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2000 Itasca Horizon 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 10, 2003
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 Dec 4, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2000 Itasca Horizon. 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 Aug 10, 2003

I WAS DRIVING A NEW 36 FOOT ITASCA WITH OE MICHELIN XRV 235/80R22.5 LRG. TIRE HAD LESS THAN 5000 MILES ON IT WHEN RIGHT REAR INSIDE EXPLODED THROUGH THE OUTSIDE FACING SIDEWALL NO HARM RESULTED BUT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. I CHECK MY INFLATION PRESSURE EVERY MORNING. *NLM

NHTSA ID
10031223
Incident
Jun 7, 2000
Mileage
5,000 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed Aug 6, 2003

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH IN A 36 FT MOTORHOME THE LEFT FRONT TIRE SUDDENLY FAILED WITH A LOUD EXPLOSION TYPE BANG AND DECREASED CONTROL OF VEHICLE IN PASSING LANE OF BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY.*AK

NHTSA ID
10030940
Incident
Jul 22, 2003
Engine
Filed Sep 12, 2002

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE MOTORHOME KEPT OVERHAETING. CONSUMER TALKED TO A FREIGHTLINER REPRESENTATIVE WHO TOLD THEM THAT THE RADIATOR WAS IN FACT PLUGGED WITH OIL, DUST, AND DIRT BEHIND IT. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE OIL BREATHER TUBE WAS NOT LONG ENOUGH ENOUGH AND THE COOLAN FAN WOULD PICK UP THE OIL AND THROW IT ONTO THE RADIATOR.*SCC

NHTSA ID
567431
Engine
Filed Aug 20, 2002

BODY MOUNTS RIPPED OFF THE FRAME DUE TO BOLTS LOSENING WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON HIGHWAY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
8016717
Driver assistance
Filed Jan 26, 2001

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SUDDENDLY BROKE FROM THE FLOOR SUPPORT RESULTING IN A SUDDEN AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER, PLASTIC HOLLOW PIN , WHICH SECURES THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR BROKE, OWNER FIXED THE FAILURE BY DRILLING OUT THE PLASTIC PIN AND INSERTING A 1/4 X 3 1/2 INCH BOLT THROUGH THE PIN, PEDAL AND FLOOR SUPPORT. CJ

NHTSA ID
559210
Incident
Jan 16, 2001
Body & structureHeating & air conditioningInterior & seats+3 more
Filed Dec 4, 2000

PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE IN THE WATER HEATER FAILED, THE AIR CONDITIONING AND HEAT THERMOSTAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *SLC

NHTSA ID
558266

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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