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2007 Coachmen Captiva 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 Jun 13, 2010
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 2007 Coachmen Captiva, 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

  • Brakes150.0%
  • Other / unspecified150.0%

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

Brakes

Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

FAILURE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM BY LOCKING UP, DUE TO A PIECE OF PANELING LEFT INSIDE THE BRAKE DRUM AT PRODUCTION. TOOK OUR R.V. IN TO GET AN AWNING REPLACED AT KENT VALLEY RV AS THEY WERE MOVING IT TO THE SHOP TO START REPAIR SERVICE THE BRAKES LOCKED UP ON THEM AND THE RV WOULD NOT MOVE. AFTER INSPECTING TO MAKE SURE THE EMERGENCY CABLE HADN'T BEEN PULLED THEY TOOK OFF THE TIRE FOR FURTHER INSPECTION TO SEE WHY THE BRAKES WERE LOCKED UP AND FOUND A PIECE OF PANELING WEDGED BEHIND THE ELECTRICAL UNIT WITHIN THE BRAKE DRUM. PICTURES WERE TAKEN AND PANELING WAS REMOVED, ALSO BRAKES WERE INSPECTED AND EVERYTHING LOOKED LIKE IT WAS BACK IN WORKING ORDER ALL OTHER TIRES WERE ALSO REMOVED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO MORE PIECES OF PANELING INSIDE THEM. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC AND COULD HAVE COST THE LIVES OF MY FAMILY IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING. I THANK THE LORD THEY DISCOVERED IT THERE AT THE REPAIR SHOP, I COULD ONLY IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE WERE GOING 55 MPH DOWN THE FREEWAY AND OUR TRAVEL TRAILER LOCKED UP OUR CAR WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN FLIPPED OVER AND WHO KNOWS IF WE WOULD HAVE SURVIVED THAT'S ALOT OF WEIGHT BEHIND US. *TR

NHTSA ID 10336067 · filed Jun 13, 2010

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Other / unspecified

Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE ON DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR IN RV. CALLED DOMETIC ON 9/8/08. DOMETIC ARRANGED/APPROVED SERVICE CENTER TO COME OUT AND REPAIR. MADE APPOINTMENT FOR REPAIR TO BE DONE ON 9/18.REPAIRMAN NEVER SHOWED UP. MADE ANOTHER APPT. FOR REPAIR WITH SAME SERVICE CENTER FOR WEEK OF SEPT 29. AGAIN REPAIRMAN NEVER SHOWED UP AFTER ARRANGING FOR SOMEONE TO MEET HIM. CALLED DOMETIC TODAY 10/08/08 AFTER I COULD NOT GET SERVICE CENTER TO ANSWER PHONE AND ASKED DOMETIC TO ARRANGE FOR ANOTHER SERVICE CENTER TO DO THE WORK. DOMETIC INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS UP TO ME TO CALL AROUND AND FIND SOMEONE TO DO THE WORK FOR $75.00 AS THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYONE THAT CHEAP. I TOLD THEM THAT I FELT THAT SINCE THE RECALL WAS THEIR FAULT THEY NEEDED TO BE THE ONES TO CALL AROUND AND ARRANGE FOR THE SERVICE. I ASKED TO SPEAK TO A SUPERVISOR AND SHE TOLD ME THE ONLY THING SHE COULD DO WAS CALL THE SAME SERVICE CENTER AGAIN AND MAKE A 3RD APPOINTMENT FOR THEM TO COME OUT. I HAVE ARRANGED FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE OFF WORK 2 TIMES NOW AND THIS REPAIRMAN HAS NEVER SHOWN UP. I AM CONCERNED THAT HE WILL EVEN DO THE JOB RIGHT IF HE DOES SHOW UP. IS THIS ANYTHING YOU CAN ASSIST US WITH? *TR

NHTSA ID 10244724 · filed Oct 8, 2008

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

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