2003 National Rv Ragen 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 2003 National Rv Ragen, 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
NOTICED THAT WHILE TOWING THE TRAILER THAT THE FRAME SEEMED TO FLEX AT THE FRONT, PUSHING THE KINGPIN UP INTO THE TRAILER, YOU CAN WATCH THE TRAILER FLEXING UP AND DOWN ON THE KINGPIN WHILE TRAVELING. TO CHECK FOR POTENTIAL CRACKS IN THE FRAME WELDS, WE RIPPED UP THE FLOOR UP FRONT UNDER THE BED, AND REMOVED THE ALUMINUM UNDER THE HANGOVER TO EXPOSE THE FRAME. WE FOUND MANY OF THE SCREWS HOLDING THE ALUMINUM ONTO THE FRAME UNDERNEATH HAD RIPPED THROUGH THE ALUMINUM FROM THE FLEXING, AND SOME OF THE ALUMINUM STARTED SEPARATING AT THE JOINTS. INSIDE, THERE ARE MARKS ON THE WALL ABOUT TWO INCHES HIGH FROM THE PLYWOOD SCRAPING THE WALL AS THE FRAME FLEXES UP AND DOWN. I KNOW OTHERS WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, AND THINK THE MANUFACTURER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WIDESPREAD DEFECT. *TR
CONSUMER INDICATED THAT ON JUNE/13/2003 MANUFACTURER REPLACED THE DRAW BAR, FRONT HEADER ALUMINUM RACK GUARD, THE DRAW BAR FAILED WHILE DRIVING, DAMAGING THE FRONT HEADER DIAMOND PLATE. ALSO THE INTERIOR, SIX MONTH LATER THE DRAW BAR BROKE AGAIN, THIS TIME DEALERSHIP INDICATED TO THE CONSUMER WE ALREADY FIXED IT. *AK THE CONSUMER USED THE RV APRIL/MAY 2003 AND STARTED NOTICING IT WAS BOUNCING MORE THAN IT SHOULD. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE RV HAD BEEN PUSHED UP INTO THE FLOOR OF THE INSIDE. THE MECHANIC TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE FRAME THAT COULD NEVER BE FIXED. THE VEHICLE TRAILOR HITCH WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. THE FRAME UNDER THE TRAILER APPEARED TO BE PUSHING FRONT WALL AND FLOOR LOOSE. THE CONSUMER HAS FILED A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO PROVIDE THE CONSUMER'S WITH A REPLACE MENT RV BECAUSE THE REPAIRS MADE TO THE CHASSIS WERE NOT MADE BY A NATIONAL RV DEALER, THEREFORE THE WORK COULD NOT BE GAURANTEED. *TC
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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