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1998 Alfa Travel Trailer 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 Oct 7, 2005
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 Aug 16, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 Alfa Travel Trailer. 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

Showing 1–5 of 5

Tires & wheels
Filed Oct 7, 2005

VEHICLE'S TIRES HAD A BUBBLE ON SIDEWALL NEAR THE RIM. *TS (ALFA IDEAL-32RK-5TH WHEEL TRAILER WITH CARLISLE RADIAL TRAILER TIRES. THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED ON 8/16/2003). *NM

NHTSA ID
10139885
Incident
Jul 8, 2005
Tires & wheels
Filed Aug 20, 2001

REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AT APPROXIMATELY 58MPH, CAUSING DAMAGE TO TRAILER, RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD CAME OFF IN ONE LONG STRIP. LEFT /RIGHT TREAD BULGED AWAY FROM THE TIRE, CAUSING TREAD TO CRACK IN THE CENTER. *AK

NHTSA ID
9003764
Incident
Apr 9, 2001
Tires & wheels
Filed Jul 12, 2001

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY WITH DRY ROAD CONDITIONS PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT ORGINAL EQUIPMENT FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRES, SIZE 24575/R16, TREAD BEGAN TO SEPARATE. FIRESTONE WAS CONTACTED FOR REIMBURSEMENT AND INSPECTION OF TIRE, BUT REFUSED TO REIMBURSE FOR COST OF NEW TIRES BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS OVERWEIGHT FOR THOSE TIRES.*AK CONSUMER STATES EACH TIRE WAS RATED FOR A LITTLE OVER 3000 POUNDS AND THE TRAILER WEIGHT WAS 11500 POUNDS, SO VEHICLE WAS NOT OVERLOADED, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL WELL, THE TIRE DID NOT BLOW OUT, DOT NUMBER VN11B1A437 . *SLC

NHTSA ID
892641
Incident
Mar 22, 2001
Tires & wheels
Filed Sep 14, 2000
Crash reported

TIRE TREAD PEELED OF THE TIRE AND DAMAGEED THE SIDE OF MY TRAILER( DOT NUMBER: VN11V1A TIRE SIZE: LT245/75R1 )

NHTSA ID
731373
Tires & wheels
Filed Aug 16, 1999

WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH THREE OUT OF FOUR TIRES BLEW OUT DUE TO THE TIRES BEING UNDER SIZED FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE TRAVEL TRAILER. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
845113
Incident
Aug 4, 1999

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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