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2010 Four Winds Hurricane 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 Sep 19, 2013
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 Mar 14, 2013

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2010 Four Winds Hurricane. 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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ElectricalOther / unspecified
Filed Sep 19, 2013

2010 FOUR WINDS HURRICANE. CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR BATTERY CONTROL CENTER REPAIRS AND WRITES IN REGARDS TO REPLACEMENT OF LEAKING BLACK WATER TANK. *SMD THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A CALL FROM A REPRESENTATIVE STATING THE CLAIM WAS DENIED, BECAUSE THE INCIDENT WAS NOT RELATED TO THE RECALL. HIS REASONING FOR DENYING THE CLAIM, WAS BECAUSE THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT POWER TO THE STARTER WAS LOST BECAUSE OF THE BCC FAILURE AND SINCE THE STARTER POWER DID NOT GO THROUGH THE BCC, THE INCIDENT COULD NOT BE RELATED. ALSO, THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE WATER TANK HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY DAMAGED AND REPAIRED. HE STATED A HOLE IN THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF TANK, COULD NOT BE PERMANENTLY REPAIRED, BECAUSE THE REPAIR WOULD BEGIN TO LEAK WITHIN A FEW YEARS. THE CONSUMER STATED HE PURCHASED THE MOTORHOME BRAND NEW AND HE NEVER HAD THE TANK REPAIRED, SINCE HE OWNED IT.

NHTSA ID
10543706
Incident
Sep 2, 2013
Electrical
Filed Mar 14, 2013

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED AN INCIDENT WITH THEIR MOTOR-HOME. IT APPEARS THAT THE IOTA ITS50-R SWITCH FAILED WHILE IN USE. THE MOTOR-HOME WAS STATIONARY AND HOOKED INTO 50A SHORE POWER. THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THEY HEARD A POPPING NOISE AND SMELLED SOMETHING LIKE BURNING RUBBER. THE CUSTOMER CHECKED THE VOLTAGE AT THEIR OUTLETS AND FOUND THEY WERE RECEIVING 220/240V AT THE PLUGS. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CUSTOMER FOUND THAT THE CONTROL BOARD ON THE IOTA ITS50-R HAD OBVIOUS SIGNS OF COMPONENT FAILURE. THE CUSTOMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER (NOW THOR) AND WAS ADVISED THAT THEIR MODEL DID NOT FALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN# 12V516000 DUE TO THE PRODUCTION DATE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS OFFERED TO SUPPLY THE CUSTOMER WITH A REPLACEMENT UNIT AT NO COST; BUT IS NOT COVERING THE COST OF INSTALLATION. THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE OVER-VOLTAGE CONDITIONS MAY HAVE ALSO CAUSED PERIPHERAL DAMAGE TO OTHER APPLIANCES. THE CUSTOMER ALSO EXPRESSED GREAT CONCERN WITH THE LOCATION OF THE IOTA ITS50-R IN THEIR MOTOR-HOME AS IT IS INSET BELOW THE BED IN THE MAIN BEDROOM. THERE WAS NO FIRE IN THIS CASE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10503017
Incident
Mar 4, 2013

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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