1999 Airstream Excella 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 1999 Airstream Excella, 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
- Tires & wheels266.7%
- Other / unspecified133.3%
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
Tires & wheels
Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.
From owner reports, verbatim
GREENBALL TOWMASTER TIRES, 53GB CHN 2512. SIX TIRES, PURCHASED NEW IN APRIL 2013 AND INSTALLED ON OUR 1999 AIRSTREAM EXCELLA, 34 FOOT MODEL. THE PREVIOUS TIRES REPLACED WERE GOODYEAR MARATHONS WHICH EXHIBITED NO DEFECTS AFTER 12000 MILES. REPLACEMENT WAS DONE AS A PRE-EMPTIVE ACTION BECAUSE OF MILEAGE OF MARATHONS AND THEIR 4 YEAR AGE. FAILURE OF THE GREENBALL TOWMASTERS BEGAN AFTER 5000 MILES ON THE CURBSIDE CENTER AXLE (PASSENGER). THIS TIRE WAS REPLACED BEFORE IT DAMAGED THE TRAILER. I WAS NOT REIMBURSED FOR THIS TIRE WHICH HAD CLEARLY FAILED INTERNALLY, NOT DUE TO ROAD HAZARD OR IMPACT. I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE. ANOTHER TRIP TO DESTINATION 250 MILES AWAY WAS TAKEN ON MARCH 14. OUR RETURN ON MARCH 16, WE WERE FLAGGED DOWN BY A PASSING MOTORIST WHO INDICATED A POSSIBLE ISSUE WITH OUR TRAILER. WE SAFELY STOPPED AND FOUND THE TREAD HAD COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE TIRE, SEVERELY DAMAGING THE TRAILER. THE FAILED TIRE WAS RETURNED TO GREENBALL AND WE RECEIVED THEIR RULING THAT THE TIRE HAD A 'MANUFACTURING DEFECT' AND THEY WOULD REPAIR THE TRAILER DAMAGES BUT NOT REPLACE THE TIRE. THE REMAINING TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH ANOTHER BRAND BECAUSE ON INSPECTION THEY WERE ALL BEGINNING TO HAVE SIMILAR FAILURES. THE TIRES WERE MAINTAINED AT 'RECOMMENDED PRESSURES' BY GREENBALL THROUGHOUT THE TIME I OWNED THEM. REMAINING TIRES WERE SENT TO GREENBALL FOR THEIR EVALUATION. GREENBALL HAS PAID FOR ALL TRANSPORTATION COSTS OF THE TIRES FOR INSPECTION. I AWAIT PAYMENT FOR THE INITIAL DAMAGE AND THEIR RULING ON CAUSE FOR THE CONDITION OF THE REMAINING TIRES RETURNED TO GREENBALL. I HAVE INDICATED I WANT REIMBURSEMENT FOR COST OF THE GREENBALL TIRES AS A POSSIBLE REMEDY. *TR
TRAILER TIRES MANUFACTURED BY NANKANG ARE FAILING DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION. FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED 11/2009, SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED 4/2010. TIRES LESS THAN FOUR YEARS OLD WITH APPROXIMATELY 10-12,000 MILES. *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Other / unspecified
Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.
From owner reports, verbatim
1999 AIRSTREAM EXCELLA. RECALL NOTICE ON DOMETIC RV REFRIGERATOR. CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHY HIS CLAIM WAS DENIED. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS LEAKAGE/STAINING AT THE REAR OF THE REFRIGERATOR, THERE WAS YELLOW RESIDUE ON THE SIDE OF THE REFRIGERATOR AND THERE WAS A SMELL OF AMMONIA AND THE REFRIGERATOR DID NOT COOL PROPERLY LIKE IT ONCE DID. THE CONSUMER WAS DENIED REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THE REPAIR OCCURRED LATER THAN MARCH 1, 2007. *JB
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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