2018 Keystone Montana High Country 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 2018 Keystone Montana High Country, 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
- Other / unspecified150.0%
- Suspension150.0%
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
Other / unspecified
Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.
From owner reports, verbatim
MY 2018, KEYSTONE MONTANA HIGH COUNTRY 385BR HAD LESS THAN 3000 MILES WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD SEPARATION EXPOSING THE STEEL BELT. THE TIRES WERE RAINER TIRES F RATED FOR A UNIT WITH A GVWR OF 16K LBS. I ONLY CARRY 800 POUNDS OF CARGO IN THE UNIT. I REPLACED THE TIRES WITH G RATED TIRES, AND HAD THE ALIGNMENT CHECKED. I DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT AXLE HANGERS INSTALLED BY LIPPERT WERE OUT OF ALIGNMENT ALONG WITH THE FRONT AXLE MADE BY DEXTER TOED IN. THE REAR AXLE ALSO TRACKS TO THE RIGHT. AT THIS POINT LIPPERT HAS REPLACED THE AXLE HANGERS, AND WE ARE WAITING ON A NEW FRONT AXLE. HOWEVER, I NOTICE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF KEYSTONE OWNERS SUFFERING PREMATURE TIRE FAILURES, MOST OF WHICH OCCURRED IN MOTION. 90 PERCENT OF THE ONES I HAVE HEARD OF OCCURRED WITH LOW MILEAGE ON THE UNITS. I BELIEVE IT IS A COMBINATION OF UNDERRATED TIRES, WITH MISALIGNMENT OF AXLES AND HANGERS. THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY QUALITY INSPECTION BY KEYSTONE ON COMPONENT PARTS PRIOR TO ASSEMBLY. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO DISCOVER THE TIRE DEFAULT WHEN WE ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION ON 8/23/19 AS OF THIS DATE THE UNIT HAS BEEN OUT SERVICE WAITING FOR ALL ALIGNMENT REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY.
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
MY 2018, KEYSTONE MONTANA HIGH COUNTRY 385BR HAD LESS THAN 3000 MILES WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD SEPARATION EXPOSING THE STEEL BELT. THE TIRES WERE RAINER TIRES F RATED FOR A UNIT WITH A GVWR OF 16K LBS. I ONLY CARRY 800 POUNDS OF CARGO IN THE UNIT. I REPLACED THE TIRES WITH G RATED TIRES, AND HAD THE ALIGNMENT CHECKED. I DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT AXLE HANGERS INSTALLED BY LIPPERT WERE OUT OF ALIGNMENT ALONG WITH THE FRONT AXLE MADE BY DEXTER TOED IN. THE REAR AXLE ALSO TRACKS TO THE RIGHT. AT THIS POINT LIPPERT HAS REPLACED THE AXLE HANGERS, AND WE ARE WAITING ON A NEW FRONT AXLE. HOWEVER, I NOTICE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF KEYSTONE OWNERS SUFFERING PREMATURE TIRE FAILURES, MOST OF WHICH OCCURRED IN MOTION. 90 PERCENT OF THE ONES I HAVE HEARD OF OCCURRED WITH LOW MILEAGE ON THE UNITS. I BELIEVE IT IS A COMBINATION OF UNDERRATED TIRES, WITH MISALIGNMENT OF AXLES AND HANGERS. THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY QUALITY INSPECTION BY KEYSTONE ON COMPONENT PARTS PRIOR TO ASSEMBLY. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO DISCOVER THE TIRE DEFAULT WHEN WE ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION ON 8/23/19 AS OF THIS DATE THE UNIT HAS BEEN OUT SERVICE WAITING FOR ALL ALIGNMENT REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY.
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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