2003 Ford Motor Home Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2003 Ford Motor Home, 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
- Driver assistance350.0%
- Tires & wheels350.0%
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
Driver assistance
Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems.
From owner reports, verbatim
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 05S28 ON 9-7-07. HAVE CALLED LOCAL FORD DEALER MONTHLY SINCE SEPT 2007 TO SCHEDULE REPAIR BUT AM INFORMED THAT REPAIR PART IS UNAVAILABLE FROM FORD AND TO CHECK AGAIN IN A MONTH. LAST CALLED DEALER ON 1-21-08 AND WAS TOLD THAT PART STILL UNAVAILABLE AND WOULD PROBABLY BE AVAILABLE IN MARCH/APRIL 2008 TIME FRAME. FOUR MONTHS IS UNACCEPTABLE TO HAVE A FIRE HAZARD PRESENT IN MY MOTORHOME (OR TO DISABLE VEHICLE'S CRUISE CONTROL TO AVOID FIRE HAZARD). *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD MOTOR HOME. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS DISCONNECTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2007, UNDER RECALL NUMBER 05S28. THE VEHICLE IS USED TO TRAVEL FREQUENTLY AND IS IN NEED OF THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE REPAIR HAS SURPASSED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THE DEALER IS CURRENTLY STATING THAT THE PART WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MARCH OF 2008. UPDATED 01/17/08. *LJ UPDATED
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Tires & wheels
Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.
From owner reports, verbatim
2000 23 FOOT E-350 MOTORHOME WITH PROBLEMS ON GOODYEAR TIRES. CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE ALL SIX TIRES DUE TO SOME KIND OF FAILURE. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SIDEWALL OPENED UP. *KB THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE TIRE, ONE OF THE DUAL SETS HAD BEEN RUN FLAT. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM FOR THE THIRD TIME ON OCTOBER 16, 2007. WHEN HE PULLED OVER HE NOTICED SOME ANOMALY IN THE RUBBER ON THE RIB EDGE. IT APPEARED AS IF THE RUBBER HAD DRIED OUT ALONG THE RIB, HOWEVER A VIBRATION WAS FELT WHEN DRIVING. THE CONSUMER SOON DISCOVERED THE OUTER LEFT REAR TIRE WAS LEAKING AIR WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE SMALL CRACKS BETWEEN THE RIBS. *JB
TIRE DEVELOPED A BUBBLE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN STORAGE. HOWEVER, WHILE TRAVELING 55 TO 60 MPH BETWEEN SAN DIEGO (CA) AND HEMET (CA), THE LEFT-OUTSIDE REAR (DUAL) TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT. FIRESTONE TIRE INFORMATION: SIZE LT225/75R16, DOT # 8X1L1X11202. 2003 ROUGE FORD MOTORHOME. *TT *JB *MJJ
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
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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