2003 Coachmen Spirit Of America 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 Spirit Of America, 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
- Other / unspecified150.0%
- Tires & wheels150.0%
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
Other / unspecified
Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.
From owner reports, verbatim
2003 COACHMEN RV MODEL 2652 SERIAL # 21703167 DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR THAT IS ON RECALL. THE RECALL # IS 06E-076, RECALL 08E-032. EARLIER THIS YEAR I BELIEVE IT WAS APRIL I WENT INTO MY CAMPER AND I SMELLED A STRONG SCENT OF AMMONIA. WHEN I CALLED ABOUT SERVICE AND THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE LINE IN BACK OF FRIDGE PROBABLY BUSTED WHICH FILLED THE RV WITH AMMONIA. THEY TOLD ME TO TURN MY UNIT OFF UNTIL THE REFRIDGERATOR COULD BE FIXED OR REPLACED AND THE COST WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $1200. RECENTLY I FOUND OUT FROM A FRIEND THAT MY REFRIGERATOR WAS ON THE RECALL LIST. WHEN I WENT TO THE WEB SITE AND LOOKED UP THE RECALL, THE REFRIGERATOR HAD EVERY SYMPTOM LISTED. (1) LEAKAGE IN BACK OF UNIT (2) YELLOW RESIDUE IN BACK OF UNIT (3) SMELL OF AMMONIA (4) UNIT WILL NOT COOL. #6 ON THE RECALL NOTICE STATES THAT IF YOU PREVIOUSLY PAID TO REPAIR OR REPLACE A DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR THAT FAILED DUE TO THIS DEFECT, YOU CAN BE REIMBURSED FOR YOUR COSTS PURSUANT TO DOMETIC'S PRE-NOTIFICATION REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. I HAVE NOT HAD THE UNIT FIXED BECAUSE OF THE COST BUT IF THEY ARE WILLING TO REIMBURSE FOR THE COST THEN THEY SHOULD ALSO FIX IT AT NO COST. I CONTACTED THE RV DEALER THIS MORNING AND WAS TOLD TO BRING THE RV TO THEM TO BE FIXED BUT ON ARRIVAL WAS TOLD THEY COULD PUT HEAT SHIELD ON THE UNIT BUT THAT THE COST OF FIXING THE UNIT SO THAT IT WOULD WORK WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL AND THEREFORE PUTTING THE HEAT SHIELD ON THIS WOULD NOT HELP MY UNIT. THEY SAID THAT I COULD PAY THE $1200 TO FIX THE UNIT AND THEN THEY WOULD PUT A HEAT SHIELD ON IT AT NO COST TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. I FEEL THAT SINCE THE UNIT WAS DAMAGED DO TO OVERHEATING WHICH CAUSED THE LINE TO BURST IT SHOULD BE FIXED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE RECALL, THEN THEY COULD ALSO PUT THE HEATSHIELD ON TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. THANK YOU. *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Tires & wheels
Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.
From owner reports, verbatim
I BOUGHT A TRAVEL TRAILER CAMPER MADE 3 VACATION TRIPS AND HAD 3 FLATS ON TIRES # ST 175/80/R13. THE FLAT TIRE DAMAGED THE RIM AND FENDER SKIRT. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEALING WITH GOODYEAR ON REPLACING THE TIRES AND FENDER SKIRT. *TR
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
Data on this page last refreshed .