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2013 Arctic Fox 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 May 12, 2020
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 May 12, 2020

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2013 Arctic Fox 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.

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Tires & wheels
Filed May 12, 2020

TIRE INFORMATION NEEDED TIRE BRAND - MICHELIN TIRE LINE LTX M/S2 TIRE SIZE, LT225/75R16 COMPLETE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE SHOOTING OFF RESULTING IN FULL TIRE FAILURE. DOT NUMBER: DOT B3JH 009X 4813 TIRES ARE ON 2013 AIRSTREAM 20FB (MANUFACTURE DATE AUG 2012) - ORIGINAL AIRSTREAM TIRES REPLACED WITH THOSE DETAILED ABOVE IN ABOUT 2014. DRIVING 70MPH ON FREEWAY WITH 2013 20FB UNDER TOW. LOUD EXPLOSION, WIFE REPORTS WHOLE TREAD OF TIRE SHOOTING OFF TRAILER, SECOND LOUD EXPLOSION SECONDS LATER.AFTER REPLACEMENT OF TIRE AND INSPECTION OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE TIRE - NO TREAD WAS FOUND ON TIRE. TIRE SHREDDED BADLY. REVIEWING THE MANUFACTURES REAL INFORMATION: HTTPS://WWW.MICHELINMAN.COM/COMMERCIALLIGHTTRUCKS.HTML THEY MATCH THESE CLOSELY BUT WITH DIFFERENT DOT NUMBERS. THERE WAS NOT A COLLISION WITH DEBRIS OR OBJECTS ON THE ROAD. I RELIGIOUSLY CHECK TIRE PRESSURE BEFORE EACH DAY OF TOW. I BELIEVE THESE PRODUCTS ARE DEFECTIVE AND REQUIRES INVESTIGATION TO KEEP OUT ROADS SAFE. TODAY NOBODY WAS HURT, THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE TOMORROW. NOTE: WHEN SELECTING THE VEHICLE INFORMATION THE BRAND AIRSTREAM WAS NOT LISTED SO I SELECTED ARCTIC FOX TO CONTINUE. VERY RESPECTFULLY, LCDR [XXX], USN RETIRED INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID
11324333
Incident
May 12, 2020
Mileage
12,000 mi

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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