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1997 King Of The Road Royalite 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 Jul 26, 2005
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 1997 King Of The Road Royalite, 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 & wheels2100.0%

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

Tires & wheels

Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.

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reports

From owner reports, verbatim

DT: WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AT 50 MPH THE TREAD ON THE TIRES PEELED OFF. THIS OCCURRED ON RIGHT CURB SIDE OF A 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. THE TIRE TREAD SLAPPED THE FENDER AREA OF THE TRAILER WHICH RESULTED IN $3,000 DAMAGE TO THAT TRAILER. THE TIRE CARCASS REMAINED INFLATED TO 80 PSI EVEN THOUGH THE TREAD SEPARATED. CONSUMER NOTICED THIS IMMEDIATELY , THEREFORE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE OR AN ACCIDENT DID NOT RESULT. TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER, WHO WOULD NOT REPAIR OR REPLACE TIRE, REQUIRING THE CONSUMER TO DEAL WITH FIRESTONE. TIRE AND TREAD WAS SENT TO FIRESTONE, AND THEY REFUSED THE CLAIM BECAUSE THEY FELT THE TIRE WAS UNDER INFLATED. CONSUMER HAD SEVERAL CORRESPONDENCES WITH FIRESTONE, WHO REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE ANY CLAIMS. CONSUMER REPLACED THE TIRES. CONSUMER FEEL THE TIRES WERE NOT SUITABLE FOR THE TRAILER APPLICATION. FIRESTONE, MODEL STEELTEX R4S, LT 265/75R16E. *AK UPDATED 11/02/05. *JB

NHTSA ID 10130125 · filed Jul 26, 2005

1997 ROYALITE 5TH WHEEL RV DRIVER REAR LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH. *MR THE FOLLOWING DAY, ANOTHER TIRE ON THE SAME SIDE HAD BLOWN OUT AS WELL. BOTH TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION. *SC *JB

NHTSA ID 10119312 · filed Apr 28, 2005

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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