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2014 Drv Elite Suite 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 Oct 25, 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 Oct 25, 2016

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2014 Drv Elite Suite. 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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BrakesOther / unspecifiedSuspension
Filed Oct 25, 2016

THE BRAKE CALIPER ON RIGHT FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF AND JAMMED INSIDE THE ALUMINUM WHEEL RIM. ON EXAMINATION, BOTH BOLTS HOLDING THE CALIPER HAD FALLEN OUT. ALSO ONE BOLT ON LEFT FRONT BRAKE CALIPER HAD FALLEN OUT AND ONE BOLT ON LEFT REAR CALIPER WAS LOOSE. I WAS SOUTH-BOUND ON INTERSTATE 91 AT MILE 5 IN SPRINGFIELD, MA TRAVELING 45 MPH. WE STOPPED AND WAITED FOR MOBILE REPAIR TO ALLEVIATE ENOUGH OF THE DAMAGE TO ALLOW US TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY AND THE SPENT THREE DAYS WAITING ON PARTS AND FINAL REPAIRS. THE RESULTING DAMAGE WAS DESTROYED CALIPER AND PADS ON RIGHT FRONT, DESTROYED CALIPER MOUNTING BRACKET ON RIGHT FRONT, DAMAGED RIM ON RIGHT FRONT, DAMAGED PADS ON LEFT FRONT. BOLTS USED TO SECURE THE CALIPER HAVE LOCTITE ON THREADS. ON REVIEW OF DRV OWNER FORUM I FOUND ANOTHER OWNER WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. COMPONENTS INVOLVED ARE ASSEMBLED AT DRV IN HOWE, IN AND INCLUDE KODAK CALIPER, BOLTED TO MORRYDE INDEPENDENT SUSPENSION, MOUNTED ON DEXTER 8000 LB AXLE.

NHTSA ID
10918861
Incident
Oct 23, 2016
Mileage
17,000 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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