2002 Holiday Rambler Presidential 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 2002 Holiday Rambler Presidential, 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 & structure2100.0%
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
Body & structure
Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim.
From owner reports, verbatim
UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR. CAUSED ME TO QUESTION A TRAILER SERVICE TECHNICIAN. HE INDICATED THAT THE TRAILER THAT I PURCHASED IN 2008 HAD NEVER HAD THE RECALL PERFORMED --NHTSA 04V483000-------CURRENTLY MONACO CORP HAS FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 REORGANIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL HAS PURCHASED THE ASSETS. AS A SECOND OWNER OF A NON REPAIRED SAFETY RECALL DOES THE MANUFACTURER STILL HAVE TO REPAIR THE DEFECT? DOES THE NEW OWNER OF THE BANKRUPT ASSETS HAVE ANY OBLIGATION TO REPAIR THE DEFECT? REMEMBER THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA INDICATED THAT THE AUTO MANUFACTURERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN BANKRUPTCY WILL STILL HONOR THE WARRANTIES. PLEASE INDICATE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE TO REPAIR THIS DEFECT. *TR
SINCE I BOUGHT THE PRESIDENTIAL 5TH WHEEL IN MAY 2002, I'VE HAD SIX BLOWOUT ON THE SAME TIRE, REAR SIDEWALK SIDE TIRE. THE LATEST WAS ON MARCH 29, 2007 AT 60 MPH ON I-75, WHERE IT ALMOST CAUSE A NEAR ACCIDENT (THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT I HAD A NEAR ACCIDENT DUE TO A BLOWN TIRE) WITH A SUV. MONACO HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM THREE TIMES. 1- ON NOV 16 THRU DEC 17, 2004, AT NORTH TRAILS RV (FT. MYERS, FL), MONACO TECHNICIANS WERE CALLED IN FROM WILDWOOD TO FIX THE RECALL PROBLEM. THE UNIT WAS THERE FOR A MONTH AND MONACO HAD TWO TECH'S COME IN ON A WEEKEND TO FIX THE RECALL. SUPPOSEDLY IT WAS REPAIRED. 2- WHILE ON A TRIP OUT WEST WE HAD APPROXIMATELY FIVE BLOWOUTS TO THE SAME TIRE MAKING THE UNIT UNDRIVABLE AND ON APRIL 14 IT WAS TOWED TO SUNLAND RV(LAS CRUCES, NM), THEIR TECHNICIANS GOT AUTHORIZATION FROM MONACO AND ON 4/17-18 THEY FIXED THE SAME RECALL PROBLEM. ON THE WAY BACK HOME TO FLORIDA WE CONTINUED TO HAVE BLOWOUTS AND IT CAUSED BODY DAMAGE. WE MADE IT HOME AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED AND WROTE A LETTER TO MONACO TO INFORM THEM OF THE CONTINUOUS PROBLEM (TIRE BLOWOUT) THEY SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR US TO BRING IN THE UNIT AGAIN TO THE MAIN LOCATION WILDWOOD. 3- ON AUGUST 30, 2005 AT MONACO SERVICE CENTER (WILDWOOD, FL), THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED FOR THE THE THIRD TIME. THIS IS THE 5TH TIME THAT I HAVE USED MY UNIT SINCE AUGUST 2005 (ALWAYS ON SHORT TRIPS) AND ANOTHER BLOWOUT (3/29/07) HAS OCCURRED SAME LOCATION RIGHT REAR SIDEWALK TIRE. THIS LAST BLOWOUT HAS ALSO MADE THIS UNIT UNDRIVABLE BECAUSE IT SHREDDED THE THE BRAKE LINE & CAUSED OTHER DAMAGE. APPARENTLY THIS UNIT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND AT THIS POINT I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THIS UNIT. THIS UNIT HAS TO BE REPLACED WITH ANOTHER COMPARABLE UNIT. MY QUESTION IS HOW DO WE DEAL WITH RECALL PROBLEM #04V483000. PLEASE ADVISE ME AS TO HOW WE ARE GOING TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. *JB
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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