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2005 Airstream Safari 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 Jul 11, 2007
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 22, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2005 Airstream Safari. 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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Tires & wheels
Filed Jul 11, 2007

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 AIRSTREAM SAFARI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TREAD ON BOTH REAR TIRES IS SEPARATING. HE NOTICED THAT THE TIRES ARE 30.5 INCHES HIGH IN DIAMETER, WHEN THEY SHOULD BE 28.5 INCHES. THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE, WHICH WAS A SPARE, FAILED AT 2,500 MILES AND THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE FAILED AT 12,500 MILES. THE TIRES ARE GOODYEAR MARATHON (SIZE ST225/75 R15) AND BOTH TIRES HAVE 65 PSI. THE CONTACT CAN PROVIDE PICTURES AND THE ACTUAL TIRES IF NEEDED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 12,500. NO OTHER VEHICLE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID
10196136
Incident
Jul 8, 2007
Mileage
12,500 mi
Brakes
Filed Jun 22, 2005

ON FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2005, WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH CHICAGO, OUR AIRSTREAM TRAVEL TRAILER BRAKES BEGAN INTERMITTENTLY LOCKING WHILE BRAKING. LATER, WHILE DRIVING SOUTH ON I-57, BREAK CONTROLLER BEGAN PERIODICALLY REPORTING AN OPEN CIRCUIT AND WHEN THE BREAKS WERE APPLIED, THE CONTROLLER REPORTED SHORT CIRCUIT. WE ARRIVED AT AN AIRSTREAM DEALER WHERE A TECHNICIAN WAS ABLE TO PERFORM A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRSTREAM BREAK WIRES. AFTER REMOVING THE BREAK DRUMS, THE TECHNICIAN OBSERVED THAT THE THREE METAL CLIPS WHICH HOLD THE TWO WHITE WIRES FOR THE MAGNETIC BREAK WERE NOT SECURED TO THE BREAK ARMATURE. FURTHER, OBSERVATION REVEALED THAT THE BREAK PADS ON THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL HAD RUST DEPOSITS INDICATING THAT THE BREAKS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION, TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED THAT THE INSULATION ON ONE OF THE WHITE WIRES HAD WORN THROUGH FROM THE CHAFING OF THE BREAK MECHANISM, WHICH ULTIMATELY WAS MAKING CONTACT WITH METAL CAUSING A SHORT CIRCUIT. TEMPORARY REPAIR WAS MADE UNTIL A REPLACEMENT PART COULD BE OBTAINED.

NHTSA ID
10126175
Incident
Jun 17, 2005

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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