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2001 Holiday Rambler Alumascape 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 8, 2008
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 Oct 20, 2003

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2001 Holiday Rambler Alumascape. 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.

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Body & structure
Filed Jul 8, 2008

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ALUMASCAPE. THE CONTACT NOTICED HAIRLINE FRACTURES (STRESS FRACTURES) WITHIN THE STEEL FRAME, FROM FRONT TO BACK. THERE WERE ALSO WELDED BRACKETS, WHICH WOULD GIVE THE FRAME MORE STRENGTH; HOWEVER, WELDS WERE FRACTURED ON THE BRACE PIECES AS WELL. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BOX WOULD SWAY. IN ADDITION, THE TRAILER ALIGNMENT WAS OFF AND CREATED THE ILLUSION THAT THE TIRES WERE OFFSET FROM THE TRAILER. THE TIRES ACTUALLY STRUCK THE FRAME DUE TO THE SWAYING. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V483000 (STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS), WHICH DESCRIBED THE SAME FAILURE SHE WAS EXPERIENCING. BOTH THE FRAME MANUFACTURER AND THE TRAILER MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE RECALL APPLIED TO LARGER MODELS, AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

NHTSA ID
10233543
Incident
Jul 6, 2008
Body & structureSuspension
Filed Oct 20, 2003

I HAVE A 2001 HOLIDAY RAMBLER 26' FIFTH WHEEL RV,ON THIS DATE NUMEROUS FRAME CRACKS AND BROKEN WELDS WERE FOUND WHICH CAUSED THE AXLES TO MOVE LATERALLY ABOUT 6 INCHES RESULTING IN 1 BLOWOUT AT HIGHWAY SPEED. IT APPEARS THE OPTIONAL ADJUSTABLE SUSPENSION WAS NOT PROPERLY STRENGTHENED TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE FLEXING OF THE FRAME. RV WAS INSPECTED BY A CERTIFIED WELDER OF TRAILERS SENT TO US BY THE MANUFACTURER,AND HE NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER THAT THERE WAS NO WAY HE COULD MAKE THE RV ROAD WORTHY. THE RV WAS LEFT IN KNOXVILLE,TENN. AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY FLATBED TRUCK BACK TO THE FACTORY FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR IF POSSIBLE. SEPARATION OF THE AXLE FROM THE RV AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC TO SAY THE LEAST. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT IF WE HAD CONTINUED DRIVING THAT SEPARATION OF THE AXLE WOULD HAVE OCCURRED. *LA

NHTSA ID
10043226
Incident
Oct 14, 2003

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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