2004 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 2004 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
- Tires & wheels250.0%
- Exterior lighting125.0%
- Other / unspecified125.0%
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
Tires & wheels
Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.
From owner reports, verbatim
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
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
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Exterior lighting
Reports naming headlights, tail lights, turn signals and other exterior lighting.
From owner reports, verbatim
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
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Other / unspecified
Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.
From owner reports, verbatim
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
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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