DUE TO A FAULTY DESIGN IN THE LATCHING SYSTEM, THE LEFT TIP OF MY INDEX FINGER WAS SEVERED WHILE CLOSING THE RV BASEMENT STORAGE SLIDE TRAY. *TR
- NHTSA ID
- 10280464
- Incident
- Aug 11, 2009
Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2002 Country Coach Allure. 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.
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DUE TO A FAULTY DESIGN IN THE LATCHING SYSTEM, THE LEFT TIP OF MY INDEX FINGER WAS SEVERED WHILE CLOSING THE RV BASEMENT STORAGE SLIDE TRAY. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 COUNTRY COACH ALLURE. THE VEHICLE HAS A DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR, MODEL NDR1062. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD HIS DOMETIC REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V031000 (EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL). HE HAD A SAFETY CONCERN THAT THE REMEDY OUTLINED IN THE RECALL WAS INSUFFICIENT BECAUSE THE SECONDARY BURNER HOUSING INSTALLED DOES NOT PREVENT A FAILURE; IT JUST CONTAINS THE FIRE, SHOULD ONE START. SECONDLY, THE REPAIR BLOCKS THE SHUT OFF SWITCH FOR THE PROPANE GAS VALVE. HE CALLED DOMETIC AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD OCCUR EVEN AFTER THE REPAIR. DOMETIC WOULD NOT ASSUME LIABILITY IN THE EVENT OF A FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000. UPDATED 07/08/08. *BF UPDATED *JB
THE DASH HEATER/DEFROSTER SYSTEM WILL NOT PRODUCE HEAT WHILE TRAVELING. WHEN STOPPED, SUCH AS AT A STOP LIGHT, THE HEATER WORKS FINE. THIS MAKES THE COACH UNFIT FOR USE ON COOL OR COLD DAYS. THIS CREATES SAFETY HAZARD WHEN THE DEFROSTER CANNOT CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD WITH ONLY BLOWING COLD AIR. THE COACH HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE TWICE FOR THIS PROBLEM, THE LAST TIME FOR SIX WEEKS AND NO PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE TO FIND A SOLUTION. COUNTRY COACH REPORTS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL COACH OWNERS REPORTING THIS SAME PROBLEM. WITHOUT A USABLE HEATER/DEFROSTER SYSTEM THESE COACHS SHOULD BE RULED UNSAFE AND BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY. BOB MUSSMAN. *AK
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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