2000 Beaver Coach Patriot Thunder Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2000 Beaver Coach Patriot Thunder, 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
- Body & structure1100.0%
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
Body & structure
Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim.
From owner reports, verbatim
IN 2003, I PURCHASED A 2000 BEAVER PATRIOT FROM LA MESA RV IN SAN BERNARDINO. I WAS ASSURED THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS EXCEPT ONE! THE DASHBOARD RADIO AND THE BOSE SURROUND SOUND SYSTEM. I TOOK IT 4 OR 5 TIMES AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIX IT. THEY KNEW I HAD TO LEAVE FOR MICHIGAN AND THE SERVICE MANAGER, PAUL NEZ TOLD ME, "DON'T WORRY MR. BUSSEAR, WHEN YOU COME BACK IN THE FALL WE WILL FIX FOR YOU." ONE WEEK LATER, I STOPPED IN TO LA MESA RV IN COBERG, OREGON. THAT WAS WHEN THEIR SERVICE MANAGER IMMEDIATELY SPOTTED THE WINDOW PROBLEM. IT MEANT THAT EVERY WINDOW IN THE MOTORHOME HAD TO BE REPLACED! IT COST ME $1,952. SHE ALSO POINTED OUT WHAT LOOKED LIKE THE DELAMINATION. SHE SAID, "BEAVER GOT A BAD BATCH OF WINDOWS IN 2000 WHICH THEY INSTALLED INTO THE PATRIOTS. THESE COACHES ARE ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH DELAMINATION. IF IT GETS ANY WORSE BILL, BRING IT BACK AND BEAVER WILL FIX IT." I BELIEVE THAT LA MESA RV COMMITTED FRAUD! THERE WAS NO WAY THAT THEY COULD'VE SOLD THAT MOTORHOME TO ME WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THE SOUND SYSTEM HAD CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED, THE HURRICANE HEATER SYSTEM HAD CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED, AND DELAMINATION WAS BEGINNING! ALL THESE ARE MAJOR DEFECTS THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN PICKED UP AND BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BEFORE I SIGNED THE CONTRACT FOR MORE THAN $150,000! I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF I KNEW ABOUT THESE DEFECTS BEFORE SIGNING THE CONTRACT, I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED THE MOTORHOME! I HAVE ASKED TO LA MESA RV IN SAN BERNARDINO TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS. THEY SAY THAT THE DELAMINATION PROBLEM HAS TO BE REPAIRED IN THE FACTORY IN OREGON. THE FACTORY SAYS, "BECAUSE YOU ARE THE 4TH OWNER, YOUR WARRANTY IS NO LONGER VALID!" THAT WAS ANOTHER GREAT SURPRISE, I WAS TOLD BY EVERYONE AT LA MESA RV IN SAN BERNARDINO THAT I WAS THE 2ND OWNER. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 17,500 MILES ON IT. I NOW HAVE A $1,250 PAYMENT AND THE VEHICLE IS WORTH MUCH LESS! *NM
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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