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2012 Gulf Stream Vista Cruiser Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 Aug 16, 2013
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2012 Gulf Stream Vista Cruiser, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Suspension1100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Suspension

Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware.

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From owner reports, verbatim

NINE MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, WE NOTICED EXTREME WEAR ON THE INSIDE OF THE CAMPER TIRES. WE HAD PUT APPROXIMATELY 2600 MILES ON THE CAMPER AT THAT TIME. LIPPERT REPLACED THE BENT AXLE AND THE TIRES. AFTER ANOTHER 11 MONTHS WE NOTICED WEAR ON THE INSIDE OF OUR TIRES AGAIN. THE TRAILER IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER AND GULF STREAM HAS OFFERED TO REPLACE THE AXLE BUT NOT THE TIRES AND THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR LABOR. APPEARS THE CAMPER HAS DESIGN FLAWS CAUSING SUSPENSION ISSUES. HAD WE NOT NOTICED THE TIRE WEAR WE COULD HAVE EASILY EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT DURING TRAVEL. HAVING NOTICED MULTIPLE ON-LINE FORUMS OUTLINING SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THE VISA SUSPENSION, INCLUDING TIRE BLOW OUTS, I HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS REGARDING TRAVELING WITH THE CAMPER. *TR

NHTSA ID 10535781 · filed Aug 16, 2013

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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