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2004 National Rv Tropi-Cal 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 Dec 4, 2004
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 Oct 11, 2004

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2004 National Rv Tropi-Cal. 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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Exterior lighting
Filed Dec 4, 2004

HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT ADEQUATE FOR LIGHTING THE ROAD ON UNLIGHTED HYWAYS. RANGE IS LESS THAN 30 FEET. HIGH BEAMS ONLY CREATE GLARE, NO LONG DISTANCE PENETRATION. AIMING HAS NOT HELPED. *AK

NHTSA ID
10102156
Incident
Nov 29, 2004
Mileage
50 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed Oct 11, 2004

BLOW OUT OF MICHELIN XRV TIRE ON NEW MOTOR HOME. TIRE DATA: DOT B6H6 AK3 X 1803 255/80R22.5 10135 MILES ON TIRE TIRE WAS INFLATED TO 98 PSI , MOTOR HOME WAS LIGHTLY LOADED. TWO RUPTURES ON OUTSIDE SIDEWALL OF TIRE , ONE "Z" SHAPED, THE OTHER "L" SHAPED. THE HOLES ARE APPROXIMATELY 70 DEGREES APART ON EITHER SIDE OF THE LABEL MICHELIN. IN BOTH THE Z AND L SHAPED HOLES THE SMALLEST TEARS ARE CIRCUMFERENTIAL (~2" EACH) THE LONGEST PART OF THE HOLES ARE RADIAL (~ 4-5" LONG). BLOWOUT OCCURRED INSTANTANEOUSLY (SOUNDED LIKE GUN SHOT) IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON I-64 IN LOUISVILLE KY. WAS ABLE TO SAFELY STOP VEHICLE ON SHOULDER WITHOUT DAMAGING RIM OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE MOTOR HOME. MY ROAD SERVICE (COACH NET) LOCATED A TIRE COMPANY WHICH 3.5 HOURS AND $412 LATER CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. *NM

NHTSA ID
10093919
Incident
Oct 4, 2004
Mileage
10,135 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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