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2003 Safari Coach Cheetah 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 Apr 26, 2018
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 Oct 1, 2003

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2003 Safari Coach Cheetah. 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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Exterior lighting
Filed Apr 26, 2018

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SAFARI COACH CHEETAH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES WERE STRUCTURALLY UNSOUND AND VISIBILITY WAS POOR FOR THE LOW BEAM, HIGH BEAM, AND DAY TIME RUNNING LAMPS. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO FIND AN AUTHORIZED FACILITY TO PROVIDE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

NHTSA ID
11090236
Incident
Apr 26, 2018
Mileage
40,000 mi
Suspension
Filed May 18, 2010

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SAFARI COACH CHEETAH RV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR SPRINGS WERE CRACKED. HE WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V053000 (SUSPENSION, REAR SPRINGS LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY) AND CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE MOTOR HOME STATED THAT THEY PURCHASED THE COMPANY FROM HOLIDAY RAMBLER (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS SAFARI COACH) AND THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK SINCE THE CRACKED SPRINGS WOULD CAUSE LIMITED VEHICLE CONTROL. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 29,000.

NHTSA ID
10331053
Incident
May 18, 2010
Mileage
29,000 mi
Suspension
Filed Apr 21, 2010

2003 SAFARI SAFARI CHEETAH MOTORHOME. RECALL CONCERNING THE TRAILING ARM*CW THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER WAS PURCHASED BY ANOTHER COMPANY AND NO ONE WANTS TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIRS, LEAVING THE CONSUMER TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, EVEN THOUGH A RECALL WAS ISSUED. *JB

NHTSA ID
10327393
Incident
Jan 1, 1901
Exterior lighting
Filed Oct 1, 2003

THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE HEAD LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON, THEY WERE SO FAR OUT OF ALIGNMENT, HE WAS UNABLE TO SEE WHILE DRIVING. *AK WHEN THE CONSUMER RECEIVED THE MOTORHOME BACK THE HEAD LIGHTS WERE STICKING OUT FROM THE FRONT OF THE COACH AND NOT SECURE. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE HEADLIGHTS BACK AND FORTH, UP AND DOWN NO MORE THAN AN INCH EACH WAY. *JB

NHTSA ID
10038217

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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