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2005 Safari Coach Cheetah 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 Nov 11, 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 2005 Safari Coach Cheetah, 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

  • Suspension2100.0%

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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reports

From owner reports, verbatim

WE PURCHASED THIS MOTORHOME IN OCTOBER 2005 FROM LAZYDAYS RV CENTER IN SEFFNER, FL AND THE RECALL 05V053000 WAS DONE. ON APRIL 27, 2007 WE TOOK THE COACH TO MONACO COACH CORPORATION FOR SERVICE BECAUSE WE HAD RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE SAME AS ABOVE. ON 04/17/07 MONACO CHECKED FOR RECALL AND SAID IT WAS DONE. ON 08/09/2007 WE WERE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE IN THE STATE OF OR AND THE RV STARTED TO SWAY AND FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO TURN OVER. WE WERE GOING SLOW ENOUGH TO GAIN CONTROL AND STOP THE VEHICLE. ON 08/10/2007 HENDERSON'S LINE UP DIAGNOSIS THE PROBLEM AS BROKEN TRAILING ARM AND INSTALLED THE RECALL KIT. ON 11/11/2013 WE WERE TRAVELING ON ALT 27 TOWARD WILLISTON, FL AT 55 MPH AND THE RV BEGAN TO SWAY AND THE TRAILING ARM BROKE IN HALF. THE PEOPLE BEHIND US SAID THE WHEELS LIFT OF THE GROUND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. WE GAINED CONTROL AND PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD. HAD RV TOWED TO ALLIANCE COACH SERVICE CENTER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED BROKEN TRAILING ARM. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL 05V053000 THAT HAS BEEN FIXED ALREADY 3 TIMES. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE OF THE REPAIR? THIS WILL BE THE 4TH TIME THIS RECALL HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. WE FEEL EVEN WITH THE REPAIR MADE THIS COACH IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. IS SOMETHING ELSE CAUSING THE TRAILING ARM PROBLEM OR IS THIS COACH JUST A LEMON? *TR

NHTSA ID 10551754 · filed Nov 11, 2013

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SAFARI COACH CHEETAH. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE REAR TRAILING ARMS FAILED, WHICH TEMPORARILY DISABLED VEHICLE CONTROL. HE WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE TRAILING ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT AN EXPENSE OF $1500.00. HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL# 05V05300(SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY). UPON CONTACT A REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ACCORDING TO THE RECALL, HE WAS INELIGIBLE FOR AN ADDITIONAL FREE REMEDY. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 42,000. UPDATED 10/29/09 *CN THE TRAILING ARM BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOOSE CONTROL. UPDATED 10/29/09 *JB

NHTSA ID 10286650 · filed Oct 7, 2009

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

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