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2012 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 Jun 5, 2012
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 Jun 5, 2012

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2012 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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Body & structure
Filed Jun 5, 2012

2012 ARCTIC FOX 811 CAMPER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO OVERWEIGHT ISSUES AND NEAR ROLL OVER EXPERIENCE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED BEFORE HE TOOK DELIVERY OF THE CAMPER, HE WEIGHED IT EMPTY. THE WEIGHT ON THE BACK AXLES RECORDED 2900 LBS. AFTER THE IT WAS LOADED WITH THE CAMPER, THE REAR AXLE WEIGHT WAS 6900 LBS. A DIFFERENCE OF 4000 LBS, WHICH INCLUDED THE FULL PROPANE TANKS, WITH AN EMPTY WASTER TANK. THE WATER TANK WAS 45 GALLONS. WATER WAS 8.3 LBS PER GALLON OR 373.5 LBS FOR THE 45 GALLON TANK. THE CONSUMER STATED 3293 LBS WAS POST ON THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION STICKER, WHICH MEANT THE CAMPER WAS GROSSLY OVERLOADED AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THE REAR AXLE WAS RATE FOR 6900 LBS. THE TRUCKS 10 PLY TIRES WERE RATED FOR 2271 AND THE GVWR WAS RATED AT 9200, MAX PAYLOAD OF 3840. *JB

NHTSA ID
10460494
Incident
Mar 28, 2012

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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