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2004 Northwood Arctic Fox 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 Feb 15, 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 Oct 22, 2007

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2004 Northwood Arctic Fox. 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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Tires & wheels
Filed Feb 15, 2011

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ARCTIC FOX 29V TRAILER EQUIPPED WITH SUTONG, HI RUN HIGHWAY TRAILER TUBELESS TIRES, SIZE P235-85R-16/14. THE TIRES WERE REPLACEMENT, PURCHASED IN AUGUST 13, 2008. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH THE LEFT REAR TIRE ON THE TRAILER BLEW UP AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WHEEL WELL AND THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER. HE WENT BACK TO THE TIRE COMPANY AND WAS ADVISED TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE MANUFACTURER WHO RESPONDED AND ADVISED HIM THAT HIS TIRE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THE TIRES WERE ONLY TWO YEARS AND ONE MONTH OLD. THE TIRE COMPANY STATED THAT THERE WAS 67% OF TREAD LEFT ON THE TIRE. HE REPLACED THE TIRE AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE TIRE WAS 6,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE FOR THE TRAILER WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 04/14/11*LJ UPDATED 12/28/2011 *LN

NHTSA ID
10382767
Incident
Sep 24, 2010
Other / unspecified
Filed Oct 22, 2007

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 ARCTIC FOX TRAILER (NA). THE VEHICLE IS LOSING AIR THROUGH THE WHEELS DUE TO A FAILED WELD. HE CALLED THE DISTRIBUTOR. THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT AXLE WHEEL WAS REPLACED TWICE. HE DISCOVERED A RECALL ON THE WHEEL, BUT HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRAILER WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CONTACT FELT THAT HIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, RECALL NUMBER, NUMBER OF CYLINDERS, AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000. UPDATED 11/05/07. *JB

NHTSA ID
10206504
Incident
Jul 1, 2006
Mileage
25,000 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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