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2008 Champion Ez-Trans 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 Jan 18, 2012
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 Jan 18, 2012

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2008 Champion Ez-Trans. 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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Brakes
Filed Jan 18, 2012

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20. BUS 8014 (2010 INTERNATIONAL 3200 BUS) WAS PLACED INTO BUS SERVICE. APPROX. 10:47 AM DRIVER CALLED BUS SHOP TO REPORT THAT THE REAR BRAKES WERE SMOKING. WHEN TECH ARRIVED APPROX 45 MINUTES LATER THE REAR BRAKES WERE AT 140 DEGREES (RIGHT REAR) AND 220 DEGREES ON LEFT REAR. THE BUS WAS TAKEN BACK TO HICKORY INTERNATIONAL. ALL OF THE BUSSES LISTED HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF THE REAR BRAKES SMOKING (SEEMS TO ONLY OCCUR WITH A FULL LOAD OF PASSENGERS) AND THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FILLING WITH SMOKE TO THE POINT WHERE THEY EVACUATE THE BUSSES. ALL OF THE BUSSES HAVE BEEN INSPECTED/UPFITTED AT THE LOCAL INTERNATIONAL (HICKORY INTERNATIONAL) DEALERSHIP WITH THE LATEST FACTORY AUTHORIZED BRAKE PARTS INSTALLED PER NAVISTAR. [XXX] 20,089 MILES [XXX] 48,418 MILES [XXX] 25,696 MILES [XXX] 18,162 MILES [XXX] 26,407 MILES INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID
10445292
Incident
Dec 20, 2011

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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