2003 Coachmen Leprechaun 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 2003 Coachmen Leprechaun, 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.
From owner reports, verbatim
11/24/12 PURCHASED 2 BF GOODRICH LT225/75R16/BEIL JD11 2512 50K MILE/6YR WARRANTY. 02/29/16 3700 MILES FROM PURCHASE ON I-20 IN ATLANTA NOTICED A VIBRATION ROAD SIDE INSPECTION FOUND ONE TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION/BUBBLED. 3/1 TOOK TIRE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE TIRE, DEEMED IT DEFECTIVE, BFG PAID $135.00 FOR A $163.00 NEW TIRE. 04/12/16 300 MILES LATER ON I-75 S OCALA, FL. EXPERIENCED A VERY LOUD CRASHING/HITTING NOISE FOLLOWED BY A STRONG VIBRATION, EXTREME MOVEMENT IN THE REAR CAUSING THE RV/TOW VEHICLE TO VIOLENTLY SWERVE BACK/FORTH BETWEEN LANES ALMOST LOSING CONTROL IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE, THE 2ND TIRE TREAD COMPLETELY CAME OFF, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE RV UNDERCARRIAGE & SEVERELY DAMAGING THE TOW VEHICLE SCATTERING DEBRIS ON THE HIGHWAY. THE SEPARATED TREAD BROKE THE VALVE STEM ON THE INNER TIRE (DUAL REAR WHEEL) UNKNOWN TO ME THE RV WAS DRIVEN ON THE FAILED STEEL BELTS TO GET TO SAFETY. THE FAILED TIRE CAUSED $16,908.20 IN DAMAGES TO BOTH VEHICLES. TOOK FAILED TIRE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, STORE MANAGER COULD WARRANTY THE TIRE SINCE IT WAS DEFECTIVE BUT IF I WAS SEEKING COMPENSATION FOR VEHICLE DAMAGE, WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT BFG DIRECTLY NEW TIRE COST $197.93. CONTACTED BFG, FOLLOWED THEIR PROCEDURES. 05/25 THEY REFUSED MY CLAIM, CLAIMING UNDER INFLATION/OVERLOAD AS THE RATIONAL FOR DENIAL. CALLED MR. RITCH TOWNSEND, BFG MANAGER, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS EXPLAINING THE SITUATION THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT FROM AS INDICATED ADVISED HIM OF THE FIRST TIRE FAILURE THAT WAS COVERED SAID HE WOULD PERSONALLY INSPECT THIS CURRENT TIRE FAILURE & WOULD CALL ME BACK IF THEY REFUSED THE CLAIM & STATING TO SEND THE REFUSED TIRE BACK, 06/27 RECEIVED THE DAMAGED TIRE BACK, RITCH NEVER CALLED. CANT UNDERSTAND WHY TWO TIRES FAIL FOR THE SAME REASON WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME/MILEAGE OF EACH OTHER, ONE IS COVERED NO QUESTIONS BUT THE SECOND, ONLY WHEN ADDITIONAL VEHICLE DAMAGE IS CLAIMED DENIED, SEEMS CLEAR BFGOODRICH IS COVERING UP A GREATER TIRE DEFECT.
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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