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2017 Newmar London Aire 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 Jul 24, 2021
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 17, 2017

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2017 Newmar London Aire. 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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ElectricalExterior lighting
Filed Jul 24, 2021

Please see attached NH_PDM.pdf

NHTSA ID
11426283
Incident
Jul 15, 2021
BrakesElectricalPowertrain (other)
Filed Jun 24, 2021

Please see attached pdf file; TCM_Desc

NHTSA ID
11422232
Incident
Jun 11, 2021
Suspension
Filed Oct 27, 2020

PASSIVE STEER TAG AXLE UPPER RIGHT HAND FASTENER FAILURE. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED NHTSA

NHTSA ID
11366762
Incident
May 28, 2020
Mileage
52,000 mi
ElectricalExterior lighting
Filed Aug 13, 2020

IN EARLY 2017 I NOTICED PROBLEMS WITH THE TAIL LIGHTS FAILING. THE SAFETY RECALL 18V582 WAS APPLIED IN 2019. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. ATTACHED DOCUMENTS PROVIDES THE DETAILS. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED BUT, WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE HOW TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAILURE HAS PERSISTED FOR OVER 4 YEARS.

NHTSA ID
11349065
Incident
Oct 25, 2017
Mileage
19,000 mi
Filed Jul 17, 2017

THIS MODEL IS BUILT ON A FREIGHTLINER PASSIVE STEER CHASSIS. FREIGHTLINER (FCCC) HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEIR PRODUCTION MOUNTING THE TAG AXLE OFF CENTER WITH POOR ALIGNMENT FOR THE TAG AND/OR STEER AXLES. THIS PROBLEM WAS KNOWN BY FCCC SINCE ITS EARLY PRODUCTION(4/1/2015). A REPORT BY FCCC ENGINEER, ERIC PANCEROFF, WAS PUBLISHED ON NEWMAR CORPS WARRANTY SITE. I HAD WRITTEN A LETTER TO FCCC AND DAIMLER TRUCKING (DTNA), THE PARENT COMPANY FOR FCCC, RAISING CONCERN OVER THE CONTINUED PRODUCTION OF THIS DEFECTIVE CHASSIS. SINCE MY LETTER, FCCC HAS REMOVED THEIR OWN ENGINEER'S REPORT AND IS NOT MAKING ANY EFFORT TO ADVISE THEIR CUSTOMER OF THIS VERY POTENTIALLY SERIOUS DEFECT. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND ARE NOT AWARE. THE POOR ALIGNMENT WILL CAUSE TIRE WEAR AND EVENTUALLY TIRE BLOWOUTS. JUST TODAY, I DISCOVERED THE SIDE WALL ON THE LEFT FRONT OF MY UNIT IS STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM THE TIRE SURFACE. THIS IS AFTER SIX ATTEMPTS ON ALIGNMENT AND 8 TIRES REPLACED SOFAR. ON A 45 FT LONG RV WITH MORE THAN 40,000 POUND WEIGHT, A TIRE FAILURE CAN POTENTIALLY CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS IS A SERIOUS TIME BOMB FOR MANY RV OWNERS WHO UNKNOWINGLY DRIVING THEIR UNITS WITH THIS POTENTIAL DEFECT. THIS FCCC ATTEMPT TO HIDE THE PROBLEM CAN POTENTIALLY CAUSE SERIOUS HARM TO INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO MAY END UP IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT DUE TO NEGLIGENCE ON PART OF FCCC AND DTNA.

NHTSA ID
11005981
Incident
May 8, 2017
Mileage
20,000 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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