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2018 Newmar Bay Star 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 Apr 1, 2019
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 1, 2019

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2018 Newmar Bay Star. 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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Filed Apr 1, 2019

SAFETY ISSUE WITH 3-STEP ELECTRIC STEPS ON 2018 NEWMAR BAY STAR MOTORHOMES; STEPS ARE ONLY INCHES OFF THE GROUND WHEN EXTENDED AND WILL NOT STOP EXTENDING IF THEY COME DOWN ON TOP OF A FOOT, PET OR OTHER OBJECT. CONSUMER STATED THE STEP WHEN OPEN WAS ONLY 2 INCHES OFF THE GROUND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE ATTACHED PHOTO, AND THAT IS WHY THE STEP WAS PARTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT OPENED WHILE WE WERE DRIVING.*DT CONSUMER STATED RV DEALERSHIP THAT RECENTLY WORKED ON THE RV STEP SAID HE NEVER SEEN RV STEPS THAT CAME THAT CLOSE TO THE GROUND, AND COULD SEE WHERE THERE WAS A SAFETY ISSUE. VIN NOT VALID. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*JB

NHTSA ID
11193087
Incident
Mar 15, 2019

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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