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1999 Itasca Sundancer 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 Jun 1, 2005
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 30, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 Itasca Sundancer. 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 1–5 of 5

Tires & wheels
Filed Jun 1, 2005

ENROUTE TO MICHIGAN FROM HOME IN FLORIDA. DRIVING 1999 ITASCA CLASS C 29FT MOTORHOME. 30 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE, KY ON I-65, RIGHT REAR OUTSIDE DUAL TIRE FAILED. TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE STEEL BELT. TIRE IS A FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S, STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THIS IS THE 3RD FIRESTONE TIRE TO FAIL IN THIS MANNER. TIRE WAS REPLACED. OLD TIRE WAS RETAINED BY THE DEALER.

NHTSA ID
10123819
Incident
May 12, 2005
Mileage
36,100 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed Aug 23, 2004

FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRE FAILURE. *AK

NHTSA ID
10088400
Incident
Jul 30, 2004
Mileage
28,000 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed Sep 2, 2003

WHILE DRIVING AT 60MPH AND WITH NO WARNING RIGHT REAR AND LEFT REAR TIRES TREAD SEPARATED, CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOWOUT. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER. FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX, SIZE# 225/75R16, DOT# UNKNOWN. DEALER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID
10038027
Incident
Sep 2, 2003
Interior & seats
Filed May 19, 2000

FRONT SEATS WERE DESIGNED TO CUT OFF CIRCULATION IN LEGS WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. SEATS TILTED TOO FAR DOWNWARD. CONTACTED BOTH MANUFACTURER/DEALER & INFORMED CONSUMER THAT SEATS WERE FINE & NO CHANGES WOULD BE MADE. *AK BOTH CAB SEATS ARE TILTED BACK AT REAR OF SEAT WHICH PUTS FRONT OF SEAT HIGH. *YH

NHTSA ID
862212
Steering
Filed Dec 30, 1999

STEERING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO WANDER FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHICH COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK

NHTSA ID
853658
Incident
Oct 1, 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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