2001 Holiday Rambler Alumascape Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2001 Holiday Rambler Alumascape, 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 & structure266.7%
- Suspension133.3%
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.
From owner reports, verbatim
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.
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
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Suspension
Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware.
From owner reports, verbatim
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
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
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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