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2005 Holiday Rambler Imperial 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 Apr 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 Jan 4, 2007

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2005 Holiday Rambler Imperial. 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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Brakes
Filed Apr 8, 2008

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HOLIDAY RAMBLER IMPERIAL. IN 25 BELOW DEGREE WEATHER, THE CONTACT WOULD START HIS VEHICLE AND THE ROTORS WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM THE BRAKE PADS. THIS CREATED A DRAGGING EFFECT. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN A MILE, THE ROTORS WOULD HEAT UP AND SMOKE WOULD APPEAR FROM THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE BRAKE CHAMBER AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS FULL OF WATER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,500. UPDATED 04/23/08. *LJ A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE FRONT AXLE AND THE FRONT DISC BRAKES. WHEN THE MECHANIC PULLED THE AIR CHAMBER OFF THE CALIBER ASSEMBLY, HE FOUND THE ACTUATOR CHAMBERS COMPLETELY FULL OF WATER. UPON FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF THE CALIBER ASSEMBLIES, HE FOUND THE WATER TO BE ROAD WATER AND THE MIGRATION ROUTE WAS THROUGH THE SILICONE SEALANT USED TO SEAL THE ASSEMBLY IN PLACE OF A GASKET. THE OVERHEATING CONDITIONS WERE CAUSED FROM ICE IN THE ASSEMBLY. AFTER ENOUGH HEAT WAS GENERATED TO MELT THE ICE, THE BRAKE WOULD FINALLY RELEASE. UPDATED.

NHTSA ID
10223719
Incident
Feb 13, 2008
Mileage
40,500 mi
Steering
Filed Jan 4, 2007

TL* - THE CONTACT HAS A 2005 MONACO HOLIDAY RAMBLER WHICH IS HARD TO STEER STRAIGHT ON THE ROAD. THEN CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING THE 30 FEET MOTOR HOME AT 55 MPH IT BECAME HARD TO STEER. THE ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE NOT BEEN A PROBLEM. THE CONTACT SAID THAT HE HAD THE RV WEIGHED AND IT WAS NOT FOUND TO BE OVERLOADED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. *AK UPDATED 2/16/2007 - *NM

NHTSA ID
10177759
Incident
Jul 27, 2006
Mileage
5,705 mi

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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