2006 Airstream Classic Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2006 Airstream Classic, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Brakes3100.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Brakes
Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.
From owner reports, verbatim
HYDRAULIC DISC BRAKE SYSTEM UPDATE HTTP://WWW.AIRFORUMS.COM/FORUMS/F439/HYDRAULIC-DISC-BRAKE-PROBLEM-61126.HTML#POST841497 POSTED BY: ON: 04-24-2010 09:39 AM WHEN WE PULLED THE WHEEL FROM THE AXLE POSITION THAT HAD GIVEN PROBLEMS, WE WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE AN EXACT CAUSE FOR THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY NOT RELEASING PROPERLY ON ONE WHEEL. WE DISCUSSED THE ISSUE WITH AS, DEXTER, AND J. D. SANDERS PERSONNEL, BUT NO ONE HAD A DEFINITIVE ANSWER. TWO THINGS THAT WE DID DISCOVER WERE AS FOLLOWS: THE FLEXIBLE BRAKE HOSES THAT RUN BETWEEN THE CALIPER ASSEMBLIES AND THE STEEL BRAKE LINES WERE BENT 90 DEGREES (+/-) AT THE POINT WHERE THE FLEXIBLE HOSE SCREWS INTO THE CALIPER ASSEMBLY. THIS BEND WAS A FORCED BEND IN THE FLEXIBLE PORTION OF THE HOSE. THE ROUTING OF THE FLEXIBLE BRAKE HOSES WAS SUCH THAT ALL FOUR OF THE HOSES HAD SIGNIFICANT ABRASION ON THE EXTERNAL SURFACE FROM RUBBING ON VARIOUS POINTS WITHIN THE FENDER WELL. ONE OF THE HOSES WAS WORN WELL DOWN INTO THE INNER BRAIDED PORTION OF THE HOSE. BASED ON MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SECOND OWNER OF THIS UNIT, AND HIS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE ORIGINAL OWNER (WE ARE THE THIRD OWNER), THIS UNIT WOULD HAVE APPROXIMATELY 5,000 (+/-) MILES ON IT. ONE WOULD NOT EXPECT TO FIND WHAT WE DID ON A UNIT WITH THIS FEW MILES. ON 04/21/2010, WE REPLACED ALL FOUR FLEXIBLE HOSE ASSEMBLIES AND RE-ROUTED THEM IN A WAY THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE EXTERNAL CHAFFING PROBLEM. BASED ON OUR FINDINGS, ALL OWNERS OF AS TT'S WITH HYDRAULIC DISC BRAKES WOULD BE WISE TO HAVE THEIR UNITS INSPECTED FOR FLEXIBLE BRAKE HOSE DAMAGE. *TR
FAX FM OWNER OF A 30 INCH AIR STREAM CLASSIC TRAVEL TRAILER EXPERIENCING TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE DEFECT. *TS INSPECTION OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL SHOWED EXCESSIVE BRAKE DUST. ON REMOVAL OF THE WHEEL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TWO LOWER BOLTS OF THE CALIPER ASSEMBLY WERE MISSING AS WAS THE MIDDLE BOLT. A NUT WAS ALSO MISSING ON ONE OF THE TWO TOP BOLTS. THE BRAKE PAD AND CALIPER WERE DESTROYED BEYOND REPAIR. WHEN THE OTHER THREE WHEELS WERE INSPECTED IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT MOST OF THE NUTS ON THE CALIPER BOLTS WERE LOOSE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE BRAKE PROBLEM REVEALED A BURNED OUT BRAKE PUMP WHICH QUIT WORKING DUE TO LOSS OF ALL BRAKE FLUID. *NM
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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