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1997 Itasca Suncruiser Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 Nov 13, 2007
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1997 Itasca Suncruiser, 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%
  • Driver assistance150.0%

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.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING CAUSED BY AN OVERHEATED AIR CONDITIONER. *AK

NHTSA ID 522867 · filed Dec 30, 1997

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Driver assistance

Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

MY CLASS A MOTORHOME WAS RECALLED FOR A DEFECTIVE CRUISE CONTROL. THE FORD DEALERS I CONTACTED TOLD ME IT WOULD TAKE UP TO 5 MONTHS FOR THEM TO RECEIVE THE REPLACEMENT CORRECTIVE PART. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THEY HAVE HAD MONTHS TO MAKE THE PARTS AVAILABLE. NOW I HAVE TO GET ALONG WITHOUT ANY CRUISE CONTROL ON A 34' 17,000 LB. VEHICLE WITH GASOLINE COSTING OVER $3 A GALLON. *TR

NHTSA ID 10208844 · filed Nov 13, 2007

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

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