2006 Kzrv Sportsmen 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 2006 Kzrv Sportsmen, 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 & wheels3100.0%
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.
From owner reports, verbatim
TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE HANGING ON MY RV AS A SPARE. IT HAD APPROX 100 ROAD MILES ON IT. PURCHASED IN 5/09. DROVE FROM PLACE OF INSTALLATION, (I10 S BOUND ENTRY, EVERGREEN, AL) TO MY HOME (CANTONMENT, FL) AND THEN MOVED IT TO SPARE POSITION (5/09) WHERE IT HAS REMAINED. PURCHASED AS A NEW TIRE AFTER HAVING A BLOWOUT ON THE INTERSTATE. THE STEEL BELTS LOOK ALMOST LIKE A STRAIGHT LINE WAS DRAWN AND THEN CUT. THEY BLEW IN SUCH A PERFECT LINE., NOT RAGGED AS A NORMAL BLOWOUT. I MOVED IT TO SPARE AS THE MANUFACTURE OF THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE RV REPLACED THE ORIGINAL TIRES AND THEY WERE DIFF BRAND AND LOAD RANGE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 K-Z SPORTSMEN TRAILER WITH GOODYEAR MARATHON ST TIRES, SIZE 205 75/R14, DOT NUMBER: 0HKCVLHR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TREAD ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE SWELLED WITH AIR AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO BECOME FLAT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE TIRE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SELLER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH THE TREAD DEPTH AND THE TIRE WAS NOT LOSING AIR. THE CONTACT REBUTTED THE DIAGNOSIS AND INSISTED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WOULD NOT HOLD AIR OR WAS LOSING AIR RAPIDLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. KMJ
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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