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2006 Pilgrim Open Road

Recalls, owner-reported complaints, investigations and safety data

Data refreshed

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 Jun 22, 2015
Safety recallsA safety recall is issued when a manufacturer or NHTSA determines that a vehicle has a safety-related defect or does not comply with a federal motor vehicle safety standard. Recall repairs are free. Whether a specific vehicle is covered depends on its VIN — a recall listed for a model year does not necessarily apply to every vehicle of that year.
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Latest Jul 24, 2008
InvestigationsNHTSA opens an investigation to examine whether a safety defect may exist. An open investigation is not a determination that a defect exists, and many investigations close without a recall. Investigations can, however, lead to one.
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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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Overview

Our database contains 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2006 Pilgrim Open Road, most frequently naming the body & structure, other / unspecified and tires & wheels categories. 1 safety recall has been issued covering this model year.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

What owners report

Complaints grouped by the component NHTSA recorded

  • Body & structure457.1%
  • Other / unspecified228.6%
  • Tires & wheels114.3%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Safety recalls

1 campaign cover this model year

Recalls apply to specific vehicles, not to every vehicle of a model year. Check your VIN with NHTSA or your manufacturer's dealer to confirm whether a recall affects your vehicle.

Check a VIN on NHTSA.gov
08V336000

EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER

Jul 24, 2008
25,500 units potentially affected
The defect: PILGRIM IS RECALLING CERTAIN MY 2004-2007 FIFTH WHEEL AND TRAVEL TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH A TWO-DOOR REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURED BY THE DOMETIC CORPORATION. THE REFRIGERATOR MAY HAVE A DEFECT IN THE BOILER TUBE. PRESSURIZED COOLANT SOLUTION COULD BE RELEASED INTO AN AREA WHERE AN IGNITION SOURCE (GAS FLAME) IS PRESENT.
The risk: RELEASE OF COOLANT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS COULD IGNITE AND RESULT IN A FIRE.
The remedy: PILGRIM WILL BE WORKING WITH DOMETIC TO REPAIR THESE REFRIGERATORS (PLEASE SEE 08E032). DOMETIC WILL REPAIR THESE REFRIGERATORS BY INSTALLING A SECONDARY BURN HOUSING, A THERMAL FUSE, AND A MELT FUSE FREE OF CHARGE. DOMETIC HAS RETAINED STERICYCLE INC. TO MANAGE THIS CAMPAIGN. STERICYCLE WILL ASSIST THE OWNER IN LOCATING DEALERSHIPS OR SERVICE CENTERS AND WILL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH SCHEDULING OF APPOINTMENTS. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DOMETIC/STERICYCLE AT 1-888-446-5157 OR PILGRIM AT 574-825-8686.
PILGRIM INTERNATIONAL INCView on NHTSA.gov

Recent owner complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA, shown in the owner's own words

Body & structure
Filed Jun 22, 2015

PINBOX FAILED WHERE CONNECTED TO MAIN FRAME. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE TRAILER FRONT TO FALL APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES, ALMOST CONTACTING THE TOP OF THE TRUCK BED RAILS. FAILURE WAS NOTICED WHEN WE STOPPED AT AN RV PARK AT THE END OF DAY. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES FAILED AT THE CONNECTION OF THE PINBOX TO THE MAIN FRAME. THE WELDS AT THE POINT OF CONNECTION DID NOT FAIL, RATHER IT WAS THE BASE METAL THAT CRACKED AND ALLOWED THE TRAILER FRONT TO DROP DOWN. EITHER THE STEEL WAS TOO LIGHT FOR THIS APPLICATION OR WAS INFERIOR IN SOME OTHER WAY. I SEE THAT LIPPERT HAS EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE MANY TIMES BEFORE. I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION TO ALERT ME TO THIS PROBLEM WHEN A PROBLEM LIKE THIS THAT HAZARDS HUMAN LIVES EXISTS WHY HASN'T SOMETHING BEEN DONE TO CORRECT IT. AT THE VERY LEAST THEY COULD HAVE WARNED ALL PEOPLE THAT HAVE A LIPPERT FRAME TO BE ON THE WATCH FOR THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. LIPPERT SHOULD HAVE TO CORRECT DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE FOISTED ON A PUBLLIC THAT PUT THEIR TRUST IN THEM. THE MANUFACTURER THAT USED THEIR PRODUCT SHOULD HAVE TO STEP UP AND ACCEPT THEIR SHARE OF THE BLAME ALSO. IS THERE NO SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY OR HONOR IN THESE COMPANIES INVOLVING THEIR PRODUCTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN PRODUCTS THAT FAIL MAY COST SOMEONE THEIR LIFE ?

NHTSA ID
10726598
Incident
Jun 19, 2015
Mileage
5,000 mi
Body & structure
Filed Dec 19, 2011

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PILGRIM OPEN ROAD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, SHE NOTICED THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER DROPPED ONTO THE BED SIDE RAILS OF THE TRUCK AND KING PIN. THE HITCH WENT INTO THE TRAILER. THE METAL HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO FATIGUED. THE RV WAS THEN TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT TRAILER REPAIR SHOP. THE TECHNICIAN INSPECTED THE RV AND NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS FRACTURED. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO STATED THAT THE FRAME WOULD HAVE TO BE RE-WELDED. THE RV WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000. UPDATED 01/13/12*LJ

NHTSA ID
10440447
Incident
Sep 30, 2011
Mileage
5,000 mi
Other / unspecified
Filed May 3, 2011

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PILGRIM INTERNATIONAL OPEN ROAD CAMPER RV WITH THE ORIGINAL DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR, MODEL NUMBER M-332RKS-5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REFRIGERATOR WAS REPAIRED UNDER A MANUFACTURER RECALL IN WHICH A SECONDARY SHIELD WAS INSTALLED AROUND THE BURNER. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT WITH THE REMEDY, GAS COULD STILL LEAK AND CAUSE A FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY DO A SECONDARY RE-ENFORCEMENT, BUT NOT REPAIR THE POSSIBLE LEAK. THE REFRIGERATOR WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

NHTSA ID
10398759
Incident
May 1, 2011
Body & structureOther / unspecified
Filed May 21, 2010

2006 PILGRIM INTERNATIONAL OPEN ROAD 5TH WHEEL PIN BOX WELDING BROKE ON RIGHT SIDE AND AS A RESULT THE METAL AROUND THE WELDING ON THE LEFT SIDE HAS ALSO BROKEN IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS. THE PIN BOX APPEARS TO BE READY TO GO THROUGH THE FLOOR OF THE 5TH WHEEL. HAD WE NOT DISCOVERED THIS PRIOR TO PULLING IT WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY TO NOT ONLY OURSELVES BUT ANYONE ELSE ON THE ROAD. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH LIPPERT RV FRAMES AND YET NO ONE SEEMS TO BE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WE HAVE CONTACT LIPPERT VIA EMAIL AND WILL CONTACT THEM ON MONDAY TO ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AND GET IT CORRECTED. *TR

NHTSA ID
10331662
Incident
May 20, 2010
Body & structure
Filed Aug 25, 2008

R.V.FRAME FAILURE, IPPERRTT MFG. MANUFACTURERS THE MAJORITY OF ALL FAMES FOR TRAILER MFG'S AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE POOR WELDING AND THE FRAMES BREAKING. LIPPERT WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THERE FRAMES BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY ARE BUILDING THEM TO THE MFG. SPECS. MY FRAME BROKE AND LIPPERT SAID THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR IT BECAUSE THE FACTORY THAT BUILT MINE HAS WENT OUT OF BUSINESS AND THEY HAVE NO ONE TO CHARGE IT BACK TO. I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM AS THERE ARE PLENTY ON RV.NET WHICH IS A RV FORUM. THANK YOU GENE SMITH. *TR

NHTSA ID
10239708
Incident
Aug 8, 2008
Mileage
4,800 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed Nov 17, 2006

MY 2006 PILGRIM OPEN ROAD 394RD4S-5 5TH WHEEL TRAILER, PURCHASED IN CALGARY, AB, CANADA, SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC PIN-BOX FAILURE WHILE MY FAMILY AND I WERE ON VACATION IN CALIFORNIA IN JULY OF THIS YEAR. ON ARRIVAL IN SAN DIEGO, WE DISCOVERED THE PIN-BOX HAD GONE FROM A 45 DEGREE ANGLE TO HORIZONTAL AND WAS PUSHED UP INTO THE FRONT CAP OF OUR TRAILER, RESULTING IN THE TRAILER NEARLY SITTING ON THE GUNWHALES OF OUR DODGE RAM 3500 AND THE FLOOR OF THE BEDROOM ABOVE THE HITCH BUCKLED UPWARDS. THE STRUCTURE WAS FIELD-REPAIRED ON-SITE BY LIPPERT COMPONENTS INC., THE FRAME MANUFACTURER, AND THE UNIT MOVED TO LA FOR SHOP REPAIRS. ON RETURN TO CANADA, I DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER INCIDENT OF EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM AT OUR DEALERSHIP AND SEVERAL MORE DISCUSSED ON THE INTERNET ON USER SITES (ONE OF WHICH IS ALSO A 2006 OPEN ROAD). NEITHER PILGRIM INTERNATIONAL NOR LIPPERT COMPONENTS INC. ARE ABLE TO CONFIRM THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM (MATERIAL, DESIGN, WORKSMANSHIP), SO OUR 'REPAIRED' UNIT CONTINUES TO BE A LIABILITY AND WE ARE RELUCTANT TO TAKE IT ON THE ROAD AGAIN. THE PROSPECT OF 8 TONS OF TRAILER COMING LOOSE AND TAKING OUR TRUCK WITH IT INTO EITHER ONCOMING TRAFFIC OR OFF THE ROAD IS A CONCERN, TO PUT IT MILDLY. *NM

NHTSA ID
10173744
Incident
Jul 14, 2006

Compare model years

Complaint and recall counts across every year of this model

Pilgrim Open Road by model year
YearComplaintsRecallsInvestigationsIssue Index
2007010—
2006Viewing610—
2005310—
2004220—
2003210—

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. Older model years have had longer for reports to accumulate.