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1999 Newmar Kountry 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 May 16, 2011
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 May 16, 2011

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1999 Newmar Kountry 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.

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Driver assistance
Filed May 16, 2011

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 NEWMAR KOUNTRY STAR MOTOR HOME. THE CONTACT STATED HE WAS DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON AND DOWN A HILL WHEN IT LOCKED IN PLACE AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DISENGAGE IT. WHEN HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKES EXCESSIVELY IT CONTINUED TO STAY LOCKED. HE WAS ABLE TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE HE DISABLED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME AND PARKED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,600. UPDATED 08/01/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE WAS ABOUT TO TAKE HIS FIRST STRIP SINCE THE WINTER, AS HE ENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL, THE RV IMMEDIATELY LURCHED FORWARD. APPLYING THE BRAKE AND SWITCHING THE POWER KNOB TO OFF, HAD NO EFFECT. LOOKING DOWN TO THE FLOORBOARD, HE COULDN'T SEE ANY OBSTRUCTIONS ON THE FLOOR, BUT REALIZED THE THROTTLE WAS BEING HELD ABOUT 1/4 OF THE WAY DOWN. THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THE END OF THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE THAT ATTACHED TO THE CRUISE SERVO AND COVERS THE SERVO PULLEY HAD DETACHED, LEAVING THE CABLE FREE TO JUMP THE PULLEY AND TANGLE, NOT ALLOWING THE THROTTLE TO RETURN TO THE IDLE POSITION. UPDATED 08/02/11

NHTSA ID
10400994
Incident
May 14, 2011
Mileage
14,600 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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