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2003 Dutchmen Lite 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 Jul 26, 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 2003 Dutchmen Lite, 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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report

From owner reports, verbatim

RECEIVED 2003 DUTCHMEN LITE, 29QBJ TRAVEL TRAILER, APRIL 2003. EQUIPPED W/CARLISLE ST205/75R15 TIRES, DOT 8LUL0603. FIRST TRIP, JULY 2003 NO PROBLEMS, APPROX 1000-MILES. JULY 2004 WENT TO VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, ABOUT 150 MILES INTO TRIP, HAD BLOWOUT ON LEFT FRONT, THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO INNER FRONT WHEEL WELL. PURCHASED SPARE. TIRES ONLY HAD ABOUT 1150 MILES ON THEM. WENT NOWHERE IN 2005. JULY 2006 WENT TO DISNEY WORLD ORLANDO, FL. ABOUT 120 MILES INTO TRIP, TIRE BLEW ON LEFT SIDE REAR (2ND TIRE). NO VISIBLE WHEEL WELL DAMAGE. TIRE HAD ABOUT 2565 MILES ON IT. PICKED UP NEW TIRE W/RIM IN OH. CONTINUED TO FL WITHOUT TIRE FAILURE. ON RETURN TRIP, JULY 14, 2006, HAD ANOTHER BLOWOUT AT 120 MILES, RIGHT BACK (3RD TIRE). TIRE ONLY HAD ABOUT 2685 MILES ON IT. DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF WHEEL WELL. PICKED UP TWO SPARE TIRES. FIRST THREE BLOWOUTS ACCRUED IN EARLY MORNING, BEFORE ROADS GOT HOT & AT 70 MPH. ALL TIRES HAD BEEN CHECKED FOR VISUAL DEFECTS & INFLATED TO SUGGESTED 50-PSI TIRE PRESSURE & HAD BEEN MAINTAINED DURING IDLE MONTHS. ONLY MADE IT ABOUT 220 MILES FROM LAST BLOWOUT, AN HAD 4TH BLOWOUT, FRONT LEFT, THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL SPARE THAT HAD BEEN PUT ON WITH FIRST BLOWOUT. THIS TIRE ONLY HAD ABOUT 1756 MILES. IT DAMAGED THE OUTSIDE OF THE TRAILER JUST ABOVE THE WHEEL WELL. WE HAD BEEN DRIVING AT 65 MPH. AFTER CHANGING TIRE, WITH ANOTHER CARLISLE (ONLY THING AVAILABLE), WE SLOWED TO 60 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP, ANOTHER 824 MILES. I WILL REPLACE ALL CARLISLE TIRES WITH ANOTHER BRAND BEFORE WE PULL OUR TRAILER ANYWHERE AGAIN, INCLUDING BRAND NEW TIRES JUST BOUGHT AS SPARES. WILL KEEP LAST FAILED TIRE & LAST REMAINING NOT BLOWN TIRE THAT IS STILL ON FRONT RIGHT. WHEN THESE TIRES BLEW, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG, & LOTS OF SMOKE COMING FROM WHEEL WELL. TIRES LOST A SECTION OF SIDEWALL & TREADED AREA, WITH STEEL BELTS SHREDDED AND TORN. *NM

NHTSA ID 10163553 · filed Jul 26, 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.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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