2003 Holiday Rambler Navigator 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 2003 Holiday Rambler Navigator, 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 & wheels2100.0%
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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ENDEAVOR. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR, TIRE LINE: G159, TIRE SIZE: 275/R70/R22.5, AND DOT NUMBER :(N/A) THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. DUE TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A SIDEWALL BARRIER ON THE HIGHWAY. THE MOTOR HOME WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AIR BAGS. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT. THERE WAS WERE INJURIES REPORTED DUE TO THE ACCIDENT. THE MOTOR HOME WAS INITIALLY TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT TOW YARD AND WAS THEN LATER TOWED TO ANOTHER INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO COULD REPAIR THE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER (GOODYEAR) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND A SETTLEMENT WAS MADE IN RELATION TO THE FAILURE. THE TIRE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WERE APPROXIMATELY 21,000.
DT: 2003 , HOLIDAY RAMBLER 45 FOOT NAVIGATOR. THE CONSUMER STATES THE FRONT TIRES ON MOTOR HOME BLEW OUT. THESE TIRES HAD 30,000 MILES ON THEM. HE REPLACED THE TIRES, AND APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES DOWN THE ROAD THERE WAS ANOTHER BLOWOUT. THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE VALVE STEM ON THE WHEELS HIT THE ROTOR AND CAUSED A PIN HOLE IN THE TIRE. THE CONSUMER FOUND THE VALVE STEM FOR THE PREVIOUS TIRE, AND THERE WAS THE SAME PROBLEM. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A WEIGH STATION AND FOUND THE FRONT END LOAD COULD WITHSTAND 14,600 POUNDS, AND THE FRONT END ACTUALLY WEIGHED 15,880 POUNDS WITH HIM IN IT. MONACO WAS CONTACTED AND THEY SENT HIM NEW RIMS, AND THEY CLEARED THE VALVE STEM. THESE RIMS WOULD NOT CARRY THE WEIGHT THAT THE OLD RIMS CARRIED. THE NEW RIMS WERE DESIGNED TO CARRY 15,300 POUNDS TOGETHER. THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MONACO, SPEAKING WITH JIM HUMPHREYS AT 877-466-6226.*AK THE ORIGINAL TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR AND IT EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. THE REPLACEMENT TIRE WAS A MICHELIN WHICH BLEWOUT AFTER ONLY 30 MILES. THE VALVE STEM RUBBED ON THE BRAKE ROTOR CAUSING A PIN HOLE WHICH RESULTED ON LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE, OVERHEATING AND BLOWOUT. THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL VALVE STEM. (GOODYEAR G391E, MICHELIN X2AZ LRH). *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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