2007 Keystone Challenger 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 2007 Keystone Challenger, 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
- Tires & wheels266.7%
- Suspension133.3%
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
Tires & wheels
Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.
From owner reports, verbatim
BLEW TIRE ON 5TH WHEEL CAMPER TREAD SEPERATED FROM STEEL BELT ON MISSION TIRE 235-80R 16. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KEYSTONE CHALLENGER 29RKP. THE TIRES 4 OUT OF 5 WOULD NOT HOLD 80 PSI. THE CONTACT PLACED 80 PSI IN THE TIRES AND THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY WOULD HAVE 40 PSI. HE WOULD REPEATEDLY HAVE TO REPLACE THE STEMS DUE TO THE FAILURE. CURRENTLY, FOUR STEMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V286000 (WHEELS) WAS REFERENCED; HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT STATE IF THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE RECALL. WITHIN SIX MONTHS, FOUR OUT OF FIVE WHEELS FAILED TO MAINTAIN 80 PSI. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200. THE TIRE INFORMATION WAS UNAVAILABLE. NO OTHER VEHICLE INFORMATION WAS APPLICABLE. *UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF UPDATED
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Suspension
Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware.
From owner reports, verbatim
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KEYSTONE CHALLENGER 29RLS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE FROM A ROAD TRIP, HE NOTICED THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS SEPARATING. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE TIRE SEPARATING. THE AXLE WAS REPAIRED. A FEW MONTHS LATER ANOTHER TIRE BEGAN TO SEPARATE; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6,000. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED WITH THE TIRES SEPARATING AND BULGING WAS DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RV. UPDATED 08/05/11
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
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