2012 Northwood Arctic Fox Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2012 Northwood Arctic Fox, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Body & structure1100.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Body & structure
Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim.
From owner reports, verbatim
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
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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