2012 Dutchmen Coleman Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2012 Dutchmen Coleman, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Other / unspecified1100.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Other / unspecified
Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.
From owner reports, verbatim
WE FILLED OUR WATER HOLDING TANK FOR THE FIRST TIME SO WE COULD TRAVEL.WE WERE TOLD TO PUT A CAP FULL OF BLEACH IN IT PER CAMPWORLD AND DRIVE WITH THE BLEACH AND WATER IN IT SO IT WOULD KILL ANY GERMS IN THE TANK AND THEN TO PULL OVER A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILES FROM OUR DESTINATION AND OPEN THE DRAIN .SO ABOUT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILES FROM OUR DESTINATION I CRAWLED UNDER THE CAMPER I REACHED UP. MY ARM AND UPPERBODY WAS BETWEEN THE AXEL AND THE WATER HOLDING TANK WHEN I OPENED THE DRAIN TO THE TANK THE TANK COLLAPSED PINNING ME BETWEEN THE WATER HOLDING TANK AND AXEL. MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO HELP ME GET OUT BUT I GOT HURT. THIS WAS A BRANDNEW CAMPER IT WAS A 2012 COLEMAN CT265BHS 26FT .THE FRAME THAT HOLDS THE WATER HOLDING TANK WAS BENT AS WELL AS THE FRAME TO THE CAMPER THE TANK BOWED IT ALL AND IT FELL OUT. *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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