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1983 Coach And Equipment Fortibus 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 17, 2011
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 Apr 8, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1983 Coach And Equipment Fortibus. 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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Other / unspecifiedSteering
Filed May 17, 2011

2005 COUNTRY COACH / INSPIRE- SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING AND CONTROL OF MOTOR HOME DUE TO COMPLETE FAILURE OF POWER TAKE OFF AND PUMPS. THE GEARS HAVE NO LUBRICATION AND COMPLETELY STRIPPED RESULTING IN A SUDDEN AND COMPLETE FAILURE OF STEERING CAPABILITY THIS STRANDED US IN THE MIDDLE OF I10 WEST BLOCKING TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE. UPDATED 05/26/11 *BF *TR UPDATED 2/9/12 *CN

NHTSA ID
10401263
Incident
May 8, 2011
Mileage
49,000 mi
Other / unspecified
Filed Apr 8, 2010

REF: 2005 WINNEBAGO MERIDIAN DIESEL PUSHER SEVERE RUST PROBLEM OF THE CHASSIS MAKING COACH UNSAFE TO BE ON THE ROAD. *TR

NHTSA ID
10324451
Incident
Apr 6, 2010

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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