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1978 Argosy Motorhomes Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 2, 1998
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1978 Argosy Motorhomes, 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

  • Fuel system1100.0%

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

Fuel system

Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

FUEL TANK MALFUNCTIONED. THE OWNER DEPARTED WITH BOTH TANKS AT THREE QUARTERS FULL AND THE SWITCH TO THE RIGHT POSITION, AS THE DRIVER WAS GIONG UP A HILL AND THEN DOWN, THE DRIVER NOTICED A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER AND SAW WITH HORROR A HEAVY STREAM OF GASOLINE POURING DOWN FROM THE TOP OF THE AUXILLARY TANK. THE OWNER OPENED ITS CAP MORE GAS SPILLED OUT, AND NOTICED THAT IT HAD A LOT MORE GASOLINE THAT WAS PUT IN IT. SOMEHOW GASOLINE FROM THE RIGHT TANK WAS BEING PUMPED TO THE LEFT TANK, AND TOP SPILLAGE SEEMED TO BE COMING OUT OF THE TOP AIR VENT PIPE.

NHTSA ID 780650 · filed Oct 2, 1998

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.

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Data sources

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