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2012 Newmar Canyon 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 Aug 4, 2015
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 Aug 4, 2015

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2012 Newmar Canyon 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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Body & structure
Filed Aug 4, 2015
1 injury reported

2012 NEWMAR CANYON STAR CLASS A RV MODEL 3920 ONE OF TWO REAR TAILGATE CABLES SEPARATED ALLOWING THE REAR RAMP TO FREE FALL AT THE FORCE PROVIDED BY ITS SEVERAL HUNDRED POUND WEIGHT. THE TAILGATE NEARLY CRUSHED ME, STRIKING MY FACE, KNOCKING ME BACKWARDS ONTO THE GROUND, STRIKING MY LEFT FOOT BREAKING SEVERAL BONES. I ALSO SUFFERED A BLACK EYE. I LATER DETERMINED THAT THE THREADED CABLE BOLT COUPLING DID NOT HAVE ANY THREAD LOCK APPLIED TO THE CONNECTION ALLOWING THE COUPLING TO EVENTUALLY DETACH. UPDATED 09/25/15*LJ

NHTSA ID
10746075
Incident
Jul 20, 2015
Mileage
13,000 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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