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1995 Foretravel Grand Villa 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 Nov 5, 2009
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 Nov 5, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1995 Foretravel Grand Villa. 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.

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Body & structure
Filed Nov 5, 2009

FORETRAVEL MOTOR COACHES FROM THE EARLY 90'S HAVE A DESIGN FLAW THAT THE STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHASSIS THAT CONNECTS THE FRONT AND REAR FRAME TO THE CENTER CHASSIS ARE SEPARATING. THIS IS KNOW AS "BULKHEAD SEPARATION" THE BOLTS USED ARE A SELF TAPPING BOLT AND THEY ARE CORRODING AND BREAKING. ESPECIALLY WHERE THE ON BOARD WATERTANK OVERFLOW CASCADES DOWN INTO THE BOLTED ASSEMBLY OPEN SEAM CAUSING INTERNAL CORROSION. THE FACTORY DRILLS AND PUTS A BOLT AND NUT ASSEMBLY IN PLACE TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. AFTER RE-ALIGNING THE SUB ASSEMBLIES IF NEEDED. THE COACH COULD COMPLETELY BREAK IN HALF AS THE ORIGINAL BOLTS CORRODE AND BREAK. THE FACTORY DOES NOT DO THE FIX FREELY AND CONSIDERS IT AN "OPTIONAL" SAFETY ISSUE. MANY OWNERS HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE WORK DONE TO PREVENT FURTHER CRACKING OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND TO MAINTAIN A SAFE VEHICLE. AS THESE ARE RV'S (MOTORHOME) MOST HAVE VERY FEW MILES ON THEM, JUST AGE. WILL IT TAKE A MAJOR INCIDENT COSTING LIVES TO GET THIS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS CONDITION CORRECTED. THE FACTORY DOES THE REPAIR, BUT HAVE NOT SHARED A FIX THAT CAN BE USED AT OTHER FACILITIES. THE YAHOO NEWS GROUP "FORETRAVEL" IS LOADED WITH THE DESCRIBED ISSUE. IF THESE WERE DOT INSPECTED COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, I BELIEVE THE FACTORY WOULD HAVE HAD TO REPAIR THIS DESIGN ISSUE LONG AGO. *TR

NHTSA ID
10291069
Incident
Nov 1, 2009
Mileage
80,000 mi

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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