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2000 Safari Coach Sahara 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 Nov 21, 2006
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 Jul 7, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2000 Safari Coach Sahara. 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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Brakes
Filed Nov 21, 2006

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL ON THEIR 2000 SAFARI SAHARA. MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THE REPAIRS WERE ALREADY MADE. *KB ***NAR*** THE CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL WORK WAS NEVER PERFORMED ON THE RV. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RV DID NOT HAVE ORIGINAL BRAKES ON THE RV WHEN THE RECALL WAS ALLEGEDLY PERFORMED. *JB

NHTSA ID
10174342
Incident
Aug 26, 2003
BrakesElectricalEngine+4 more
Filed Feb 15, 2001

CONSUMER IS HAVING MANY PROBLEMS WITH MOTORHOME AND IS CURRENTLY SEEKING A FULL SETTLEMENT. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATES RANDOMLY, BRAKES ARE UNDERSIZED FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE. ENGINE OVERHEATS, DEALER CAN NOT FIX PROBLEM. REAR HUB CAP FELL OFF. THE LENS FOR THE FRONT DOOR LIGHT FELL OFF. TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT DOWN. MOTORHOME WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING, AN ALIGNMENT WAS DONE AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED, A LATER STATEMENT STATED THAT THERE WAS A SUSPENSION DESIGN PROBLEM. AWNING WON'T GON IN TIGHT, OVERHEAD CUPBOARD PASSENGER SIDE MAGNETS FELL OFF, DRAWER BATH AREA BOTTOM DOES NOT TRACK. 110 VOLT IN BATH ONLY WORKS WHEN MOTORHOME IS PARKED WITH CITY POWER AND WON'T WORK WITH INVERTER, INVERTER GOES TO DEFAULT WHEN ON PLUG IN CITY POWER. *SLC

NHTSA ID
880658
Suspension
Filed Jul 7, 2000

MOTORHOME WILL STEER STRAIGHT. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE HOME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAIL.*AK

NHTSA ID
864988

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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