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 1,744 complaints for WINNEBAGO
STABILIZER BAR BRACKET BOLTS WERE LOOSE FROM FACTORY. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *TT
BOLTS THAT ATTACH LEVELING JACK THAT HOLD CROSSMEMBER TO CHASSIS WERE LOOSE SINCE MANUFACTURING. *AK CONSUMER FOUND BOLTS HAD FALLEN OFF AND TIGHTENED THEM WHEN DISCOVERED. *TT
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(2002) — EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
Jun 20, 2002
Incident date: Dec 19, 2001
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(2002) — EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT
Jun 20, 2002
Incident date: Dec 19, 2001
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
THE DRIVER AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE: DOUG MONROE 3621 G.4 ROAD, PALISADE, CO 81526. HE INDICATED HE HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR 6 HOURS ON INTERSTATE 70 AT 65 MPH ON A HOT DAY IN UTAH. THEY HEARD A FLOPPING SOUND AND FELT A VIBRATION AND APPARENTLY PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE. NONE OF THE 4 PEOPLE ON BOARD WERE HURT AND THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE ARE FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL... Read more
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(1997) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
Jun 10, 2002
Incident date: Mar 11, 2002
VEHICLE WAS PARKED, ENGINE RUNNING, WHEN IT STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. NO INJURIES, DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. CONSUMER UNSURE IF EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED.*AK
Crash
WINNEBAGO
MINNIE WINNIE
(1996) — TIRES:TREAD/BELT
Jun 5, 2002
Incident date: Jun 1, 2000
FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX, LT22575R16, M/S ORIGINAL TIRES. WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A FLAPPING NOISE, THEN TREAD CAME COMPLETELY OFF.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE FIRST TIME THE TREAD SEPARATED WAS IN JUNE OF 2000 2 TIRES WERE REPLACED.*JB
CONSUMER REQUESTS RECALL REPAIRS ON HIS P-30 CHASSIS MOTOR HOME WHICH IS ROLLING FORWARD WITH PARKING BRAKES APPLIED, CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALER NOT TO PARK ON HILLS. *TT THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION SEALS WERE DEFECTIVE AND THAT THE AUTO BRAKE SYSTEM NEVER WORKED. THEY REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE SEALS, THE BRAKE SHOES AND ADJUSTED THE SYSTEM. FOR THE FIRST TIME, CONSUMER EX... Read more
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(1999) — TIRES:SIDEWALL
May 14, 2002
Incident date: Apr 10, 1999
TWO TIRES BLEWOUT WITHIN A TWO MONTHS PERIOD, BOTH BLOWOUTS OCCURED ON THE INNER SIDEWALL OF THE INSIDE RIGHT REAR TIRE, THE TIRE TREAD WAS UNDAMAGED BUT A HOLE WAS BLOWN IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE (GOODYEAR G159 UNISTEEL TIRE SIZE 245/70R19.5, LOAD RANGE F) *YH
A SHORT CIRCUIT OCCURED IN VEHICLE, CAUSING WINDSHILED WIPERS TO BE INOPERABLE, REPAIR SHOP REMOVED A WINDSHILED MODULE WHICH WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM.*ET
CONSUMER STATES CENTRAL HEAT WILL NOT COME ON, DUE TO THE DASH AIR BLOWING OUT THE FUSE, DEALER REPLACED THE DASH COVER AND PLASTIC VENTS, AS WELL AS THE FAN MOTOR.*JB
WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTUATES THE THROTTLE, THE ONE LEVER FORCES THE THROTTLE CABLE TO MOVE ALSO AND CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THIS IS THE PROBLEM, CONSUMER STATES THE THROTTLE CABLE IS THE WRONG DESIGN TO HANDLE THIS KIND OF FUNCTION, WHEN THE CRUISE CABLE PULLS THE LEVER, THE THROTTLE CABLE BENDS OR KINKS INSTEAD OF SLIDING INTO ITS SHEATH AND PUSHING THE THROTTLE PEDAL DOWN, CONSUMER STATES THE... Read more
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTUATES THE THROTTLE, THE ONE LEVER DESIGN THAT FORCES THE THROTTLE CABLE TO MOVE ALSO IS THE CULPRIT, THE CRUISE CABLE PULLS THE LEVER, THE THROTTLE CABLE BENDS OR KINKS INSTEAD OF SLIDING INTO IT'S SHEATH AND PUSHING THE THROTTLE PEDAL DOWN CAUSING THE THROTTLE CABLE TO BREAK. *TT
WHEN THE CRUISE CABLE PULLS THE LEVER, THE THROTTLE CABLE BENDS OR KINKS INSTEAD OF SLIDING INTO ITS SHEATH AND PUSHING THE THROTTLE DOWN, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE DESIGN IS NOT CORRECT FOR A PUSH DUTY APPLICATION WHICH RESULTS IN THE CABLE BREAKING (GM PART NUMBER 15996316). NLM
THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ENGINE OF THIS MOTOR HOME, THE DEALER WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. *YD
Incident date: Jul 31, 1999
WHILE DRIVING AT THE SPEED ESTIMATED AROUND 40 MPH THE MOTOR HOME HIT A TREE CAUSED TWO FATALITIES AND ONE NECK INJURY. THIS CASE WAS TRIED IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT, THE VERDICT OF GUILTY WAS DECIDED ON OCTOBER 26, 2001 AGAINST WHILE DRIVING AT THE SPEED ESTIMATED AROUND 40 MPH THE MOTOR HOME HIT A TREE CAUSED TWO FATALITIES AND ONE NECK INJURY. THIS CASE WAS TRIED IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT; THE VERD... Read more
1 injured
2 deaths
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(2000) — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
May 8, 2002
Incident date: May 8, 2002
THE ENTRY, AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN PROPERLY. SOMETIMES DOORS WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL, A PERSON WOULD HAVE TO PUSH HARD TO OPEN.*AK THE RV IS EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS, GFI OUTLETS WILL NOT RESET, STOVE MOUTING SCREW IS BROKEN, TRIP METERS ARE INOPERATIVE, WORK HORSE CHASIS, WATER LEAKS ON DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL IF THE SHOWER IS IN USE, DRIVER SIDE REAR LEVELER RETRACTS AFTER SI... Read more
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(2000) — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
May 8, 2002
Incident date: May 8, 2002
THE ENTRY, AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN PROPERLY. SOMETIMES DOORS WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL, A PERSON WOULD HAVE TO PUSH HARD TO OPEN.*AK THE RV IS EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS, GFI OUTLETS WILL NOT RESET, STOVE MOUTING SCREW IS BROKEN, TRIP METERS ARE INOPERATIVE, WORK HORSE CHASIS, WATER LEAKS ON DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL IF THE SHOWER IS IN USE, DRIVER SIDE REAR LEVELER RETRACTS AFTER SI... Read more
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(2000) — POWER TRAIN
May 8, 2002
Incident date: May 8, 2002
THE ENTRY, AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN PROPERLY. SOMETIMES DOORS WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL, A PERSON WOULD HAVE TO PUSH HARD TO OPEN.*AK THE RV IS EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS, GFI OUTLETS WILL NOT RESET, STOVE MOUTING SCREW IS BROKEN, TRIP METERS ARE INOPERATIVE, WORK HORSE CHASIS, WATER LEAKS ON DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL IF THE SHOWER IS IN USE, DRIVER SIDE REAR LEVELER RETRACTS AFTER SI... Read more
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(2000) — STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
May 8, 2002
Incident date: May 8, 2002
THE ENTRY, AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN PROPERLY. SOMETIMES DOORS WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL, A PERSON WOULD HAVE TO PUSH HARD TO OPEN.*AK THE RV IS EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS, GFI OUTLETS WILL NOT RESET, STOVE MOUTING SCREW IS BROKEN, TRIP METERS ARE INOPERATIVE, WORK HORSE CHASIS, WATER LEAKS ON DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL IF THE SHOWER IS IN USE, DRIVER SIDE REAR LEVELER RETRACTS AFTER SI... Read more
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(2000) — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
May 8, 2002
Incident date: May 8, 2002
THE ENTRY, AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN PROPERLY. SOMETIMES DOORS WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL, A PERSON WOULD HAVE TO PUSH HARD TO OPEN.*AK THE RV IS EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS, GFI OUTLETS WILL NOT RESET, STOVE MOUTING SCREW IS BROKEN, TRIP METERS ARE INOPERATIVE, WORK HORSE CHASIS, WATER LEAKS ON DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL IF THE SHOWER IS IN USE, DRIVER SIDE REAR LEVELER RETRACTS AFTER SI... Read more
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(2000) — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
May 8, 2002
Incident date: May 8, 2002
THE ENTRY, AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN PROPERLY. SOMETIMES DOORS WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL, A PERSON WOULD HAVE TO PUSH HARD TO OPEN.*AK THE RV IS EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS, GFI OUTLETS WILL NOT RESET, STOVE MOUTING SCREW IS BROKEN, TRIP METERS ARE INOPERATIVE, WORK HORSE CHASIS, WATER LEAKS ON DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL IF THE SHOWER IS IN USE, DRIVER SIDE REAR LEVELER RETRACTS AFTER SI... Read more
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(2000) — EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
May 8, 2002
Incident date: May 8, 2002
THE ENTRY, AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN PROPERLY. SOMETIMES DOORS WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL, A PERSON WOULD HAVE TO PUSH HARD TO OPEN.*AK THE RV IS EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS, GFI OUTLETS WILL NOT RESET, STOVE MOUTING SCREW IS BROKEN, TRIP METERS ARE INOPERATIVE, WORK HORSE CHASIS, WATER LEAKS ON DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL IF THE SHOWER IS IN USE, DRIVER SIDE REAR LEVELER RETRACTS AFTER SI... Read more
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(2000) — EQUIPMENT
May 8, 2002
Incident date: May 8, 2002
THE ENTRY, AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN PROPERLY. SOMETIMES DOORS WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL, A PERSON WOULD HAVE TO PUSH HARD TO OPEN.*AK THE RV IS EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS, GFI OUTLETS WILL NOT RESET, STOVE MOUTING SCREW IS BROKEN, TRIP METERS ARE INOPERATIVE, WORK HORSE CHASIS, WATER LEAKS ON DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL IF THE SHOWER IS IN USE, DRIVER SIDE REAR LEVELER RETRACTS AFTER SI... Read more
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(2000) — STRUCTURE:BODY
May 8, 2002
Incident date: May 8, 2002
THE ENTRY, AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN PROPERLY. SOMETIMES DOORS WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL, A PERSON WOULD HAVE TO PUSH HARD TO OPEN.*AK THE RV IS EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS, GFI OUTLETS WILL NOT RESET, STOVE MOUTING SCREW IS BROKEN, TRIP METERS ARE INOPERATIVE, WORK HORSE CHASIS, WATER LEAKS ON DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL IF THE SHOWER IS IN USE, DRIVER SIDE REAR LEVELER RETRACTS AFTER SI... Read more
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(2000) — VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
May 8, 2002
Incident date: May 8, 2002
THE ENTRY, AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN PROPERLY. SOMETIMES DOORS WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL, A PERSON WOULD HAVE TO PUSH HARD TO OPEN.*AK THE RV IS EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS, GFI OUTLETS WILL NOT RESET, STOVE MOUTING SCREW IS BROKEN, TRIP METERS ARE INOPERATIVE, WORK HORSE CHASIS, WATER LEAKS ON DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL IF THE SHOWER IS IN USE, DRIVER SIDE REAR LEVELER RETRACTS AFTER SI... Read more
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(2000) — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
May 8, 2002
Incident date: May 8, 2002
THE ENTRY, AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN PROPERLY. SOMETIMES DOORS WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL, A PERSON WOULD HAVE TO PUSH HARD TO OPEN.*AK THE RV IS EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS, GFI OUTLETS WILL NOT RESET, STOVE MOUTING SCREW IS BROKEN, TRIP METERS ARE INOPERATIVE, WORK HORSE CHASIS, WATER LEAKS ON DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL IF THE SHOWER IS IN USE, DRIVER SIDE REAR LEVELER RETRACTS AFTER SI... Read more
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(2000) — FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
May 8, 2002
Incident date: May 8, 2002
THE ENTRY, AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN PROPERLY. SOMETIMES DOORS WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL, A PERSON WOULD HAVE TO PUSH HARD TO OPEN.*AK THE RV IS EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS, GFI OUTLETS WILL NOT RESET, STOVE MOUTING SCREW IS BROKEN, TRIP METERS ARE INOPERATIVE, WORK HORSE CHASIS, WATER LEAKS ON DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL IF THE SHOWER IS IN USE, DRIVER SIDE REAR LEVELER RETRACTS AFTER SI... Read more
Incident date: Feb 26, 2002
WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY A PART OF THE ROOF BLEW OFF, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED AS OF YET. *JB.THE ROOF WAS REPLACED BY WINNEBAGO, CONSUMER FEELS MANUFACTURER SHOULD PAY THE COST OF REPAIRS. *JG
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DRIVER CAN'T SEE THE SPEEDOMETER DUE TO THE HEIGHT OF THE SEAT, WHILE DRIVING. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. NLM
Incident date: Apr 2, 2002
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED ELECTRIC POP OUT SECTION OF VEHICLE WENT OUT ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY ON TOP. SAFETY STRAPS RIPPED OUT OF FLOOR. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER.*AK
Incident date: Apr 1, 2001
REAREND OF VEHICLE IS NOT STRAIGHTAND IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS SIDEWAYS WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE. IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE STRAIGHT, WORK HORSE CO. WORKED ON THE CHASSIS, DID BUT DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. NLM
Incident date: Mar 2, 2002
WHILE DRIVING IN HIGH GUST OF WIND ROOF OF VEHICLE DETACHED AT SEAMS AND RIPPED OFF ON DRIVER'S SIDE. LOST INSULATION IN TOP OF VEHICLE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK
Incident date: Feb 24, 2002
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 60 MPH, THE BUNK WINDOW OVER CAB SHATTERED AND BROKE OUT. WE ARE NOT SURE IF ANYTHING HIT IT OR NOT. AFTER CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER WE WERE TOLD THIS WINDOW DOES NOT REQUIRE SAFETY GLASS IN IT. WE FEEL VERY LUCKY THAT WE HAD THE CURTAIN CLOSED AS THIS STOPPED MOST OF THE FLYING GLASS. WE FEEL IF THE CURTAIN WOULD HAVE BEEN OPEN THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS INJURIES... Read more
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTUATES THE THROTTLE, THE ONE LEVER DESIGN THAT FORCES THE THROTTLE CABLE TO MOVE ALSO IS THE CULPRIT, THE CRUISE CABLE PULLS THE LEVER, THE THROTTLE CABLE BENDS OR KINKS INSTEAD OF SLIDING INTO IT'S SHEATH AND PUSHING THE THROTTLE PEDAL DOWN CAUSING THE THROTTLE CABLE TO BREAK. *TT
Incident date: Jul 31, 1999
WHILE DRIVING AT THE SPEED ESTIMATED AROUND 40 MPH THE MOTOR HOME HIT A TREE CAUSED TWO FATALITIES AND ONE NECK INJURY. THIS CASE WAS TRIED IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT, THE VERDICT OF GUILTY WAS DECIDED ON OCTOBER 26, 2001 AGAINST WHILE DRIVING AT THE SPEED ESTIMATED AROUND 40 MPH THE MOTOR HOME HIT A TREE CAUSED TWO FATALITIES AND ONE NECK INJURY. THIS CASE WAS TRIED IN CIVIL DISTRICT COURT; THE VERD... Read more
1 injured
2 deaths
WINNEBAGO
BRAVE
(2001) — FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
Feb 6, 2002
Incident date: Sep 30, 2001
WHILE DRIVING 20MPH FUEL LINE SEPARATED AT CONNECTION. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK
Incident date: Jan 1, 2002
RECREATION VEHICLE'S FLOOR IS TOO SOFT AND NOT VERY STURDY. HAS TOO MUCH GIVE IN IT. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE FLOOR PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY POOR DESIGN OR POOR WORKMANSHIP. THE CONSUMER CONTACTS THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND TOLD HIM THAT THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. *YH
Incident date: Dec 29, 2001
FRONT PASSENGER DOOR ASSEMBLY ON RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE WAS WARPED AT TIME OF PURCHASE. DEALER STATED THAT A NEW DOOR WOULD BE ORDERED FROM WINNEBAGO AFTER POINT OF SALE. DOOR FLEW OPEN WHILE DRIVING, EVEN THOUGH DOOR WAS SECURED BEFORE STARTING VEHICLE. DOOR WOULD NOT LOCK AND SECURE EXCEPT BY USING DEADBOLT ASEMBLY. DOOR OPENED REPEATLY WITH SLIGHTEST HAND PRESSURE.*AK
Incident date: Jan 1, 2001
SLIDE OUTS ON THE MOTOR WILL AT TIMES AUTOMATICALLY SLIDE OUT. THIS PROBLEM CAN OCCUR AT ANYTIME. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK *SLC
WINNEBAGO
CHIEFTAIN
(2000) — EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT
Jan 2, 2002
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEEDS HYDRAULIC JACK WILL AUTOMATICALLY START TO LOWER ITSELF, SETTING OFF A TINY ALARM NOTIFYING CONSUMER OF WHAT WAS GOING ON.*AK
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(1997) — PARKING BRAKE
Dec 12, 2001
PARKING BRAKES DOESN'T HOLD AS GOOD AS IT SHOULD, ADVISE R&R TRANS BRAKE & INSPECTED, ADJUST TRANS BRAKE SHOES, EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE & AUTO PARK CABLE.
WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTUATES THE THROTTLE, THE ONE LEVER FORCES THE THROTTLE CABLE TO MOVE ALSO AND CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THIS IS THE PROBLEM, CONSUMER STATES THE THROTTLE CABLE IS THE WRONG DESIGN TO HANDLE THIS KIND OF FUNCTION, WHEN THE CRUISE CABLE PULLS THE LEVER, THE THROTTLE CABLE BENDS OR KINKS INSTEAD OF SLIDING INTO ITS SHEATH AND PUSHING THE THROTTLE PEDAL DOWN, CONSUMER STATES THE... Read more
CONSUMER STATES EVERYTIME RV HIT A BUMP OR CRACK ON THE INTERSTATE, THERE WAS A METAL TO METAL NOISE, RV WAS TAKEN INTO SHOP AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIR RIDE COMPRESSOR WAS BAD AND EVENTUALLY IT WAS REPLACED, ALSO THE RV WOULD SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND REPLACING THE SIR RIDE COMPRESSOR DID NOT CEASE THE NOISE OR THE SWAYING, CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THE AIR RIDER/SPRING SYSTEM W... Read more
CONSUMER STATES WHEN RV IS IN THE MOUNTAINS IT WILL NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE.*JB
CONSUMER STATES CENTRAL HEAT WILL NOT COME ON, DUE TO THE DASH AIR BLOWING OUT THE FUSE, DEALER REPLACED THE DASH COVER AND PLASTIC VENTS, AS WELL AS THE FAN MOTOR.*JB
THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ENGINE OF THIS MOTOR HOME, THE DEALER WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. *YD
WHEN THE CRUISE CABLE PULLS THE LEVER, THE THROTTLE CABLE BENDS OR KINKS INSTEAD OF SLIDING INTO ITS SHEATH AND PUSHING THE THROTTLE DOWN, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE DESIGN IS NOT CORRECT FOR A PUSH DUTY APPLICATION WHICH RESULTS IN THE CABLE BREAKING (GM PART NUMBER 15996316). NLM
WINNEBAGO
ADVENTURER
(1999) — TIRES:SIDEWALL
Oct 24, 2001
Incident date: Apr 10, 1999
TWO TIRES BLEWOUT WITHIN A TWO MONTHS PERIOD, BOTH BLOWOUTS OCCURED ON THE INNER SIDEWALL OF THE INSIDE RIGHT REAR TIRE, THE TIRE TREAD WAS UNDAMAGED BUT A HOLE WAS BLOWN IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE (GOODYEAR G159 UNISTEEL TIRE SIZE 245/70R19.5, LOAD RANGE F) *YH
WINNEBAGO
BRAVE
(1999) — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Sep 24, 2001
Incident date: Mar 15, 2001
WIFE, DONNA WAS DRIVING. TWO CONSECUTIVE LIT STOPSIGNALS/ BRAKES FAILED WHEN SHE "STOOD" ON THE BRAKE. FIRST SIGNAL NOT TOO SERIOUS, BUT SECOND SIGNAL MOTORHOME WAS TOTALED OUT. ALL BRAKES SEEMED TO TEST OUT OK EXCEPT AT THE TWO CONSECUTIVE SIGNALS. THIS IS A BRAKING PROBLEM AND MOST LIKELY A COMBINATION WITH ABS. WE KNOW THIS IS SOMEWHAT COMMON BECAUSE OTHERS HAVE TOLD OF THEIR EXPERIENC... Read more
Crash
8 injured