2011 Craftsmen Custom Vehicle 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 2011 Craftsmen Custom Vehicle, 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
- Body & structure1100.0%
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
Body & structure
Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim.
From owner reports, verbatim
TAKATA RECALL I OWN MANY CRAFTSMAN ITEMS AND MY RECENT PURCHASE OF A RIDING MOWER HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE WITH NO ONE WILLING TO HELP. THE TRANS AXLE HOUSING UNIT IS MADE OF ALUMINUM WHERE THE OLD ONES ARE MADE OF STEEL, ( I HAVE A 20 YEAR OLD) IT'S POOR WORKMANSHIP AND THEY REFUSE TO SEND SOMEONE TO LOOK AT IT WITHOUT PAYING THE TECHNICIAN IT'S A DEFECT WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY...I ASK AND WAS TOLD IT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM. WOW I HAVE OVER 100 TOOL SETS, ELECTRICAL TOOLS AND BATTERY OPERATED TOOLS BY CRAFTSMAN AND THIS IS THE THANKS YOU GET. THANKS BUT NO THANKS CRAFTSMAN I WILL BE TAKING ALL MY CRAFTSMAN ITEMS TO SEARS FOR A FULL MONEY REFUND ON EVERYTHING. WAY TO STAND BEHIND YOUR ITEMS
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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