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2008 Monaco Coach Diplomat 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 Feb 28, 2012
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 11, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2008 Monaco Coach Diplomat. 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 Feb 28, 2012

I HAVE A 2008 MONACO DIPLOMAT MOTORHOME WHICH HAS A ITS-50R TRANSFER SWITCH MANUFACTURED BY IOTA ENGINEERING, TUCSON, AZ. TWO RV MANUFACTURES, NAVISTAR AND KEYSTONE, HAVE DONE VOLUNTARY RECALLS UNDER CAMPAIGN NUMBERS 12V060000 AND 11V577000. MY UNIT IS NOT ON THE RECALL BECAUSE NAVISTAR PURCHASED MONACO CORPORATION UNDER CHAPTER 7 AND ASSUMED NO LIABILITY FOR MOTORHOMES BUILD UNDER THE MONACO CORPORATION NAME. THE NHTSA NEEDS TO START AN INVESTIGATION ON THIS TRANSFER SWITCH. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED BY NUMEROUS TRAILER TRAILER, FIFTH WHEEL, AND MOTORHOMES OWNERS THAT THESE UNITS HAVE GOTTEN HOT TO THE POINT OF BURNING WIRES AND CAUSING FIRES. ACCORDING TO SOURCES SOME OF THE INTERNAL PARTS OF SOME UNITS MAY HAVE BEEN MADE FROM INFERIOR MATERIALS WHICH OVER TIME DEGRADE AND INCREASE RISK OF OVER HEAT. *TR

NHTSA ID
10449599
Incident
Jan 2, 2012
Body & structureOther / unspecified
Filed Apr 11, 2010

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES A LARGE PATIO AWNING MANUFACTURED BY CAREFREE OF COLORADO. THE MODEL OF THE AWNING IS THEIR ECLIPSE MODEL. THE ONLY THING THAT HOLDS THE AWNING IN PLACE ON THE RV, AS IT IS GOING DOWN THE ROAD, IS THE MOTOR. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CASES OF MOTOR FAILURE, ESPECIALLY IN THE SHAFT, THAT HAVE LED TO THE PATIO AWNING DEPLOYING WHILE TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY, CREATING A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION TO THE MOTORING PUBLIC, THE MOTORHOME PASSENGERS, AND ESPECIALLY ANY VEHICLE IN THE IMMEDIATELY VICINITY OF THE TRAVELING MOTORHOME, AND THE DRIVER TRIES TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND PULL OFF TO STOP. THESE INCIDENTS ARE ON GOING, AND IT IS UNKNOWN HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN CAUSED, OR WHAT TYPE. OBVIOUSLY IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, WHICH COULD CERTAINLY LEAD TO A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS SITUATION, AND POSSIBLY COMPEL THE MANUFACTURER, CARFREE OF COLORADO TO TAKE SOME STEPS TO REMIDY THE SITUATION, POSSIBLY BY MAKING AVAILABLE SOME T;YPE OT LOCKING DEVICE OTHER THAN JUST A SHAFT, FLATTENED ON ONE OR TWO PLACES TO HOLD THE AWNING IN PLACE AS THE VEHICLE TRAVELS DOWN THE ROAD AT 60 OR 70 MPH, SOMETIMES INTO A WIND BLOWING 50 MPH. [XXX] *TR

NHTSA ID
10324947
Incident
Jul 1, 2009

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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