2001 Itasca Spirit 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 2001 Itasca Spirit, 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
- Heating & air conditioning150.0%
- Tires & wheels150.0%
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
Heating & air conditioning
Reports naming the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system.
From owner reports, verbatim
PASSENGER SEAT OVERHEATED, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO BE SEATED AFTER HALF AN HOUR. DEALER INSPECTED, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM . CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE COST $61,000, AND NO EVEN HAD THE PLEASURE TO BE NEAR HER HUSBAND. SPIRIT, 2003, SEND REGISTRATION COPY. *AK
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Tires & wheels
Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.
From owner reports, verbatim
ON 2001 ITASCE SPIRIT 31T MOTOR HOME ON A FORD 450 CHASSIS I EXPERIENCED A BELT/TREAD FAILURE OF A FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S LT225/75R16 TIRE ON THE INNER DRIVERS SIDE REAR DUAL WHEEL POSITION. THERE WAS A LOUD RUMBLE WHICH I AT FIRST THOUGHT WAS CAUSED BY PAVEMENT ROUGHNESS. I SLOWED DOWN FROM APPROX. 60 MPH AT WHICH TIME THE TREAD LET GO WITH A LOUD NOISE. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AS THE OUTER DUAL TIRE HELD. UPON INSPECTION THE INNER HALF OF THE TREAD HAD LET GO, CAUGHT THE 1/16" METAL PLATE HOLDING THE MUD FLAP WHICH IT BENT UP OVER THE TIRES PREVENTING SECONDARY DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL WELL OF MY MOTOR HOME. I TRIED CONTACTING FIRESTONE AND WAS SENT ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE TO END UP ON A VOICE MAIL AT THE DAYTON ENGINEERING CENTER. I AM REPLACING ALL 7 OF THE TIRES ON MY MOTOR HOME WITH NON FIRESTONE TIRES. THE RISK OF INJURY TO MY MOTOR HOME OR THE POSSIBLE DEATH OF MY WIFE AND I OR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WHO FREQUENTLY USE IT FAR OUTWEIGHTS THE COST OF NEW TIRES. REASEARCHING THE NHTSA WEB SITE I FIND THERE HAVE BEEN 216 COMPLAINTS PRIOR TO MINE AND THAT THERE ARE TWO (2) OPEN ODI'S, DP04-004 AND 005. I AM AT PRESENT CONTACTING LISTONI AND LISTONI OF PASADENA CA WHO PETITIONED FOR THESE ACTIONS AND PLAN TO WRITE LETTERS TO ALL OF THE RV OWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS ASKING THEM TO MAKE THEIR MEMBERS AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL DANGERS OF THE STEELTEX R4S TIRES. I BELIEVE THAT WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN NO DEATHS RESULTING FROM FAILURES OF THESE TIRES THEY SHOULD BE RECALLED AS WERE THE OTHER FIRESTONE TIRES FROM THE SAME ERA. *AK
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
Data on this page last refreshed .