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2004 Dutchmen Colorado Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 1, 2006
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2004 Dutchmen Colorado, 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

  • Tires & wheels1100.0%

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

Tires & wheels

Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.

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From owner reports, verbatim

ON A RECENT TRIP TO SIOUX FALLS, TWO OF OUR CARLISLE TIRES SEPARATED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SIDE OF OUR 5TH WHEEL. ONE ON THE WAY DOWN AND THE OTHER ON THE WAY HOME. BOTH TIRES PEELED LIKE DOWN TO THE FINAL LAYER OF TUBING. IT CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL WELL AREA, TO THE CAMPER'S SIDING AND TO ONE OF THE SLIDE OUTS. WE HAD CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE AND THOUGHT ALL WAS WELL. HOWEVER JUST EAST OF ALBERT LEA THE FIRST TIRE BLEW. IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT AND NO ASSISTANCE WAS AVAILABLE. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN JUST A HALF MILE FROM THE COUNTY 46 EXIT AND WERE ABLE TO FIND SHELTER FOR THE NIGHT. IN THE MORNING WE HAD A TECHNICIAN FROM THE HANSON TIRE COMPANY SWAP OUT TIRES AND CONTINUED OUR TRIP. WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LEISURELY 5 HOUR TRIP TURNED INTO A 26 HOUR ORDEAL. WE HAD A NEW TIRE MOUNTED AT SAM'S CLUB IN SIOUX FALLS. IT WAS A GOOD THING WE DID. ON OUR TRIP HOME THE SECOND TIRE ON THE SAME SIDE SEPARATED DOING FURTHER DAMAGE TO OUR CAMPER. THIS TIME IT WAS WEST OF FAIRMONT. WE LIMPED INTO TOWN AND WAS ASSISTED BY AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN TO HAPPENED TO OWN THE IMPLEMENT DEALERSHIP AND WAS CHECKING SOMETHING AT THE SHOP. I AM ANGRY THAT SUCH TIRES ARE ON THE ROAD. WE KEPT THE SECOND TIRE TO SHOW ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SEE JUST HOW BADLY THESE TIRES SHREDDED. I WANT TO BE COMPENSATED FOR OUR COSTS AND HAVE THE SIDE OF MY NEWLY PURCHASE 5TH WHEEL REPAIRED. *NM

NHTSA ID 10169687 · filed Oct 1, 2006

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.

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Data sources

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