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2005 Newmar Mountain 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 Apr 27, 2016
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 18, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2005 Newmar Mountain 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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Steering
Filed Apr 27, 2016

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NEWMAR MOUNTAIN AIRE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NUMBER: 15V829000 (STEERING) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

NHTSA ID
10861708
Incident
Jan 4, 2016
Body & structureVisibility
Filed Sep 14, 2011

2005 NEWMAR MOUNTAIN AIRE MOTORHOME. CONSUMER STATES WHILE CLEANING FRONT WINDOWS HE NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE TOP CORNER WAS OUT OF THE MOLDING. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING TO THE REPAIR SHOP, HE COULD FEEL AIR COMING IN THE FRONT WINDOW. THE MECHANIC FOUND BOTH FRONT WINDSHIELDS HAD COME OUT OF THE SEALS. THE FRAME ON TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD WASN'T PUT TOGETHER WELL. *JB

NHTSA ID
10426050
Incident
Jul 11, 2011
Steering
Filed Jun 8, 2010

2005 NEMAR MOUNTAIN AIRE MOTORHOME. CONSUMER WRITES REGARDING LOOSE STEERING *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE STEERING WHEEL MOVEMENT. THE REPAIRS ONLY LASTED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. *JB

NHTSA ID
10335913
Incident
Jun 8, 2010
Body & structure
Filed Jul 18, 2005

WHEN CHANGING MY OIL IN THE MOTOR HOME , I WAS LOOKING AT THE COMPONETS OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT THE RIGHT SIDE MOTOR MOUNT WAS MISSING ONE BOLT COMPLETELY AND THE OTHER ONE WAS JUST HANGING BY A FEW THREADS. MY FAMILY AND I HAD JUST RETURNED FROM A TRIP TO PENNSLYVANIA , IF THE ENGINE HAD FALLEN WHILE WE WERE ON THE ROAD IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A WRECK. I CONTACTED THE COMPANY (NEWMAR) AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE, THAT WORKHORSE, THE MANUFACTURE OF THE CHASSIS WAS. I CONTACTED WORKHORSE AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM AND THEY DIDN'T SEEM VERY CONCERNED. THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER TO HAVE IT FIXED. I TOLD THEM THAT I HAD ALREADY FIXED IT MYSELF. I ALSO CALLED THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE MOTOR HOME AND TOLD THEM ABOUT IT AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WASN'T THEIR PROBLEM AND THAT THEY WERE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COACH PART OF THE MOTOR HOME. I WAS NOT LOOKING FOR A REMEDY FOR THE PROBLEM, I JUST WANTED THEM TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND TO NOTIFY WHOMEVER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERSIGHT AND HOPEFULLY IT WOULDN'T CAUSE A PROBLEM FOR SOMEONE ELSE. THE PRECEIVED LACK OF CONCERN ON THEIR PART WAS UPSETTING AS IT PUT MY FAMILY AT RISK. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT THIS COMPLAINT AND I HOPE YOU CAN CALL TO THE ATTENTION OF WHICHEVER PARTY IS RESPONSIBLE THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF NOT CHECKING ON THE ASSEMBLY QUALITY CONTROL OF THE CHASSIS ON THESE MOTOR HOMES.

NHTSA ID
10129246
Incident
Jul 7, 2005
Mileage
4,014 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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