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1999 King Of The Road Mini Motor Home 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 Sep 3, 2000
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 1999 King Of The Road Mini Motor Home, 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

  • Body & structure1100.0%

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

Body & structure

Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

FRACTURES WERE FOUND IN I-BEAMS, AFTER ANOTHER IDENTICAL VEHICLE MANUFACTURED ASCENDING VIN 51166, METAL FATIGUED I-BEAMS FAILED CAUSING AXLE TO BREAK FROM FRAME. THIS OCCURRED ON AUGUST 27,2000, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER ON 27 AUGUST. MANUFACTURE FAXED TO DEALER ON 28 AUGUST, 2000, A SERVICE ADVISORY DATED 09-29-99, DETAILING HOW TO PATCH DAMAGE. BOTH VEHICLES WERE ORDERED SIMULTANEOUSLY AND DELIVERED 04-30-99. SINCE TAKING DELIVERY HAVE RECEIVED NO NOTICE OF POTENTIAL PROBLEM, UNTIL THE FAILURE OF THE OTHER UNIT. INSPECTION OF MY UNIT SHOWED CRACKS IN I-BEAM IN IDENTICAL LOCATIONS AS THE DAMAGED UNIT. I HAVE MADE PHOTOS OF FAILED/DAMAGED UNIT AS WELL AS MY UNIT IN PRESENT CONDITION. ALSO HAVE COPY OF SERVICE ADVISORY FROM MANUFACTURE THAT WAS FAXED TO DEALER ON 08-28-00. HAVE DISCOVERED THAT MANUFACTURE HAS SINCE CHANGED THE I-BEAM FROM AND 8 INCH TO 10 I-BEAM ON LATER MODELS. I HAVE E-MAILED COMPLAINT TO MANUFACTURE ON 28 AUGUST 00, DETAILING PROBLEM DISCOVERED. AS OF DATE HAVE RECEIVED NO REPLY , EITHER E-MAIL, LETTER OR PHONE CALL FROM MANUFACTURE.

NHTSA ID 730024 · filed Sep 3, 2000

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.

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