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1996 Airstream Land Yacht Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jan 26, 2006
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jun 11, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 Airstream Land Yacht. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Brakes
Filed Jan 26, 2006

PRODUCT SAFETY CAMPAIGN 90-C-50 (A) - AUTOMATIC -APPLIED PARKING BRAKE MALFUNCTIONED. ON P-30 MOTOR HOME CHASSIS. WHILE AT FREE WAY SPEED I HAVE HAD THE E-BRAKE ACTIVATE ON ITS OWN ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED CAUSING A NEAR COLLISION WHILE NEGOTIATING A CURVE. I CONTACT GM CUSTOMER ASSIST. AT 1-800 222-1020. NO HELP. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL GM DEALER. I WAS TOLD MY VIN NO. DOES NOT FALL IN THE RECALL. NOT KNOWING OF THE RECALL, I EXPLAINED THE SYMPTOMS THAT WERE IN THE RECALL. STILL NO HELP FROM ANYONE. SO FAR I HAVE SPENT OVER $750 AND STILL DO NOT KNOW IF PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED. I HAVE NOT HAD ANOTHER PROBLEM SO FAR. *AK

NHTSA ID
10148781
Incident
Mar 25, 2003
Mileage
95,300 mi
Brakes
Filed Jun 11, 1999

VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ROLL WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE IS ON AND ENGINE IS SHUT OFF. DEALER HAS ADJUSTED THE PARKING BRAKE THREE TIMES. ANOTHER DEALER REBUILT THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID
839473

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.

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