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

  • Suspension1100.0%

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

Suspension

Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Sep 29, 2013

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

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