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2009 Holiday Rambler Presidential 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 Aug 7, 2014
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 Apr 12, 2012

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2009 Holiday Rambler Presidential. 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 Aug 7, 2014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HOLIDAY RAMBLER PRESIDENTIAL RECREATIONAL TRAILER. THE TRAILER IS EQUIPPED WITH UNIROYAL LIBERATOR LOAD RANGE E (NA) TIRES, SIZE LTP265/75/16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE FAILED AND DAMAGED THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE TRAILER. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE BLOWN OUT TIRE WITH A SPARE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.

NHTSA ID
10619511
Incident
Aug 6, 2014
Other / unspecifiedPowertrain (other)
Filed Oct 16, 2012

LIPPERT AXLE SYSTEM AXLE MODEL NV-173547 AXLE RATING 7000 LBS. CONTRARY TO A LOT OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE, THE LIPPERT SBS WHEEL/BEARINGS ARE NOT NEV-R- LUBE (SIMILAR BUT WITH SOME CRITICAL DIFFERENCES). ALSO THIS IS NOT THE KODIAK DISK BRAKE SYSTEM, IT IS THE DRUM BRAKE SYSTEM (THE ONLY THING KODIAK IS THE DUST CAP). IF YOU HAVE THE LIPPERT SBS (SEALED BEARING SYSTEM) YOU WILL HAVE BEARING FAILURE; THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHEN! THE MAIN PROBLEM IS NOT CHINESE BEARINGS (ALTHOUGH I AM SURE THAT DOESN'T HELP). IT IS A SERIOUSLY FLAWED DESIGN. THE BEARING WASHER DISTORTS TO A CONICAL SHAPE BY THE FORCES GENERATED WHILE RUNNING AND MANEUVERING. YOU CAN KEEP THE TORQUE CHECKED, BUT AFTER ABOUT 7000 MILES 100 SHARP TURNING MANEUVERS, THE BEARING WASHER IS SO DISTORTED INTO A CONICAL SHAPE THAT THE WASHER BOTTOMS OUT ON THE AXLE SHOULDER AND NO LONGER PROVIDES THE BEARING PRE-LOAD THAT IS REQUIRED. I HAVE HAD ONE BEARING FAILURE AND ANOTHER ON THE WAY, I HAVE RETORQUED THESE, BUT THEY NEVER STAY TIGHT, MY FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER WEIGHS ALMOST 13,000 POUNDS, THE WEIGHT IS STRESSING THE LARGE WASHER BEHIND THE AXLE NUT CAUSING THE AXLE NUT TO SPIN LOOSE, THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT EVEN SOMEONE SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED. *TR 11/14/12 *CN UPDATED 11/14/2012 *JS

NHTSA ID
10480773
Incident
Oct 4, 2012
Tires & wheels
Filed Apr 12, 2012

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HOLIDAY RAMBLER PRESIDENTIAL. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A PLAQUE ON THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER THAT STATED THAT A SECURE NUT HAD TO BE REMOVED BEFORE THE SPARE TIRE COULD BE REMOVED FROM ITS MOUNT. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO SECURE NUT OR A LOCATION WHERE ONE COULD BE INSERTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPARE TIRE WAS SECURED ONLY WITH A CABLE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER SINCE THEY HAD GONE OUT OF BUSINESS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE TRAILER DID NOT CONTAIN AN ODOMETER; THEREFORE THERE WAS NO FAILURE MILEAGE.

NHTSA ID
10454946
Incident
Apr 12, 2012

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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