Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2003 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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CALIPERS ON FRONT AND REAR WHEELS HAVE LOCKED UP AFTER SITTING OVER WINTER. BRAKES OVER HEATED WHEN VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN SHORT DISTANCE IN CITY. WILL NEED SERVICE AT MY LOCATION AS I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A SERVICE CENTER
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NEW BAR COUNTRY COACH. THE VEHICLE HAS A DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR, MODEL NDR1062, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN AUGUST OF 2008 AND A CRACK IN THE BOILER TUBE WAS REPAIRED. IN JANUARY OF 2009, THE REFRIGERATOR FAILED AGAIN. THE CONTACT PURCHASED NEW PARTS FOR THE REAR OF THE UNIT IN ORDER TO REPAIR IT HIMSELF. HE RECEIVED ANOTHER RECALL NOTICE ON JANUARY 27, 2009 AND CALLED DOMETIC REGARDING REIMBURSEMENT. HE WAS INFORMED THAT AFTER APRIL OF 2008, NO REIMBURSEMENT WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR SELF-REPAIRS. UPDATED 3/25/09 *CN UPDATED 03/26/09.*JB
RIGHT FRONT BRAKE CALIPER LOCKED UP ON WAY TO CAMPGROUND ON NARROW ROAD WITH OUT ROOM TO PULL OFF. TAPPED BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES WITH SMALL SUCCESS IN FREEING CALIPER. ABOUT 3 MILES FROM CAMPGROUND WE CONTINUED TO PARK UPON ARRIVAL BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND OIL BLEW OUT OF WHEEL BEARING. CALLED WORKHORSE BUT RECEIVED NO HELP. FINALLY FOUND A MECHANIC TO DO ON SITE WORK COST $828. *TR
TL* - THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL 06E076000 ON DOMETIC REFRIDGERATOR RM 3862. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE CALLED THE TOLL FREE NUMBER PROVIDED BY DOMETIC ,AND THAT HE WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR HIM. THE CONTACT HAD UNPLUGGED THE DOMETIC REFRIDGERATOR BECAUSE IT WAS NOT COOLING, AND IT WAS LEAKING A YELLOW FLUID. THE CONTACT HAS A 2003 KOUNTRY STAR PURCHASED FROM NEW MAR. THE CONTACTS RV WAS PARKED WHEN THE DOMETIC STOPPED COOLING AND BEGAN LEAKING. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED SO FAR THE UNIT IS WORKING OK. UPDATED 03/30/07. *JB
LTR FM JACKIE AND WILLIAM AMBURGEY (WA) CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THEIR DEFECTIVE 2003 NEWMAR KOUNTRY STAR MOTORHOME, INTERIOR STEP COLLAPSED.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE RV HAD A MECHANISM THAT LIFTED THE STEP TO FLOOR LEVEL, WHEN SHE STOOD UP, THE STEP COLLAPSED AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE CONSUMER FELL INTO HOLE AND WAS INJURED. THE STEP HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED WITH INFERIOR GRADE 1/2 INCH PLYWOOD WITH 1/2 INCH SCREWS, WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED WITH MARINE GRADE PLYWOOD AND STEEL ON STEEL HINGES AND LONG RODS INSTEAD OF SCREWS. *JB *NM
THE INTERIOR STEPS COLLAPSED IN THE MOTORHOME. *MR *TT WHILE STANDING THE FLOOR COLLAPSED AND THE CONSUMER FELL INTO THE STAIRWELL. TT *JB
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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