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1998 Dutchmen Trailer 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 Jun 9, 2011
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 Mar 17, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 Dutchmen Trailer. 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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Tires & wheels
Filed Jun 9, 2011

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DUTCHMAN EXPRESS. THE TIRES WERE COOPER DISCOVERER LOAD RANGE E, THE TIRE SIZE WAS 225/75/R16, AND THE DOT#UE1LC5M0309. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS HE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. HE DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND NOTICED THAT THE TREAD WAS SEPARATING ON THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE DEALER WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WERE POSSIBLY DEFECTIVE. THE FIVE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO SEND THEM THE OLD TIRES AND THEY WOULD WORK WITH HIM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 07/27/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIRES FAILED SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE CONSUMER STATED THE RV ORIGINALLY CAME WITH GENERAL TIRES LOAD RANGE D WHICH HE REPLACED WITH COOPER LOAD RANGE D N 2005. UPDATED 08/01/11

NHTSA ID
10405741
Incident
Jun 8, 2011
Interior & seats
Filed Aug 3, 2005

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 1998 DUTCHMEN 'FOUR WINDS' TRAVEL TRAILER WITH VIN: [XXX]. THE LIGHTS IN THE TRAILER ARE GETTING TOO HOT, IN FACT THE BULBS ARE MELTING THE PLASTIC OF THE LIGHT LENSES. I CHECKED WITH THE MFGR TO MAKE SURE THE PROPER BULBS/FIXTURES WERE PRESENT AND THEY WERE. THE MFGR SUGGESTS USING LOWER WATTAGE BULBS, BUT THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE SINCE THE ONLY LOWER WATTAGE BULBS THAT FIT DO NOT GIVE SUFFICIENT LIGHTING. THE BULB CALLED FOR IS A TYPE 904. I FEEL IF THESE LIGHTS ARE LEFT ON THERE COULD BE A FIRE OR MELTING PLASTIC DRIPPING AND CAUSING SEVERE BURNS. THANK YOU. *NM UPDATED 07/19/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA ID
10131446
Incident
Jul 4, 2005
Tires & wheels
Filed Mar 17, 2005

THE TRAILER STARTED SWAYING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT WHILE DRIVING. DRIVER PULLED OVER, AND NOTICED THAT THE LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT TIRES BLEW OUT. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CHANGE THE TIRES AND DRIVE TO THE DEALER. CARLISLE 235/85R16, DOT 3E0R2403. *AK THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO

NHTSA ID
10115364
Incident
Mar 17, 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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