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2010 Damon Astoria Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints 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 May 23, 2019
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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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since May 23, 2019

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2010 Damon Astoria. 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.

Complaints, most recent first

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Engine
Filed May 23, 2019

PURCHASED DEC 2012. WITHIN DAYS FOLLOWING, EXPERIENCED SPORADIC OVERHEATING. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING GRIPE. PERSONAL RESEARCH DISCOVERED FREIGHTLINER FCC CHASSIS MFG ADDED HORTON FAN CLUTCH (HOR990502) AS PART OF RV SPECIFIC CHASSIS. AS REPRESENTED IN NUMEROUS RV BLOGS (IRV2, ETC) DURING PAST NEARLY 6 YEARS, OVERHEATING ATTRIBUTED TO THIS ROUTINE DEFECTIVE HORTON FAN CLUTCH. THE HUNDREDS OF OVERHEATING OCCURRENCES EXPERIENCED CAUSED EXTREME STRESS, POTENTIAL HIGHWAY DRIVING SAFETY AS ATTENTION DIVERTED FROM HWY TO ENGINE TEMP. NOW FACED WITH YET ANOTHER TRIP DELAY AND DETOUR FOR SERVICE EVALUATION AND EXPENSIVE FEES. SPORADIC OVERHEATING OCCURRENCES HAPPEN WHEN DRIVING AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE ON ANY TYPE OF ROADWAY.

NHTSA ID
11209443
Incident
Dec 10, 2012
Mileage
28,000 mi

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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