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2005 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 Feb 21, 2008
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 11, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2005 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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Brakes
Filed Feb 21, 2008

A FEW DAYS AGO AN AIR LEAK NOISE WAS CALLED TO MY ATTENTION AND ON EXITING THE COACH IT WAS PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT SOMETHING WAS AMISS. I PERFORMED THE PRESCRIBED AIR LEAK TEST AND FOUND THAT WE DID INDEED HAVE A MASSIVE AIR LEAK. MAKING OUR WAY (VERY CAREFULLY!) TO THE FONTANA, CA FTL FACILITY, THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND THAT THE AIR HOSES TO THE TWO REAR AIR BRAKE CHAMBERS HAD BEEN RUBBING TOGETHER AND PRODUCED A HOLE IN ONE HOSE AND VERY NEARLY IN THE OTHER. THIS WAS WITH ONLY 14,000 MILES AND 26 MONTHS ON THE COACH! *TR

NHTSA ID
10218703
Incident
Feb 15, 2008
Mileage
14,130 mi
Brakes
Filed Jul 11, 2005

DT: CONSUMER STATES THAT DUTCHMEN THOR PRODUCES A CAMPER, TAB, AND THEY HAVE AN ALCO BRAKE SYSTEM THAT THEY HAVE MODIFIED. THEY STATE IT HAS NOT BEEN MODIFIED. ACCORDING TO ALCO IN UNITED KINGDOM, THE COMPANY IS SETTING UP THE SYSTEM WRONG ON THE VEHICLE. WHEN HE TRIES TO GET INFORMATION FROM DUTCHMEN THOR THEY SEND HIM THE MANUAL FOR THE GERMAN BRAKE SYSTEM. ON THE TOE SHAFT, THE DAMPENING UNIT, IT IS SUPPOSE TO SLIDE BACK AND HIT AN OVERRUN LEVER THAT IS HOW IT IS BEING SET UP IN THE US. ON THE MANUAL, THERE IS NO CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE TOE SHAFT AND THE OVERRUN LEVER. ON THE UNITS THEY ARE PRODUCING THERE IS 1 5/8 INCH CLEARANCE. THE COMPANY IS NO LONGER CORRESPONDING WITH THE CONSUMER AND THEY ARE NOT OFFERING ANY INFORMATION TO THE DEALERS. THERE IS NO INFORMATION ON HOW MUCH THE CLEARANCE SHOULD BE. THE COMPANY CONTINUES TO REFER HIM TO THE WEBSITE WITH THE GERMAN MANUAL IN IT. CONSUMER NOTICED THE PROBLEM WHEN HE TRIED TO STOP AND THE TRAILER SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF HIS VEHICLE. THE CAMPER TYPE WAS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE DATABASE, IT IS A 2005 DUTCHMEN THOR TAB.NM

NHTSA ID
10128343
Incident
May 2, 2005

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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