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2015 Grand Design Momentum 385TH 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 10, 2017
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 Jun 10, 2015

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2015 Grand Design Momentum 385TH. 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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Brakes
Filed Jul 10, 2017
Fire reported

WE JUST PULLED ONTO HIGWAY FROM CAMPGROUND STARTED TO SEE SMOKE AND SOMETHING FLEW OFF THAT CAUGHT MY EYE OFF OR THE REAR MOST AXEL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. PULLED OVER ONCE IT WAS SAFE, DOWSED AXEL, RIM & TIRE WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER. NO FIRE AT THIS TIME, BUT WAS VERY HOT & SMOKEY. HAD TO PULL OVER 4 MORE TIMES WITH IN 5 MILES TO DO THE SAME THING. MADE IT TO OUR HOME WHERE WE HOSED AXEL, RIM & TIRE UNTIL IT WAS COOL TO THE TOUCH. BACKED 5TH WHEEL INTO DRIVEWAY AND RIM SNAPPED COMPLETELY OFF OF AXEL. CONTACTED MANUFACTURE THAT EVENIN VIA E-MAIL. MANUFACTURE SAYS THEY ARE GETTING NEW AXEL & SHACKLES MADE, SHOULD BE SHIPPED TO US BY 7/14/17 TO REPLACE. GUESSING BARRING SIEZED AND LEAK AT REAR BACKING PLATE

NHTSA ID
11004165
Incident
Jun 18, 2017
Mileage
7,000 mi
Filed Jul 10, 2017
Fire reported

WE WERE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN WE SAW SMOKE COMING FROM OUR MOST REAR AXEL ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. A PASSING CAR INDICATED WE HAD A FIRE. WE PULLED OVER WHEN IT WAS SAFE TO. USED 4 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AS WELL AS CALLED 911 WHEN FIRE DEPARTMENT SPRAYED AS WELL. FOUND THAT THE BARING SIEZED UP IN THE AXEL. WE HAD LOCAL TIRE SHOP ASSIST WITH GETTING US BACK ON THE ROAD. CONTACTED MANUFACTURE. THEY AUTHORIZED REPAIRS. REPAIRS WERE DONE AT PURCHASING DEALERSHIP.

NHTSA ID
11004161
Incident
Jul 15, 2015
Mileage
1,600 mi
Brakes
Filed Jun 10, 2015

GREASE HAD LEAKED THROUGH BEARING SEALS INTO BRAKES ON LIPPERT AXLES. THEY WERE NOT "OVER GREASED" GRAND DESIGN MOMENTUM 385TH 2015.

NHTSA ID
10724507
Incident
May 30, 2015
Mileage
1,200 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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