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2006 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 Mar 4, 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 4, 2013

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2006 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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Fuel system
Filed Mar 4, 2013

ON 10/31/2012 WHILE IN TRANSIT FROM LOUISVILLE ,KY TO LOS ANGELES,CA ON HIGHWAY 70 AT COLUMBIA,MO. NOTICED THAT REAR MONITOR FOGGED UP AND STRONG SMELL OF DIESEL FUEL WAS IN CABIN OF RV,AFTER STOPPING TO CHECK PROBLEM WAS APPROACHED BY ANOTHER MOTORIST BEHIND ME WHO STATED THE ROAD WAS SLIPPERY BEHIND ME ,WEATHER WAS MISTING AT TIME.AFTER INSPECTING UNDER COACH NOTICED DIESEL FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM FRAME RAILS IN REAR OF COACH .UPON OPENING LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT FOUND THAT LUGGAGE WAS DIESEL SOAKED ALSO.NO FUEL LINES IN SIGHT,REMOVED VEHICLE FROM ROAD AND SCHEDULED INSPECTION BY FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA .DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE DELIVERY LINE FAILURES HIDDEN INSIDE FRAME RAILS REQUIRING FUEL TANK REMOVAL AND LINE REPLACEMENT.WAS OBVIOUS WITH THE LOW MILEAGE ON THIS COACH THIS SHOULD NOT BE A NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ISSUE.ON ADVISE FROM MY EXTENDED WARRANTY CARRIER, WAS ADVISED NHTSA HAD A RECALL ON MY MODEL BUT ON INVESTIGATION BOTH GULFSTREAM AND FREIGHTLINER CLAIM DOES NOT PERTAIN TO MY ENGINE .I BELIEVE BOTH GULFSTREAM AND FREIGHTLINER MAY KNOW OF THE EXISTENCE OF THIS DEFECT BUT ARE TAKING THE "DAMAGE CONTROL" CORPORATE STANCE BY LIMITING THE RECALL TO SPECIFIC ENGINES,NOT HAVING ANY INFORMATION ON HOW MANY OF THESE VEHICLES ARE ON THE ROAD WITH THE CATERPILLAR C7 ENGINE ,AND MAY HAVE BEEN REPAIRED BY OWNERS PREVIOUSLY,I BELIEVE TO PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM WHAT IS QUITE DANGEROUS AS THE DRIVER MAY HAVE NO IDEA HE IS SPREADING DIESEL FUEL UNTIL ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED BEHIND HIM,THESE VEHICLES NEED TO BE RECALLED ALSO AND ANY EXPENSE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID
10501226
Incident
Oct 31, 2012
Mileage
33,337 mi
Fuel system
Filed Mar 4, 2013

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 GULF STREAM FRIENDSHIP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, FUEL FUMES WERE EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL LINE HAD FRACTURED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND ALL OF THE FUEL PRESSURE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,337 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,767. *TR UPDATED 5/9/13 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL LINE COULD FAIL AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE METHOD OF REPAIR. UPDATED 05/21/2013 *JS

NHTSA ID
10501223
Incident
Oct 31, 2012
Mileage
33,337 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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