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2012 Northwood Nash Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 Oct 17, 2012
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2012 Northwood Nash, 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

  • Other / unspecified1100.0%

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

Other / unspecified

Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.

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From owner reports, verbatim

LETTER FROM SENATOR MCCAIN ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED WITH HER 2012 NASH TRAILER (DOT/I#S 2012 251) NOTE: RESPOND DIRECTLY TO CONSTITUENT *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH HIS BRAND NEW 2012 NORTHWOOD NASH TRAILER. HE STATED THE INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD SWAY BARS BEEN USED FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE DISTRIBUTION HITCH. WHEN THE CONSUMERS HUSBAND REACHED HIS RENTED SPACE FOR THE RV, IT WAS SOON DISCOVERED THEY COULD NOT GET IT UNHITCHED. THEY CALLED THE DEALER, WHO WALKED THEM THROUGH ON HOW TO GET IT UNHITCHED WITH THE DISTRIBUTION BARS. THE HITCH WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, BECAUSE IT WAS USED AND PARTS WERE MISSING. THE DEALER STATED EVERYTHING WAS FIXED. DURING A TRIP, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE TRAILER SEEMED TO HAVE SOME SWAY WHEN THEY PASSED BY OTHER LARGE VEHICLES. AS THE CONSUMERS HUSBAND CONTINUED TO DRIVE, HE BEGAN CLIMBING A HILL, AS THEY PASSED A FED EX SEMI TRUCK, THE TRAILER WAS PUSHED FROM THE AIR OF PASSING THE SEMI TRUCK AND STARTED SWAYING OUT OF CONTROL. THE CONSUMER'S HUSBAND ATTEMPTED TO KEEP THE TRAILER ON THE ROAD, BUT IT THREW THEM AROUND, UNTIL IT JACK-KNIFED AND FELL ON ITS SIDE AND SLID FOR A WHILE. IT FLIPPED OVER THE VEHICLE THEY WERE TOWING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND PUSHED THE REAR OF THE TRUCK INTO THE AIR.

NHTSA ID 10481741 · filed Oct 17, 2012

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.

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