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2006 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 May 4, 2010
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 28, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2006 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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Suspension
Filed May 4, 2010

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEETAH SAFARI MONACO ROAD MASTER NIVA STAR. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A THUMPING SOUND. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TWO REPAIRS SHOPS AND WAS INFORMED AT THE SECOND SHOP THAT THE CHASSIS WAS CRACKED ON BOTH SIDES. THE CONTACT HAD NOT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING RECALL 05V053000 (REAR SUSPENSION: SPRING LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,500. UPDATED 07/02/10.*LJ UPDATED 10/12/10

NHTSA ID
10328800
Incident
Apr 1, 2010
Mileage
34,000 mi
Suspension
Filed Oct 28, 2008

WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN I26 TO CHARLESTON, SC WHEN THE STEERING SEEMED TO BE PULLING TO THE LEFT. A TRUCK TOWING A CAR SIGNALED FOR ME TO PULL OVER. HE PULLED OVER ALSO AND LET ME KNOW I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD CROOKED. I HAD ONE INCH OF CLEARANCE BETWEEN MY CURB REAR WHEEL AND THE BACK OF THE WHEEL WELL. I HAD A BROKEN TRAILING ARM. IF IT WOULD HAVE COLLAPSED I WOULD HAVE HAD A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT INJURING US AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD. THE PART WAS PARTIALLY BROKEN FOR SOME TIME DUE TO THE RUST ON THE BRAKE.*TR

NHTSA ID
10246965
Incident
Oct 24, 2008
Mileage
24,000 mi

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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