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2004 Coachmen Chaparral 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 Mar 1, 2011
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 2004 Coachmen Chaparral, 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

  • Tires & wheels1100.0%

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

Tires & wheels

Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.

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From owner reports, verbatim

I HAD TWO CARLISLE TIRES BLOW OUT IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. THE TIRES WERE INSTALLED ALONG WITH 2 OTHERS ON MY 2004 COACHMEN CHAPAREL BY A TIRE DEALER IN NOVEMBER, 1907. THE TRAILER MANUFACTURER SPECIFIED ST 225/75R15, LOAD RATING D TIRES, BUT THE TIRES I PURCHASED ARE ST 225/75R15 LOAD RATING E. THE FIRST TIRE BLEW LAST FALL ON A TWO-LANE STATE HIGHWAY CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER. THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT OF THE TIRE BUT THE SIDEWALLS. THE SECOND TIRE BLEW THIS JANUARY, 2011 ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10, CAUSING SOME DAMAGE TO THE TRIM AT THE TIRE WELL. THE TIRE WAS INTACT WITH A LARGE HOLE IN THE SIDEWALL. THE REPAIRMAN SAID THE TIRE WAS FAULTY AND THE BLOW OUT WAS NOT CAUSED BY A ROAD HAZARD. IN BOTH OF THESE CASES THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED BEFORE THE TRIP AND HAD 80 PSI WHICH IS RECOMMENDED FOR 2830 LB LOAD AT 65 MPH. I WAS DRIVING 55-60 MPH IN BOTH CASES. I PULLED THIS TRAILER TO ALASKA IN 2004 (AROUND 12,000 MILES) AND TO NOVA SCOTIA IN 2007 (AROUND 5,000 MILES) AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH AMERICAN MADE TIRES. TRAILER TIRES MADE IN CHINA AND TAIWAN ARE THE ONLY ONES AVAILABLE, THESE ARE A HAZARD TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC, INCLUDING THOSE SHARING THE HIGHWAY AND THOSE IN THE TOWING VEHICLES. *TR

NHTSA ID 10386102 · filed Mar 1, 2011

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

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