2014 Entegra Aspire Owner Complaints

The DEF system gave us a false reading and derated the engine to 5 miles per hour. We were able to make it to a repair shop and left it there.

NHTSA ID

11606433

Incident

Aug 2, 2024

In march of 2021 I left Las Vegas Nevada for home (montana) . 70 miles north on highway 93 (2 lane 70 mph ) road def level light came on . Engine power reduction in 30 miles. I then called Spartin mgf. was told to find a rock and hit the top of the DEF head.?? Ok so i did lights went out and i went on 200 miles later lights came on again! found a safe place to pull over and repeated previous instructions. Lights went out and i went on. 50 miles later I arrived in a town called Lund. (population 250) with no warning engine went to reduced engine power and slowed to 1 MPH!!! still on a 2 lane highway! this put my family"s life as well as mine and other motorists in serious danger! this motorhome sat in a motel parking lot for 3 weeks before i could get parts to fix it. this cost me thousands of dollars and is not acceptable for any motor vehicle at any price point.

NHTSA ID

11463895

Incident

Mar 30, 2022

MY MOTOR COACH IS A 2014 ENTEGRA COACH BUILT ON A SPARTAN K2 CHASSIS. SPARTAN INSTALLED NEW FRONT TIRES (GOODYEAR G670 295/80/22.5) ON MY COACH ON 4/22/2016. MY COACH WAS WEIGHED AT ALL TIRES AND THE CORRECT TIRE PRESSURE WAS OBTAINED FROM THE TIRE MANUFACTURERS CHART, WHICH IS THE PRESSURES THAT I MAINTAINED. APPROXIMATELY 18,000 MILES LATER ON 8/27/2019 WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW FOR NOREASON. WE HAD THE TIRE REPLACED AND CONTINUED ON OUR WAY. ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER OUR LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW, AGAIN FOR NO REASON. BOTH TIMES WE HAD A TIRE TECH COME OUT AND REPLACE THE BLOWN TIRE. THEY COULD FIND NO OBVIOUS REASON FOR THE FAILURES. AFTER THE FIRST BLOW OUT, I CHECKED THE OTHER TIRES FOR DAMAGE AND FOUND NONE. I ALSO ASKED THE TECH TO CHECK THE OTHER TIRE. HE TOLD ME AFTER HIS INSPECTION AND CHECKING PRESSURE, THAT THE 2ND GOODYEAR TIRE WAS SAFE AND GOOD TO GO. THERE WAS NO DEBRIS IN THE ROAD EITHER TIME. I HAVE A TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR SYSTEM INSTALLED ON ALL MY TIRES. IT HAS ALARMS FOR PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE ISSUES. I HAD BEEN MONITORING THE TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES OF ALL MY TIRES DURING THE DAY AND DID NOT SEE ANYTHING ABNORMAL. I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY ALARMS PRIOR TO EITHER BLOW OUT, SO I AM CONFIDENT THE TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED AND DID NOT HAVE SUFFER ANY TYPE OF AIR LOSS. BOTH TIMES IT WAS A SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC INTERNAL FAILURE. BOTH BLOW OUTS CAUSED DAMAGE TO BOTH SIDES OF THE FRONT END OF THE COACH. I HAVE SINCE READ OF NUMEROUS OTHER COACHES LIKE MINE WITH THE SAME GOODYEAR TIRES THAT HAD FAILURES RESULTING IN DAMAGE AND EVEN CRASHES. IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS TO SUFFER A STEER TIRE BLOW OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I BELIEVE THE CAUSE OF MINE WERE POOR QUALITY TIRES THAT WERE NOT DESIGNED WELL ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE SIZE AND WEIGHTS OF MY MOTOR COACH. EVEN THOUGH MY WEIGHT WAS WITHIN THE SPECIFICATIONS OF GOODYEAR AND THE TIRES WERE ROUTINELY MAINTAINED, THEY STILL SUFFERED ASUDDEN CATASTROPHIC INTERNAL FAILURE FOR NO REASON.

NHTSA ID

11253454

Incident

Aug 27, 2019

Mileage

37,390 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 ENTEGRA ASPIRE EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR G670RV TIRES, SIZE: 29580R22.5 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 62 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TIRE SPLIT INTO THIN LAYERS. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,800 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,100.

NHTSA ID

11195803

Incident

Feb 1, 2019

Mileage

22,800 mi

ON 6/29/2018 TRAVELING SOUTH ON NYS THRUWAY HAD A BLOW OUT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO OFF ROAD AND HAD TO BE TOWED THE TIRE HAD 20107 MILES ON IT AND IT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION TIRE WAS A GOOD YEAR UNISTEEL 295/80 22.5 RV THIS WAS A LARGE MOTOR HOME...

NHTSA ID

11141643

Incident

Jun 29, 2018

Mileage

20,107 mi

FRONT TIRE BLOW OUT GOOD YEAR G670 295/80-22.5 UNISTEEL. WITH OUT WARNING WE HAD A BLOW OUT ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHILE TRAVELING ON THE NYSTATE THRUWAY THE TIRE ONLY HAD 21000 MILES AND IT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION. THE BLOWOUT CAUSED ME TO GO OFF THE ROAD AND HAD TO BE TOWED. I AM A CDL TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER AND I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF CHECKING THE PROPER AIR PRESSURE. BEFORE AND AFTER EACH TRIP AND AT FUEL STOPS.

NHTSA ID

11141639

Incident

Jun 29, 2018

Mileage

20,107 mi

WE HAVE HAD 2 RV TIRE BLOWOUTS IN THE LAST 2 YEARS. WE HAVE A 2014 MOTORHOME THAT CAME FROM THE FACTORY WITH GOODYEAR G670RV TIRES. BOTH FRONT, PASSENGER & DRIVER TIRES, HAVE BLOWN OUT CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO OUR COACH.

NHTSA ID

11091081

Incident

Apr 2, 2018

Mileage

20,000 mi

WE HAD A WRECK WITH OUR MOTOR HOME THROUGH NO FAULT OF OUR OWN. AFTER THE TIRE EXPLODED, WE ENDED UP IN A SWAMPY FIELD APPROX. 300 YARDS OFF THE HIGHWAY. THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE OF THIS TIRE. WE WERE RUNNING SMOOTHLY AT THE SPEED LIMIT OF 65MPH. WE HAD BEEN TRAVELING FOR APPROX. 3 HOURS ON A SMOOTH HIGHWAY. WE WERE IN OUR 45' MOTOR HOME. WE HEARD AN EXPLOSION SOUND, SUDDEN LOSS OF AIR, IT HAD NEVER HAPPENED EVER BEFORE. ALL THE TIRES HAD A LOT OF TREAD AND ONLY APPROX. 27,000 MILES ON ALL TIRES. WE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING IN THE ROAD. WE CHECKED THE PRESSURE IN THE TIRES PRIOR TO TAKE OFF; WE ALWAYS DO. WE ARE EXPERIENCED SAFE DRIVERS; NO ACCIDENTS PRIOR. THE TIRE HAD MASSIVE TREAD SEPARATION AND MASSIVE BELT SEPARATION. THE TIRE IS LOCKED UP IN STORAGE UNIT WHERE OUR MOTOR HOME IS BEING EVALUATED FOR DAMAGES. IT WAS A HORRIFIC EXPERIENCE.

NHTSA ID

11080396

Incident

Jan 11, 2018

Mileage

27,800 mi

MY RADIATOR STARTED LEAKING WITH ONLY 26,000 MILES AND NO EXTERNAL DAMAGE. THE LEAK WAS UN-REPAIRABLE AND REQUIRED THAT THE RADIATOR BE REPLACED. THERE ARE MANY SPARTAN CHASSIS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, SO SPARTAN IS OBVIOUSLY USING INFERIOR PARTS OR AN INFERIOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS.

NHTSA ID

11061115

Incident

Oct 1, 2017

Mileage

26,000 mi

RADIATOR FAILED AFTER 3 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS AND 49600 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH OTHER OWNERS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF VEHICLES IN THIS YEAR THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR RADIATOR FAILURES AROUND THE SAME "TIME IN OPERATION".

NHTSA ID

11061101

Incident

Jan 2, 2018

Mileage

49,600 mi

SAW AN ARTICLE IN THE LOCAL PAPER, "REGULATORS OPEN PROBE OF GOOD YEAR TIRE FAILURES" THIS WEEK. ALTHOUGH THE ONLY TIRE MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE IS A G159 MODEL, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH THE G670 RV TIRES. ON JUNE 6TH THIS YEAR WE HAD A GOODYEAR G670 RV TIRE "BLOWOUT" WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH KENTUCKY ON I-65. THE TIRE WAS ON THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE COACH AND IT LITERALLY EXPLODED AND DID OVER $18,000 DOLLARS OF DAMAGE. WE WERE "CAPTIVE" IN PADUCAH, KY FOR 116 DAYS WAITING FOR THE COACH TO BE REPAIRED. IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH THESE TIRES ILL BE SURPRISED. WE HAVE BEEN RVING SINCE 1975 AND HAVE HEARD MANY COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER RV OWNERS ABOUT BLOWOUT PROBLEMS WITH THESE PARTICULAR TIRES. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE TIRE AND DAMAGE DONE TO THE COACH WHEN THE TIRE DISINTEGRATED WHICH I WILL GLADLY E-MAIL TO YOU IF YOU E-MAIL US A GOOD E-MAIL ADDRESS TO SEND THEM TO. OUR E-MAIL IS [XXX] ...*BF INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID

11060883

Incident

Jun 6, 2017

Mileage

20,796 mi

DRIVING HOME FROM A TRIP WHEN TIRE SUDDENLY EXPLODED. BRAND NEW TIRE BLOWOUT. I AM VERY METICULOUS ABOUT TIRE PRESSURE, AS I CHECK PRIOR TO EVERY TRIP AND MORNING. MY COACH ALSO HAS TPMS (TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM) AND PRESSURE WAS PERFECT. BLOWOUT HAS CAUSED $15K IN DAMAGES AND 5 MONTHS OF REPAIR TIME.

NHTSA ID

10871843

Incident

Jan 3, 2016

Mileage

8,500 mi