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2005 Double Tree 36TK3 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 Sep 8, 2005
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 Aug 2, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2005 Double Tree 36TK3. 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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Other / unspecifiedSuspension
Filed Sep 8, 2005

TWO OF FOUR WHEELS ON MY 2005 MOBILE SUITES 5TH WHEEL CRACKED WHILE ON A TRIP. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR OUR REMOTE TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR WHICH NOTIFIED US OF THE TIRES LOSING PRESSURE BEFORE A BLOW-OUT COULD OCCUR, WE COULD VERY WELL HAVE HAD A CATASTROPHIC BLOW-OUT ON THE MOUNTAIN ROADS WE WERE TRAVELING. SINCE THE EQUIPMENT FAILURE OCCURRED,I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY SUSPENSION EXPERTS THAT THE SUSPENSION AND AXLES ARE UNSAFE ALSO. THE MANUFACTURER CHOSE TO USE TWO 7,000 POUND AXLES INSTEAD OF THE NECESSARY 8,000 POUND AXLES THAT ARE WARRANTED FOR A GVWR OF 16,000. THE MANUFACTURER DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CANNOT SUBTRACT OUT THE "PIN WEIGHT" FROM THE GVWR WHEN SIZING THE AXLES BECAUSE THE DYNAMIC FORCES THAT ARE TRANSMITTED TO THE SUSPENSION WHILE IN MOTION ARE FAR GREATER THAN SIMPLY THE STATIC WEIGHT. THE MANUFACTURER, DOUBLETREE RV, OF HOWE, INDIANA. REFUSES TO ANSWER MY REGISTERED LETTERS. I HAVE ASKED THE MANUFACTURER TO REPLACE THE CURRENT SUSPENSION WITH THE TWO 8,000 DEXTER AXLES WITH 17.5 INCH WHEELS AND "H" RATED TIRES AT NO COST TO ME. MY RETIREMENT 5TH WHEEL IS NOT SAFE TO USE. --JAMES WESTON. *NM

NHTSA ID
10135871
Incident
Jul 16, 2005
Mileage
1,736 mi
Body & structure
Filed Aug 2, 2005

DT: DOUBLE TREE 38RL3 FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER. THIS WAS THE SECOND RV THAT HAD A LIPPERT FRAME AND HAD CONSTANT PROBLEMS WITH IT. OWNED IT LESS THAN A MONTH, IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED 4 TIMES. CURRENTLY, DOUBLE TREE REFUSED TO TAKE IT BACK OR EXCHANGE FOR A NEW UNIT, BUT WANTED CONSUMER TO DRIVE VEHICLE TO INDIANA TO HAVE IT RETROFITTED. BOUGHT ON 7/9/05, AND ON 7/11/05 TOOK IT BACK TO BE FIXED. ON 7/19/05 TOOK IT BACK AGAIN ON 7/26/05 AND 7/27/05. WHEN ATTACHING TO THE 5TH WHEEL THE TRAILER DIPPED DOWN BEFORE RISING, AND CRUSHED THE DEALER'S TRUCK.*AK

NHTSA ID
10131058
Incident
Jul 11, 2005

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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