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2004 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 Sep 29, 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 Aug 30, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2004 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.

Complaints, most recent first

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Tires & wheels
Filed Sep 29, 2008

2004 31SKT ALUMASCAPE 5TH WHEEL HAD TIRE BLOW OUT AND THE WRONG SIZE TIRES. *NJ THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED 3 TIRE BLOWOUTS ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE SECOND BLOWOUT CAUSED DAMAGED TO THE TRAILER. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TREAD FLEW OFF. THE CONSUMER ASKED WHAT THE WEIGHT CAPACITY WAS FOR THE TIRES AND WAS TOLD THE WEIGHT WAS NOT QUITE 11,000. THE TRAILER WEIGHED 12,400. ALSO, NO ONE COULD TELL THE CONSUMER WHAT THE EMPTY WEIGHT OF THE TRAILER WAS. GOODYEAR TOLD THE CONSUMER THE WEIGHT FOR THE TIRES WAS ABOUT 10,500. THE CONSUMER WAS ALSO TOLD, IF THE TIRES WERE CHANGED THEN THE RIMS WOULD NEED TO BE CHANGED AS WELL. *JB

NHTSA ID
10243752
Incident
Jan 1, 2007
Exterior lighting
Filed Aug 18, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TRAILER THERE WAS AN OUTSIDE SAFETY LIGHT WHICH WAS INSTALLED ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE DOOR; NOT PROVIDING THE APPROPRIATE ILLUMINATION FOR VISIBILITY. THE CONTACT HAS OBSERVED MANY OTHER TRAILERS CONSTRUCTED THIS WAY WHICH CAUSED A PERSON TO FALL GETTING OUT OF THE TRAILER DUE TO THE LACK OF VISIBILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MANUFACTURER BUT NOT THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER DETERMINED THE TRAILER WAS MANUFACTURED THIS WAY AND WERE UNWILLING TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. THE VEHICLE IS NOT A DRIVABLE TRAILER, IT ATTACHES TO A VEHICLE. UPDATED 9/13/2006 - *NM

NHTSA ID
10165979
Incident
Aug 1, 2006
Other / unspecified
Filed Dec 23, 2005

WELDS ARE FAILING ON THE RIMS INSTALLED ON OUR 2004 HOLIDAY RAMBLER PRESIDENTIAL FW. REPLACED ONE IN NOVEMBER, 2ND FAILURE DETECTED 22 DEC. 2005. CALLED HOLIDAY RAMBLER WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL THEY GAVE ME A TELEPHONE # FOR TREDIT WHEEL AND TIRE. COULD NOT FIND ANYONE TO TALK TO THERE. CALLED HOLIDAY RAMBLER,WAS TOLD THE COMPANY WAS PROBABLY CLOSE FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND COULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR MY SITUATION. I AM A FULL TIMER PRESENTLY PARKED AT FT SAM HOUSTION, SAN ANTONIO TX. I HAVE TO LEAVE HERE BY 9 JAN AND TRAVEL ANOTHER 1000 MILES. I CONSIDER THIS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. AT PRESENT I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE OTHER 3 RIMS THAT HAVE THE SAME SLOPPY WELDS AND MARKED MADE IN KOREA TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $600.00. THIS IS A OBVIOUS MANUFACTURE PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY. *NM

NHTSA ID
10145992
Incident
Dec 22, 2005
Tires & wheels
Filed Aug 30, 2005

DT: THE COMPLAINT IS ON A 2004 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ALUMASCAPE. THE TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE TRAVEL TRAILER HAVE HAD 2 BLOWOUTS AND THE BEAD ON ANOTHER IS BROKEN. THE MANUFACTURER INSTRUCTED THE CONSUMER TO SEND THE TIRES TO THEM, BUT THERE IS NOTHING LEFT OF THE TIRE. FIRST TIRE BLEW OUT, AUGUST 2004, AND CONSUMER TOOK THE TIRE TO A GOODYEAR DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. THE SECOND TIRE BLEW OUT ON JUNE 11, 2005. THE CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE TRAILER IN FOR SERVICE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT TIRE REPAIRED AND HE WAS TOLD THE TIRE COULDN'T BE REPAIRED BECAUSE THE BEAD WAS BROKEN, HE NOTICED THIS TIRE WAS FLAT ON JUNE 12,2005. THERE WAS A WHEEL COVERING THAT WAS DESTROYED AND THE RIM THAT THE TIRE IS ON WAS DESTROYED. *JB

NHTSA ID
10126335
Incident
Jun 12, 2004

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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