENT). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000. UPDATED 05/26/16*LJ *TR
Incident date: May 29, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TIFFIN ALLEGRO. WHILE WALKING DOWN THE STEPS OF THE VEHICLE, THE STEP BOLTS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE STEP BOLTS WERE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V880000 (EQUIPMENT). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000. UPDATED 05/26/16*LJ *TR
Incident date: Apr 13, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TIFFIN ALLEGRO RED 34QFA (NA). THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V880000 (EQUIPMENT). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE FAILURE MIL... Read more
TIFFIN
ALLEGRO BAY
(2006) — SERVICE BRAKES
Mar 11, 2016
Incident date: Mar 11, 2016
I READ RECENTLY IN A TIFFIN MAGAZINE (VOLUME 13, #1) ABOUT A CARLISLE HYDRAULIC PARK BRAKE FAILURE. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE YET, I AM ANTICIPATING SUCH FAILURE.
Incident date: Aug 15, 2015
WHILE DRIVING RV WITH FREIGHTLINER CHASSIS ENCOUNTERED VIOLENT SIDE TO SIDE ROCKING WHEN FRONT RIGHT WHEEL HITS CERTAIN BRIDGE JOINTS, POTHOLES OR ROADWAY DIPS NEAR THE RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD,ACTS LIKE TIRE BLEW, STEERING WHEEL SHAKES. MUST STOP COMPLETELY TO STOP SIDE TO SIDE ROCKING.THIS IS ON 2013 TIFFIN ALLEGRO RED
Incident date: Aug 1, 2015
[XXX]--I WAS TOWING A VEHICLE BEHIND A TIFFIN MOTOR HOME. A TOW BAR ATTACHES THE TOWED VEHICLE TO THE MOTOR HOME TOW HITCH. THE TOW BAR BEGAN TO SAG WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. THE TOW HITCH IS WELDED TO A TIFFIN INSTALLED FRAME, THAT IS WELDED TO THE VEHICLE CHASSIS. THE TIFFIN INSTALLED FRAME CRACKED AND SEPARATED, CAUSING THE HITCH AND TOW BAR TO SAG. THE TOW HITCH IS ATTACHED TO THE FRAME W... Read more
Incident date: Aug 1, 2015
[XXX]--I WAS TOWING A VEHICLE BEHIND A TIFFIN MOTOR HOME. A TOW BAR ATTACHES THE TOWED VEHICLE TO THE MOTOR HOME TOW HITCH. THE TOW BAR BEGAN TO SAG WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. THE TOW HITCH IS WELDED TO A TIFFIN INSTALLED FRAME, THAT IS WELDED TO THE VEHICLE CHASSIS. THE TIFFIN INSTALLED FRAME CRACKED AND SEPARATED, CAUSING THE HITCH AND TOW BAR TO SAG. THE TOW HITCH IS ATTACHED TO THE FRAME W... Read more
Incident date: Oct 6, 2015
COMPLETE FAILURE OF A CARLILE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM. MOTOR HOME ROLLED DOWN MY DRIVEWAY. PARTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO REPAIR. MOTOR HOME HAD TO BE CONVERTED TO A MANUAL PARKING SYSTEM AND THE ALLISON TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE MODIFIED (RETROFITTED) BY THE INSTALLATION OF A PARKING PAWL. FREIGHTLINER CORP. WAS VERY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, IMMEDIATELY SAYING THEY WOULD PAY FOR THEIR PARTS. I WAS... Read more
Incident date: Oct 19, 2015
WHERE THE METAL RING THAT THE SEAT BELT SLIDES THROUGH ATTACHES TO THE FRAME OF THE MOTOR HOME ABOVE THE PASSENGERS RIGHT SHOLDER AND THE DRIVERS LEFT SHOULDER THE MOUNT WAS ASSEMBLED WITH THE INCORRECT PARTS. THE STUD, SEAT BELT SLIDE, WASHER AND NYLON LOCKING NUT ARE INCOMPATIBLE AND THE NYLON LOCKING NUT WILL NOT SEAT ON THE THREADS OF THE STUD. THIS ALLOWED THE NUT TO LOOSEN FROM VIBRATION WHI... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TIFFIN PHAETON. WHILE DRIVING THE MOTOR HOME AND TOWING A VEHICLE BY THE FLAT TOW, A POTHOLE WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE VEHICLE BEING TOWED SWAYED AND THE MOTOR HOME WAS UNABLE TO BE STEERED. THE FAILURE WAS PERSISTENT. THE MOTOR HOME WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TIFFIN PHAETON. WHILE DRIVING THE MOTOR HOME AND TOWING A VEHICLE BY THE FLAT TOW, A POTHOLE WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE VEHICLE BEING TOWED SWAYED AND THE MOTOR HOME WAS UNABLE TO BE STEERED. THE FAILURE WAS PERSISTENT. THE MOTOR HOME WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8... Read more
TIFFIN
ALLEGRO BUS
(2004) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Sep 11, 2015
Incident date: Aug 28, 2015
THE HEADBOARD ON THIS MOTORHOME IS AN APPROXIMATELY 40 POUND MIRROR AND WOODEN FRAME SUPPORTED ON THE PANELING WALL BEHIND AND ABOVE YOUR HEAD WHILE SLEEPING. THIS MIRROR AND FRAME DETACHED FROM THE WALL SEPARATING AND STRIKING THE PILLOWS THAT WE HAD JUST VACATED THAT MORNING. THE WEIGHT WOULD HAVE CAUSED SEVERE INJURY OR POSSIBILITY A FATALITY HAD WE STILL BEEN IN BED. I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTUR... Read more
Incident date: Aug 14, 2015
DRIVING WEST ON INTERSTATE 80 IN PENNSYLVANIA RAN OVER A SEVERE POTHOLE THEN WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING AREA NOTICED A LOUD AIR LEAK FROM THE REAR WHICH RENDERED THE VEHICLE UNDRIVABLE. READ THAT OTHERS HAD THIS ISSUE ON THE SAME VEHICLE AND AM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE IF THE AIR PRESSURE DROPS BELOW 65PSI THE VEHICLE WILL COME TO A SUDDEN STOP ENDANGERING OCCUPANTS AND PEOPLE/PROPERTY S... Read more
TIFFIN
ALLEGRO BAY
(2007) — SERVICE BRAKES
Jul 20, 2015
Incident date: Jul 10, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TIFFIN ALLEGRO BAY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V327000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC); HOWEVER, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE SPEED DECREASED AFTER THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. THE MOTOR HOME WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED T... Read more
TIFFIN
ALLEGRO BAY
(2008) — SERVICE BRAKES
Jun 1, 2015
Incident date: May 15, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TIFFIN ALLEGRO BAY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED FLUID LEAKING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH A MANUAL FOOT PEDAL. ALSO, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE WATER PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIF... Read more
TIFFIN
ALLEGRO BAY
(2008) — ENGINE
Jun 1, 2015
Incident date: May 15, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TIFFIN ALLEGRO BAY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED FLUID LEAKING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH A MANUAL FOOT PEDAL. ALSO, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE WATER PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIF... Read more
Incident date: Jul 6, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TIFFIN PHAETON. WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED EXHAUST FUMES IN THE VEHICLE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE EXHAUST FLEX PIPE FRACTURED AND THAT SOME WIRING AND THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT ENCLOSURE HAD MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE EXHAUST FLEX PIPE NEED... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Sep 22, 2014
WHEN WE TOOK THIS COACH OUT FOR A TEST DRIVE IT PULLED TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKING. THE DEALER WORKED ON IT AND IT APPEARED TO BE OK SO WE BOUGHT IT. THEN AFTER TAKING IT ABOUT 125 MILES IT BEGAN TO PULL TO RIGHT WHEN BRAKING. BACK TO DEALER FOR A COUPLE MORE ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR IT. NOW IT STILL PULLED TO,RIGHT AND HAD A "SHIMMY" WHEN BRAKING. TOOK IT ON A TRIP, DEALER AND MANUFACTURE SAID IT WAS... Read more
TIFFIN
ALLEGRO BUS
(2010) — EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Feb 19, 2015
Incident date: Feb 19, 2015
I RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 14V-271. IT REQUIRES AN INLINE FUSE TO PREVENT POSSIBLE FIRES. IT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE WHICH IS WATER GETTING INTO THE FRONT AND REAR CLEARANCE LIGHTS AND CAUSING THEM TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. WHICH MEANS THE VEHICLE WILL BE WITHOUT THE AFFECTIVE LIGHTS DURING OPERATION. THE FAILURE IS ALMOST UNIVERSALLY SURE TO OCCUR.... SUGGEST THAT THE MANUFACTURE REPLACE THE ... Read more
Incident date: Dec 1, 2014
CUMMINS FUEL FILTER FF 63009 DATE CODE 14200, APPEARED TO HAVE FAILED, LEAKING FUEL ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPE AS WELL AS STALLING THE MOTOR HOME AT THE CREST OF A SMALL MOUNTAIN.LEAKING FUEL DID NOT CAUSE A FIRE BUT DID SMOKE. IF ENGINE HAD BEEN IN REGEN MODE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A FIRE....CONTACT WITH CUMMINS REVEALED THAT THEY HAVE HAD SOME OF THESE FILTERS FAIL WITH NO APPARENT VISUAL DEFECTS BUT... Read more
Incident date: Dec 1, 2014
CUMMINS FUEL FILTER FF 63009 DATE CODE 14200, APPEARED TO HAVE FAILED, LEAKING FUEL ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPE AS WELL AS STALLING THE MOTOR HOME AT THE CREST OF A SMALL MOUNTAIN.LEAKING FUEL DID NOT CAUSE A FIRE BUT DID SMOKE. IF ENGINE HAD BEEN IN REGEN MODE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A FIRE....CONTACT WITH CUMMINS REVEALED THAT THEY HAVE HAD SOME OF THESE FILTERS FAIL WITH NO APPARENT VISUAL DEFECTS BUT... Read more
Incident date: Nov 4, 2014
I TOOK MY MOTOR HOME OUT FOR A SHORT DRIVE BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN SITTING FOR ABOUT MONTH. EVERY THING WENT FINE FOR THE FIRST 5 OR 6 MILES. I THEN NOTICED AS I LET OFF THE GAS PEDAL THAT IT APPEARED TO BE SLOWING DOWN EXTREMELY FAST ON SOME STOPS. IT DID NOT DO IT ON ALL STOPS. I WAS ALREADY ON MY WAY BACK TO STORAGE YARD WHEN I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT. IT WAS GOING DOWN FA... Read more
Incident date: Oct 1, 2014
COMPLAINT: UNAVAILABILITY OF MICHELIN 235/80R 22.5 XRV TIRES. THESE TIRES ARE SPECIFICALLY MANUFACTURED FOR CLASS A MOTOR HOMES. MY ORIGINAL TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED AND I CANNOT LOCATE THESE TIRES FOR PURCHASE ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. COMPLAINTS/QUESTIONS TO MICHELIN HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED. TIRE DEALERS ONLY KNOW THAT "THEY ARE ON BACK-ORDER". FORD HAS INCREASED THE PRODUCTION OF CLASS "A" MOT... Read more
Incident date: Sep 1, 2014
TIFFIN MOTORHOME. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO NHTSA RECALL # 14V-271 RELATED TO POTENTIAL FIRE PROBLEM WITH THE LED CLEARANCE LIGHTS USED ON CERTAIN MODELS. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED IN HIS OPINION, THE FIX PROPOSED BY TIFFIN MOTORHOMES WAS NOT ADEQUATE BECAUSE THE FIX DID NOT ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM WHICH WAS IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED AND IMPROPERLY SEALED LED LIGHT FIXTURES THAT WERE MANU... Read more
Incident date: Sep 1, 2014
TIFFIN MOTORHOME. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO NHTSA RECALL # 14V-271 RELATED TO POTENTIAL FIRE PROBLEM WITH THE LED CLEARANCE LIGHTS USED ON CERTAIN MODELS. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED IN HIS OPINION, THE FIX PROPOSED BY TIFFIN MOTORHOMES WAS NOT ADEQUATE BECAUSE THE FIX DID NOT ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM WHICH WAS IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED AND IMPROPERLY SEALED LED LIGHT FIXTURES THAT WERE MANU... Read more
Incident date: Jul 1, 2014
2010 ALLEGRO MOTOR HOME. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A DEFECT THAT EXISTS IN THE CLEARANCE LIGHTS ON THE UNIT. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROPOSED SOLUTION OF THE RECALL WOULD NOT CORRECT THE MANUFACTURER'S DEFECTIVE LIGHT AND MAY RESULT IN A FIRE AND PROBABLY WOULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF THE CLEARANCE LIGHTS. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE THE PROBLEM REVIEWED AND A NEW DIRECTIVE REQUIRING THE MA... Read more
Incident date: Jul 1, 2014
2010 ALLEGRO MOTOR HOME. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A DEFECT THAT EXISTS IN THE CLEARANCE LIGHTS ON THE UNIT. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROPOSED SOLUTION OF THE RECALL WOULD NOT CORRECT THE MANUFACTURER'S DEFECTIVE LIGHT AND MAY RESULT IN A FIRE AND PROBABLY WOULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF THE CLEARANCE LIGHTS. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE THE PROBLEM REVIEWED AND A NEW DIRECTIVE REQUIRING THE MA... Read more
Incident date: Jun 15, 2014
MICHELIN XZA3 275 80 R22.5 EXHIBITING SIDE WALL CRACKING, AND THE APPEARANCE OF CROSS HATCH PATTERN ON THE SIDE WALLS. DOT M5 EJ BVNX 1810. TIRES IN USE ON A 2011 TIFFIN MOTORHOME AND HAVE 18100 MILES ON THEM. MICHELIN LOOKED AT THE TIRES AND WILL REPLACE THEM OFFERING A 43% ADJUSTMENT WHICH IN REALITY IS CLOSER TO A 25% ADJUSTMENT BASED ON WHAT THE TIRES CAN BE PURCHASED FOR VS MSRP. TH... Read more
Incident date: Dec 5, 2013
SHORTLY AFTER ENGINE START AND DURING OR SHORTLY AFTER WARM-UP, WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE ENGINE LOSES ALL POWER. IF YOU HOLD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ONE POSITION, IT WILL REMAIN AT IDLE. IF YOU PUMP THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL OR PUSH TO THE FLOOR, IT WILL CATCH UP AND ACCELERATE. IT WILL NOT DO IT AGAIN IN THAT DRIVE CYCLE. IT DOES NOT DO IT EVERY TIME. IT HAS DONE IT APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES.... Read more
Incident date: Dec 5, 2013
SHORTLY AFTER ENGINE START AND DURING OR SHORTLY AFTER WARM-UP, WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE ENGINE LOSES ALL POWER. IF YOU HOLD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ONE POSITION, IT WILL REMAIN AT IDLE. IF YOU PUMP THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL OR PUSH TO THE FLOOR, IT WILL CATCH UP AND ACCELERATE. IT WILL NOT DO IT AGAIN IN THAT DRIVE CYCLE. IT DOES NOT DO IT EVERY TIME. IT HAS DONE IT APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES.... Read more
Incident date: Dec 5, 2013
SHORTLY AFTER ENGINE START AND DURING OR SHORTLY AFTER WARM-UP, WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE ENGINE LOSES ALL POWER. IF YOU HOLD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ONE POSITION, IT WILL REMAIN AT IDLE. IF YOU PUMP THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL OR PUSH TO THE FLOOR, IT WILL CATCH UP AND ACCELERATE. IT WILL NOT DO IT AGAIN IN THAT DRIVE CYCLE. IT DOES NOT DO IT EVERY TIME. IT HAS DONE IT APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES.... Read more
Incident date: Sep 5, 2013
2014 TIFFIN ALLEGRO MOTORHOME/2013 FORD CHASSIS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE STARTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP AT THE END OF THE EXIT RAMP, THE RV WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT SEEMED TO BE MISSING. AFTER SEVERAL CYCLES OF PRESSING AND RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE RAN SMOOTHLY AND ACCELERATED. ALSO, THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND BRAKE RESERVE S... Read more
Incident date: Sep 5, 2013
2014 TIFFIN ALLEGRO MOTORHOME/2013 FORD CHASSIS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE STARTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP AT THE END OF THE EXIT RAMP, THE RV WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT SEEMED TO BE MISSING. AFTER SEVERAL CYCLES OF PRESSING AND RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE RAN SMOOTHLY AND ACCELERATED. ALSO, THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND BRAKE RESERVE S... Read more
Incident date: Sep 5, 2013
2014 TIFFIN ALLEGRO MOTORHOME/2013 FORD CHASSIS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE STARTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP AT THE END OF THE EXIT RAMP, THE RV WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT SEEMED TO BE MISSING. AFTER SEVERAL CYCLES OF PRESSING AND RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE RAN SMOOTHLY AND ACCELERATED. ALSO, THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND BRAKE RESERVE S... Read more
Incident date: Sep 5, 2013
2014 TIFFIN ALLEGRO MOTORHOME/2013 FORD CHASSIS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE STARTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP AT THE END OF THE EXIT RAMP, THE RV WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT SEEMED TO BE MISSING. AFTER SEVERAL CYCLES OF PRESSING AND RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE RAN SMOOTHLY AND ACCELERATED. ALSO, THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND BRAKE RESERVE S... Read more
Incident date: Nov 4, 2013
LETTER FROM SENATOR FEINSTEIN ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT WHO BELIEVES A RECALL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE PLASTIC FAN/BLOWER IN RECREATIONAL VEHICLES IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS; ATTN: MEENA VISVANATHAN. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROPANE FURNACE PRODUCED A RATTLING NOISE AND IT GRADUALLY BECAME LOUDER, AS IF SOMETHING WERE LOOSE IN THE FURNACE. THERE WAS ALSO A UNIQU... Read more
Incident date: Nov 4, 2013
LETTER FROM SENATOR FEINSTEIN ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT WHO BELIEVES A RECALL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE PLASTIC FAN/BLOWER IN RECREATIONAL VEHICLES IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS; ATTN: MEENA VISVANATHAN. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROPANE FURNACE PRODUCED A RATTLING NOISE AND IT GRADUALLY BECAME LOUDER, AS IF SOMETHING WERE LOOSE IN THE FURNACE. THERE WAS ALSO A UNIQU... Read more
Incident date: Sep 15, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TIFFIN ZEPHYR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE SLIDE OUT SECTION INDEPENDENTLY OPENED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,200. UPDATED 11/14/13*... Read more
Incident date: Sep 15, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TIFFIN ZEPHYR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE SLIDE OUT SECTION INDEPENDENTLY OPENED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,200. UPDATED 11/14/13*... Read more
Incident date: Sep 15, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TIFFIN ZEPHYR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE SLIDE OUT SECTION INDEPENDENTLY OPENED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,200. UPDATED 11/14/13*... Read more
Incident date: Sep 15, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TIFFIN ZEPHYR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE SLIDE OUT SECTION INDEPENDENTLY OPENED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,200. UPDATED 11/14/13*... Read more
Incident date: Sep 15, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TIFFIN ZEPHYR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE SLIDE OUT SECTION INDEPENDENTLY OPENED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,200. UPDATED 11/14/13*... Read more
Incident date: Sep 15, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TIFFIN ZEPHYR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE SLIDE OUT SECTION INDEPENDENTLY OPENED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,200. UPDATED 11/14/13*... Read more
Incident date: Sep 12, 2012
THE MOTOR HOME MANUFACTURER IS TIFFIN MOTOR HOMES, RED BAY ALABAMA, THE COACH IS BUILT ON A FREIGHTLINER CHASSIS BUILT BY FREIGHTLINER CHASSIS. THE PROBLEM IS EXHAUST FUMES ENTERING THE INTERIOR OF THE COACH PRODUCING A STRONG DIESEL EXHAUST FUMES ODOR AND PROBABLY CARBON MONOXIDE. OUR RESEARCH INTO THIS PROBLEM INDICATES THAT THE EXHAUST FUMES ARE ENTERING THE COACH DURING THE REGENERATION CYCL... Read more
Incident date: Sep 3, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TIFFEN PHAETON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CABIN WAS FILLED WITH EXHAUST FUMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.