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2002 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 Jul 7, 2014
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 Sep 11, 2012

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2002 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.

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Filed Jul 7, 2014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 SAFARI COACH SAHARA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 02V278000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH AND WIRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REMEDY REPAIR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE TWO ABS SENSORS AND FOUR CALIPERS WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER ALL THE REPAIRS THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 9/11/14*CN UPDATED 1/15/15 *JS

NHTSA ID
10608528
Incident
Jul 10, 2004
Brakes
Filed Sep 11, 2012

MY 2002 SAFARI SAHARA HAS ALREADY HAD THE BOSCH FRONT CALIPERS REPLACED IN 2004 OR 2005 BECAUSE OF STICKING AND CAUSING EXCESSIVE HEAT ON THE ROTORS WHICH COULD RESULT IN WHEEL FIRES. WHILE TRYING TO EVACUATE FROM NEW ORLEANS ON 9-3-12, THE FRONT BRAKES EXPERIENCED OVERHEATING AGAIN WHICH MEANT THAT I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE MY MOTORHOME AWAY FROM THE PATH HURRICANE ISAAC. BOTH FRONT ROTORS GOT SO HOT THAT THE ABS SENSORS QUIT WORKING. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED MONACO BECAUSE I WILL MOST LIKELY GET ANOTHER RUN-AROUND LIKE LAST TIME THEY FIXED THE BRAKES. THE 1ST TIME THEY OVERHEATED WAS AFTER ONE OF THEIR AUTHORIZED MECHANICS TOOK BOTH CALIPERS APART AND PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER AGAIN STATING THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM. AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 5 MILES, BOTH FRONT WHEELS OVERHEATED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS RECALLS HAVE ON VEHICLES, BUT AFTER NOT DRIVING MY MOTOR HOME FOR ABOUT 1 YEAR, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE BRAKES OVERHEATING. *TR

NHTSA ID
10475029
Incident
Sep 3, 2012
Mileage
17,800 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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