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2003 Holiday Rambler Admiral SE 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 Sep 17, 2008
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 2003 Holiday Rambler Admiral SE, 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

  • Body & structure150.0%
  • Brakes150.0%

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

Body & structure

Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL NO. 02V-237 MONACO FILE #R02204 TRUSS ASSEMBLY ON OUR 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ADMIRAL SE RAP AND WE WERE ALLOWED TO PURCHASE IT AND DRIVE IT HOME WITHOUT BEING INFORMED.. THEY KNEW ABOUT IT SINCE THE ADMIRAL SE 2002 MODEL AND HAD STARTED THE RECALLS ON SEPTA OF 2002.. ON NOV 5 LAZY DAYS WAS NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL OF THE SAME TRUSS ASSEMBLY ON THE ADMIRAL SE 2003, AND WE PURCHASED IT FROM LAZY DAYS RV IN SEFFNER, FL ON NOV 23, 2002 AND LEFT FOR HOME AFTER A MONTH OF OTHER REPAIRS THERE ON DEC 21, 2002 THE OTHER SAFETY ISSUE IS IN THE BRAKE FLUID THERE WAS A JELLIED TYPE OF FLUID..SAID ONLY # 3 WAS ALLOWED AND THIS DEFINITELY WAS NOT # 3 WHICH IS A LIQUID. I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT AND WAS TOLD IT WAS SAFE WITH THE WAY IT WAS.. AND WAS DONE BY THE MANUFACTURER. TS

NHTSA ID 10000353 · filed Dec 24, 2002

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

Brakes

Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

DRIVING HOME FROM POCONO, PA, OUR 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER MOTORHOME WITH A WORKHORSE W20 SERIAL , BUILT ON 9/02 DEVELOPED OVERHEATING REAR BRAKES. WE WERE TOWING A TRAILER WITH 4 WHEEL ELECTRIC BRAKES AND WEIGHTING ABOUT 3700#. FAILURE OCCURRED ABOUT 1.5 HRS INTO OUR TRIP. COACH HAS APPROXIMATELY 15K MILES. FIRST OCCURRENCE, DEVELOPED A SOFT BRAKE PEDAL DUE TO OVERHEATED BRAKE FLUID. MOTORHOME WAS BOUGHT ON 5/31/08 FROM FIRST OWNER. NO REPAIR HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT YET, BUT WILL INSPECT PADS/ROTORS AND REPLACE BRAKE FLUID.*TR

NHTSA ID 10242743 · filed Sep 17, 2008

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

Data on this page last refreshed .