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2009 Damon Avanti 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 Jan 18, 2016
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 Jul 13, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2009 Damon Avanti. 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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ElectricalEngine
Filed Jan 18, 2016

ALTERNATER BECAME RED HOT AND STOPPED WORKING . NOW THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT FOR THIS ALTERNATER WHICH IS AN INTERNATIONAL PART THAT SHOULD COST ABOUT $300 BUT NO. INTERNATIONAL WANTS ME TO PAY , WITH PARTS AND LABOR JUST UNDER $2500 FOR THIS FIX . THIS NEEDS TO BE A WARRENTY OR RECALL . MY COACH WAS ON THE VERGE OF CATCHING FIRE. LUCKY FOR MY FAMILY AND I , I SMELLED SOMETHING WAS WRONG ! WE WERE IN MOTION !

NHTSA ID
10820843
Incident
Jan 11, 2016
Mileage
46,000 mi
Visibility
Filed Jul 13, 2014

MY WIPERS HAVEN'T BEEN WORKING RIGHT FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT IT NEW. THE WIPER ARMS WHEN YOU TURN THEM ON GO ALL THE WAY AROUND UNTIL THEY STOP BECAUSE OF THE WASHER HOSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT SAVES THEM. IHAVE HAD THEM FIXED ABOUT 6 TIMES SO FAR, CAN'T DRIVE IN THE RAIN, CAN'T TRUST THEM,SOME TIMES THE BLADES FLY OFF THE UNIT. WHEN IT RAINS I HAVE TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK TILL IT STOPS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10610182
Incident
Jul 13, 2014

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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