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1999 National Rv Tradewinds 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 Mar 9, 2007
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 25, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 National Rv Tradewinds. 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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Other / unspecified
Filed Mar 9, 2007

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK LIGHT FOR HER DOMETIC MODEL # RM7732 SERIAL #84300006 REFRIGERATOR LOCATED IN THE 1999 NATIONAL RV MOTOR HOME TRADE WINDS ILLUMINATED. THERE WAS A YELLOW SUBSTANCE COMING FROM THE COOLING TUBE, WHICH CAUSED IT TO DRIP ON THE BURNER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE SUBSTANCE WAS CLEANED OF THE BURNER WOULD WORK. HOWEVER , ONCE THE SUBSTANCE STARTED TO LEAK AGAIN IT WOULD STOP WORKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE IT INSPECTED. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE BOILER TUBE, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE REFRIGERATOR WITH MODEL # NDR1292 SERIAL # 34100100. APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS LATER SHE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS REFRIGERATOR. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT THIS REFRIGERATOR ALSO HAS A CRACK IN THE BOILER TUBE. THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO REPLACE THE BOILER *AK UPDATED 04/05/07 *JB

NHTSA ID
10184627
Incident
Nov 1, 2003
Filed Jan 22, 2006

THE BRACKET HOLDING THE HYDROLICK JACK CANISTER BROKE. FORTUNATELY WE HAD UNHOOKED THE TOW AND SAW IT HANGING DOWN CLOSE TO THE GROUND BEFORE WE HAD HOOKED UP AGAIN AND HEADED DOWN THE ROAD. NATIONAL RV SAID THEY KNEW OF THE FAULTY BRACKET AND DID REPLACE THE BRACKET BUT NOT BEFORE WE HAD TO DRIVE A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE OUT OF OUR WAY TO HAVE IT FIXED.*JB

NHTSA ID
10148294
Incident
May 5, 2005
Mileage
83,800 mi
ElectricalFuel systemTransmission
Filed Apr 25, 2005

VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THIS CAUSED THE HYDRAULIC TANK TO FALL OFF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALR ON 4 OCCASIONS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE HYDRAULIC HOSES 3 TIMES, THE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION CENTER AND ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION PLUG BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK *BF *NM

NHTSA ID
10111231
Incident
Sep 9, 2004
Mileage
22,000 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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