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2012 Open Range Fifth Wheel 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 Sep 29, 2013
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 Sep 29, 2013

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2012 Open Range Fifth Wheel. 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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Suspension
Filed Sep 29, 2013

I HAD TAKEN MY FIFTH WHEEL TO THE FACTORY IN SHIPSHEWANA,IN AND SPOKE WITH [XXX] THE SERVICE MANAGER ABOUT UPGRADING BY SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR A POSSIBLE TRIP TO ALASKA. HE GAVE ME A NAME AND PHONE NUMBER TO CALL.[XXX]AT DEXTER AXLE THAT SHE WOULD KNOW WHAT COMPONENTS ARE AVAILABLE.WHEN I TALKED TO HER SHE WANTED THE SERIAL NUMBER STAMPED ON THE AXLE.LN131031191.SHE SAYS THAT THESE ARE 6000 POUND RATED AXLES AND THE MAXIMUM IS 11,900 POUNDS AND THAT I AM OVER MAXIMUM NOW,SHE SAID DEXTER DOESN'T DESIGN TRAILERS AND THAT I SHOULD CONTACT THE FACTORY.SHE SAID I SHOULD CARRY AN EXTRA SPRING LEAF.. I HAVE EMAILED AND CALLED THE FACTORY [XXX] BUT NO REPLY. UNIT WAS WEIGHED ON A CAT SCALE AT 12,102 POUNDS STICKER ON TRAILER SAYS GVWR IS 14,185 POUNDS UVW IS 11,165 AM I HEADED FOR A DISASTER?????? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID
10546057
Incident
Sep 12, 2013

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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