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2002 Gulf Stream Friendship 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 4, 2006
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.
0
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.
0
Reports on file since May 31, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2002 Gulf Stream Friendship. 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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Body & structure
Filed Jul 4, 2006

EXHAUST FUMES AND SOOT ENTERING REAR OF MOTOR COACH. FUMES ARE DETECTED WHILE RIDING DOWN HIGHWAY. SOOT IS IN CLOSET WHEN VEHICLE STOPS AFTER LONG TRIP. SEVERAL PEOPLE STATED THAT THEY SMELLED DIESEL FUMES FROM DECEMBER 2005 WHEN I PURCHASED COACH. I FINALLY LET SOMEONE ELSE DRIVE AND I WENT IN BACK AND COULD SMELL THE DIESEL FUMES. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE CLOSET WAS LEAKING DIESEL SOOT INTO THE CLOSET, IT IS BLACK ALL OVER INSIDE OF CLOSET. *NM

NHTSA ID
10161402
Incident
Jun 28, 2006
Mileage
24,500 mi
Body & structureVisibility
Filed Dec 27, 2005

DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDSHIELDS SEPARATING FROM FRAME. *JB

NHTSA ID
10146114
Incident
Dec 17, 2005
Mileage
20,000 mi
Body & structureOther / unspecified
Filed May 31, 2005

WHEN IT RAINED THE STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE ALLOWED WATER TO ENTER THE VEHICLE AND FLOOD THE CABIN. THIS RESULTED IN MILDEW, MOLD STAINS AND OTHER PROBLEMS. THE LOCATION OF THE LEAK WAS UNDETERMINED ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE (GULF STREAM FRIENDSHIP 2002). *NLM THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR VIBRATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THERE WAS A SQUEAK IN THE KITCHEN COMPARTMENT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THE DOOR VIBRATED, THE TAIL PIPE WAS LOOSE, THE MOLDING ON THE FOOT OF THE BED, THE SEAL ON THE COUCH HAD COME OFF, THE SPRING HAD BROKEN ON THE DOOR OF THE GENERATOR, THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW DID NOT LATCH, THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE TILE ON THE FLOOR, THE FLOOR HEAT WOULD NOT TIGHTEN, THE LIGHT COVER ABOVE THE SOFA DID NOT FIT AND WOULD REPEATEDLY FALL OFF, THE TRACKS ON THE BACK DOOR DID NOT SHUT PROPERLY, THE FUEL FILL HAD BINDED, AND THE SATELLITE DISH WOULD FLUTTER WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE SLIDE. THE HYDRAULIC JACK LEAKED FLUID AND AS A RESULT THE SLIDE WOULD NOT FUNCTION. THE CONSUMER HAD TO DRIVE WITH THE FRONT SLIDE OUT. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A REFUND. THE ENTRY DOOR DID NOT FIT AND RATTLED WHILE GOING DOWN AS IF IT WERE GOING TO BLOW OFF THE UNIT. *SC *JB

NHTSA ID
10042273
Incident
Dec 19, 2002
Mileage
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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