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2009 Fleetwood Pulse 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 16, 2013
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 2009 Fleetwood Pulse, 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

MY INSIDE DUAL TIRE SIDEWALL UNZIPPED AT 60MPH ON MY SPRINTER BASED MINI- MOTORHOME WHILE TRAVELING NORTH ON I-5. NO UNUSUAL EVENTS PRIOR TO HEARING A LOUD BANG. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIRE FAILURE ON MY VEHICLE. ( I HAVE SINCE LEARNED OF DOZENS OF SIMILAR FAILURES ON VEHICLES LIKE MINE USING THE SAME OEM TIRE MANUFACTURED BY KUMHO). MY SPRINTER (AND OEM TIRES) HAVE ONLY 23,300 MILES ON THEM. WHEN THE TIRE BLEW I REDUCED MY SPEED AND HAD THE BLOWN TIRE REPLACED WITH A SPARE AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE SERVICE LOCATION. ON THE SAME DAY I TOOK MY VEHICLE AND DAMAGED TIRE TO THE NEAREST KUMHO DEALER. HE CONTACTED KUMHO IN MY PRESENCE. KUMHO REFUSED TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE FAILED TIRE TO THE KUMHO DEALER IN MY HOMETOWN. KUMHO OFFERED A PRO-RATED ALLOWANCE ON THE FAILED TIRE WHICH I REFUSED NOW KNOWING OF THE MANY FAILURES AND FEARING POSSIBLE INJURY TO MY FAMILY AND OTHERS ON THE HIGHWAY IF ALL THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. I REQUESTED MY LOCAL KUMHO DEALER GO UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AT KUMHO FOR A PRO-RATED ALLOWANCE ON ALL SIX TIRES. NO RESPONSE AS OF THIS DATE. I STILL HAVE THE FAILED TIRE IN MY POSSESSION AND AM ARRANGING TO HAVE ALL TIRES REPLACED WITH SOMETHING OTHER THAN KUMHO TIRES. IT IS CLEAR THERE IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT FOR WHICH KUMHO HAS REFUSED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. I AM FORTUNATE MY FAILURE WAS ON A DUAL, WAS DETECTED BY A TPMS SYSTEM, AND DID NOT RESULT IN ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURY. OTHERS MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY. *TR

NHTSA ID 10535778 · filed Aug 16, 2013

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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