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1997 Gold Rush 1216SEO 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 Jul 6, 2010
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 Jul 6, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1997 Gold Rush 1216SEO. 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.

Complaints, most recent first

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Tires & wheels
Filed Jul 6, 2010

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 GOLDRUSH 5TH WHEEL TRAILER, WITH HERCULES TERRA TRAC TIRES, SIZE L215/85/R16-10. THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WERE PURCHASED ON JULY 14, 2007. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60-65 MPH HE HEARD A NOISE AND DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND OBSERVED THAT THE TREAD WAS SEPARATING FROM THE FRONT TIRE. HE REPLACED THE TIRE WITH A SPARE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MAY 30, 2010 AND ON JUNE 27, 2010 WHILE DRIVING 60-65 MPH A SECOND MIDDLE TIRE TREAD ALSO SEPARATED. HE ALSO REPLACED THAT TIRE WITH A SPARE. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER WHO WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN. UPDATED 8/25/10 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS REFUNDED HIS MONEY. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED HE WAS SOLD THE WRONG SIZE TIRE. UPDATED 08/27/10

NHTSA ID
10341673
Incident
Apr 30, 2010

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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