2017 Kzrv Venom 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 2017 Kzrv Venom, 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 & structure2100.0%
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.
From owner reports, verbatim
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 KZRV VENOM FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SLIDE OUTS FAILED TO EXTEND AND OPEN. THE CAMPER WAS TAKEN TO LLOYD'S RV CENTER (7415 TX-62, ORANGE, TX 77632) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRAME WAS FLEXING. THE CAMPER WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CAMPER WAS UNUSABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST.
THE 2017 K-Z VENOM 5TH WHEEL TOY HAULER HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE FRAME BEING WEAK AND FLEXING. I KNOW OF 3 OF THESE UNITS AT ONE SMALL DEALERSHIP IN ATHENS, TEXAS (ATHENS RV) THAT A HAVE FLEX IN THE FRAME THAT ACCORDING TO INFORMATION FROM SEVERAL SOURCES INDICATE THAT THERE IS NO FIX. THE FRAME IS MADE BY LIPPERT AND WAS ALLEGED SHORTENED WHEN THEY MADE THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. LIPPERT SENT A TECHNICIAN TO TEXAS TO FIX THE ISSUE, BUT THE DEALERSHIP DISCOVERED AFTER THE TRAILER WAS REASSEMBLE THAT THE FRAME WAS STILL FLEXING AFTER THE "FIX". ONE OF THE UNITS IS SO BAD THAT THE OWNERS HAVE BEEN ASKED NOT TO PICK UP THE UNIT, EVEN THOUGH THEY NEED THE TRAILER, FOR FEAR THAT THE WEAK FRAME COULD LEAD TO A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHILE TOWING. RATHER THAN REPLACE THE UNITS, AS REQUESTED BY THE DEALER, KZ CONTINUES TO SAY THE PROBLEM IS LIPPERT'S. *TT
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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