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1985 Fleetwood Jamboree Rallye 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 Aug 27, 2003
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 1985 Fleetwood Jamboree Rallye, 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

I PURCHASED A USED 1985 JAMBOREE/RALLYE 20 ' MOTORHOME TWO YEARS AGO WITH SIX FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIALS R4S 8.75X16.5 ON IT. FIVE OF THOSE TIRES FAILED IN THAT TIME. FOUR OF THEM VIOLENTLY WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAYS. FORTUNATELY ALL FOUR WERE ON THE DUALLY REAR WHICH SAVED THE VEHICLE FROM LOSS OF CONTROL. ALL FOUR HAD BELT SEPARATION AND LOSS OF THE MIDDLE OF THE TREAD, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE CHASIS, EXHAUST AND TRIM. FIFTH FAILURE WAS AT SLOW SPEED AND THE BELT FAILURE CAUSED THE TIRE TO LUMP AND BECOME OBLONG. FIRESTONE'S CUSTOMER SERVICE LEAVES A LOT TO BE DESIRED. THEY WANT THE TIRES FOR EXAMINATION BUT WANT ME TO PAY FOR THE FREIGHT CHARGES. AS I WAS ON A LONG VACATION WHEN THEY FAILED, I JUST REPLACED THEM WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND. I DID NOT HAVE ROOM TO SAVE THE FAILED TIRES, BUT DID TAKE SEVERAL PICTURES OF ONE OF THEM. I DID SAVE THE LAST ONE WHICH JUST WENT OBLONG. I SENT BACK TO "COMPLAINT PACKAGE" THEY SENT ME AFTER FILLING IT OUT AND JUST RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT I DIDN'T COMPLY BY SENDING THE TIRES! THEY DIDN'T EVEN READ THE COMPLAINT FORM! I CALLED THEM AGAIN TO WAIT 20 MINUTES ON HOLD ONLY TO BE TOLD BY A MACHINE TO LEAVE MY NAME AND NUMBER FOR SOMEONE TO CALL ME BACK. THAT WAS TWO DAYS AGO, NO CALL. PLEASE ANYONE OUT THERE WITH FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIALS GET RID OF THEM AND REPLACE IT WITH A SAFE TIRE FROM ANOTHER MANUFACTURER!!! DO NOT PURCHASE ANY FIRESTONE OR BRIDGESTONE TIRES (SAME COMPANY). THERE WAS NO ADVANCE WARNING, THEY WERE NOT OVERLOADED AND THE AIR PRESSURE WAS CHECKED EVERY DAY!!!*AK

NHTSA ID 10036714 · filed Aug 27, 2003

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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