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2011 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 Nov 12, 2015
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 Oct 2, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2011 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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Brakes
Filed Nov 12, 2015

SEE NHTSA RECALL11V-248 EXTERIOR LIGHTING, TAIL LIGHTS. THIS RECALL WAS FOR 2011 DAMON AVANTI ON FREIGHTLINER CHASSIS (DAIMLER TRUCKS); HOWEVER, 2011 DAMON AVANTI MOTORHOMES WERE ALSO BUILT ON WORKHORSE CHASSIS (NAVISTAR). MY MOTORHOME HAS BEEN HAVING THE SAME TAIL LIGHT PROBLEMS (FRIENDS TRAVELING BEHIND STATING MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING). WHILE TRAVELING IN CANADA LAST YEAR, AFTER I WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT WORKING I CONTACTED THOR MOTOR COACH CUSTOMER SERVICE AND A REP TOLD ME TO TURN A NUT UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL; I DID THIS AND BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON BUT ALSO THE AMBER LIGHTS. THE BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE CONTINUED TO NOT WORK INTERMITTENTLY (AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY ARE NOT WORKING). THOR MOTOR COACH CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT HELP.

NHTSA ID
10789908
Incident
Nov 10, 2015
Mileage
2,500 mi
Electrical
Filed Oct 2, 2014

THE MOTOR COACH JACK LEVELING SYSTEM ACTIVATED ITSELF AS I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY 94 IN WISCONSIN. THE SYSTEM WAS NOT ACTIVATED BY ANYONE. THIS SYSTEM ACTIVATED AND BECAUSE OF THE ALARM, THE FLASHING LIGHTS, I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO FEAR. THIS JACK LEVELING SYSTEM IS DANGEROUS. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT. HAVING SAID THAT, I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE VEHICLE AS I CANNOT TRUST THAT THE LEVELING SYSTEM WILL NOT ACTIVATE ITSELF AGAIN, AND MAYBE THIS TIME THE JACKS WILL DROP AND STRIKE THE ROAD SURFACE AND CAUSE ME TO LOSE STEERING AND BRAKING CONTROL. I HAVE ASKED THE MANUFACTURER FOR ASSISTANCE ONLY TO BE TOLD TI TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MANUFACTURER'S NAME IS LIPPERT CONTROLS INC. THE NAME OF THE JACK LEVELING SYSTEM THE "ULTRA LEVEL SYSTEM". *TR

NHTSA ID
10641025
Incident
Aug 15, 2014
Mileage
30,000 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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