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2005 Keystone Outback-Sydney 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 Aug 28, 2008
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 Apr 24, 2006

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2005 Keystone Outback-Sydney. 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

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Electrical
Filed Aug 28, 2008
Fire reported

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KEYSTONE OUTBACK-SYDNEY (TRAVEL TRAILER). WHILE STATIONARY, THE REAR OF THE TRAILER CAUGHT FIRE. APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES LATER, THE ENTIRE TRAILER WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND FILED A REPORT. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS DETERMINED TO BE FROM A POWER SURGE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 09/24/08. *LJ UPDATED 09/30/08.*JB

NHTSA ID
10240076
Incident
Aug 25, 2008
Tires & wheels
Filed Apr 24, 2006

NANCO TIRES- DOT CODE ON KC TCI DATE CODE 4604 I SUFFERED A SUDDEN FAILURE IN AUGUST 2005. NO ACCIDENT AND MINIMAL DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. DURING SPRING INSPECTION THREE ADDITIONAL TIRES MATCHING THESE CODES HAVE BEGUN TO SEPARATE AT THE SIDEWALL. KEYSTONE RV HAS INSTALLED THIS TIRE ON PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF RV'S IN THE COUNTRY AND I HAVE THROUGH EMAIL FOUND A MINIMUM OF 15 ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WITH THE SAME FAILURE. THE RISK OF UNEXPECTED FAILURE AND ACCIDENT IS HIGH FROM THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM SHOULD IT BE WIDESPREAD. NANCO HAS AGREED TO REPLACE MY DAMAGED TIRES. *NM

NHTSA ID
10156023
Incident
Aug 1, 2005

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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