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2001 National Rv Dolphin 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 May 23, 2013
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 Jul 10, 2003

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2001 National Rv Dolphin. 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 May 23, 2013
1 injury reported

I HAVE AN ELECTRIC ENTRY STEP ON MY RV. FOR THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS THE LINKAGE THAT OPENS AND CLOSES THE STEP HAS BROKEN WHEN I STEPPED OUT OF MY RV. ON MOTHERS DAY I FELL OUT OF THE COACH AND INJURED MY BACK. THE STEP CAME FROM CAMPING WORLD, THE "RETAILER". IT IS DISTRIBUTED BY STROMBERG CARLSON AT 2323 TRAVERSEFIELD DR, PO BOX 266, TRAVERSE CITY, MI. 49685. PHONE 231-947-8600. THE STEP IS MANUFACTURED BY LIPPERT COMPONENTS. CONTACT LIPPERT COMPONENTS LIPPERT COMPONENTS/KINRO CORPORATE OFFICES 574-535-1125 [CALL: 574-535-1125] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID
10513219
Incident
May 11, 2013
Mileage
34,000 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed Dec 31, 2005

INCIDENT 1: MARCH 2005 TRAVELING ON I95 IN MY 2001 NATIONAL TRADEWINDS RV, I EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT OF THE INSIDE RIGHT LEFT TIRE THAT BLEW OUT THE SIDE PANEL OF THE MOTOR COACH. THE TIRE WAS CHANGED. WE CONTINUED HOME. INCIDENT 2: MAY 2005 PURCHASED A NEW SPARE. I NOTICED A BUBBLE ON THE INSIDE LEFT REAR TIRE SIDEWALL. WHILE TRAVELING ON I95 TO THE TIRE SHOP THIS TIRE BLEW OUT. REPLACED TIRE. INCIDENT 3: DECEMBER 2005 WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH DELAWARE, RIGHT REAR INNER TIRE BLEW OUT THE SIDEWALL. ALL THESE TIRES WERE MICHELIN XRV 225/22.5 WITH RECOMMENDED 100PSI. AT A GOODYEAR STORE IN DELAWARE, WE REPLACED ALL 4 REAR TIRES AND THE SPARE WITH GOODYEAR 265/22.5 TIRES. THE REASON FOR THE TIRE SIZE CHANGE WAS THAT NATIONAL TRADEWINDS HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD A TIRE RECALL ON THE FRONT TIRES. THE FRONT TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH TOYO'S 265/22.5. THIS SIZE CHANGE WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED BY THE MANAGER OF THE GOODYEAR STORE. TAKE NOTE THAT THE TIRE INSTALLER NOTICED A BUBBLE ON THE INSIDE TIRE WALL OF THE LEFT OUTER TIRE. HE SAID IT WOULD HAVE FAILED AT ANY MOMENT! AFTER READING THE HISTORIES OF THESE FAILURES, SOMETHING MUST BE DONE BEFORE SOME IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED BECAUSE OF THESE TIRE FAILURES!! *JB

NHTSA ID
10146627
Incident
Mar 20, 2005
Tires & wheels
Filed Jul 10, 2003

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE TIRES FAILED TO GRIP WHILE DRIVING ON WET SURFACES. *AK *TS THE TIRES FAILED TO GRIP THE ROAD AT NORMAL SPEED AND BRAKING, THE RV SKIDDED WHEN THE CONSUMER TRIED TO BRAKE WHEN HE APPROACHED A TRAFFIC LIGHT *JB

NHTSA ID
10022194
Incident
May 28, 2003
Mileage
29,500 mi

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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