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1999 Home And Park Roadtrek 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 Sep 6, 2002
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 Jul 1, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 Home And Park Roadtrek. 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

Showing 1–6 of 6

Tires & wheels
Filed Sep 6, 2002

TIRES EXPERIENCED TWO TREAD SEPARATIONS ON THE REAR WHEELS WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE FIRST WAS ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE, THE SECOND WAS ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. BOTH SEPARATIONS WERE ON A 1999, HOME AND PARK ROADTREK, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TIRE SIZE LT 245/75R16. FIRESTONE WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THERE IS BUMPING IN THE REAR AND OBSERVED THE TREAD RAISING UP-REPLACED TIRE. (TIRES WERE FIRESTONE STEEL TEX RADIAL R45 II-LT 245/75R16 E 00 0011 TPC SLC 2012 MS 8016 PSI (MADE IN CANADA 23567 OR BM05326-1) *SCC

NHTSA ID
8018116
Incident
May 8, 2002
Tires & wheels
Filed Mar 27, 2001

THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED A LARGE BULGE ON THE INTERIOR SIDEWALL OF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE, THE FIRESTONE DEALER REPLACED THIS TIRE BUT ONE MONTH LATER THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL TIRES AND REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR TIRES AND DAMAGE SUSTAINED AS A RESULT OF THE BLOWOUT (FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL 245-75-16 R4S II BW E). NLM

NHTSA ID
560559
Incident
Jan 20, 2001
Tires & wheels
Filed Sep 15, 2000

THIS FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S, LT24575R16 WAS ON A MOTORHOME WHEN IT BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING. FIRESTONE HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK THE CUSTOMER STATED THAT ALL 10 TIRES HAD BEEN REPLACED BUT FIRESTONE REFUSED TO REIMBURSE THE CUSTOMER. *YH

NHTSA ID
870594
Suspension
Filed Apr 13, 2000

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH OR HIGHER VEHICLE SWAYS TO RIGHT AND LEFT WHICH MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL. DEALER INCREASED FRONT TIRE PRESSURE, BUT OWNERS HAD TO TAKE MOTOR HOME TO INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE AN ALIGNMENT AND A STEERING CONTROL UNIT INSTALLED. NOW THE VEHICLE DRIVES LIKE IT SHOULD. OWNER BELIEVES THAT THESE ADJUSTMENTS SHOULD BE MADE AFTER THE MOTORHOME IS INSTALLED ON THE CHASSIS. *AK *ML

NHTSA ID
860255
Incident
Apr 3, 2000
Suspension
Filed Sep 16, 1999

WHEN THE VEHICLE EXCEEDS 10 MPHIT SWAYS FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. IT WAS NECESSARY TO REPLACE SHOCKS TO HEAVY DUTY ONES AND INSTALL A SAFETY PLUS ANTI SWAY RAM ON THE STEERING RODS TO RENDER VEHICLE SAFE TO DRIVE. *AK

NHTSA ID
847895
Powertrain (other)
Filed Jul 1, 1999

WHILE DRIVING, HEARD A NOISE. DRIVESHAFT FELL OUT AT 55MPH. VEHICLE WANDERED ALL OVER OVER HIGHWAY. HAD NO STEERING CONTROL. REPORTED INCIDENT TO MANUFACTURER & CONVERSION VAN COMPANY. *AK

NHTSA ID
841542
Incident
Apr 8, 1999

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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