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2005 Safari Coach Simba 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 2, 2007
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 Jun 23, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2005 Safari Coach Simba. 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 2, 2007

2005 SAFARI SIMBA MOTOR HOME WITH BRAKE PROBLEMS. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER STATED THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE BRAKING WAS NORMAL. ANOTHER MECHANIC STATED THE BRAKES WERE NOT RIGHT FOR THAT WEIGHT CLASS. *KB THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE P-30 CHASSIS HAD BEEN DISCONTINUED. *JB

NHTSA ID
10208316
Incident
Nov 1, 2007
Body & structureElectricalEngine+7 more
Filed Jun 23, 2005
1 injury reported

THE CONSUMER HAD POWER STEERING AND EXHAUST PROBLEMS ON HIS 2005 SAFARI SIMBA. *JB EXHAUST FUMES GENERATED THROUGH THE COACH AND OFF SET THE ALARM (TWICE), THE POWER STEERING WOULD SCREAM WHEN TURNS WERE MADE, THE LEVELING SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE, THE CONSUMER LOCKED HERSELF IN THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE DEAD BOLT ALIGNMENT, THE HEATER BOARD WAS INOPERATIVE, THE THERMOSTAT WAS FOUND BAD, THE DRAWER UNDER THE REAR BENCH KEPT SLIDING OUT AND DAMAGED THE INTERIOR, THE POWER STEERING UNIT WAS LOOSING 1/2 QT. OF OIL EVERY WEEK, THE SHELVES IN THE DOOR FELL OUT EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED, THE CABINET INSERTS WERE LOOSE AND ONE HAD FALLEN OUT, THE SHOWER LINE(S) CRACKED, THE GENERATOR WAS LOOSING OIL, THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT, THE FUEL GAUGE WAS INOPERATIVE, THE FOG AND HEADLIGHTS WERE ON AT THE SAME TIME, THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER HAD COME OFF IN THE CONSUMERS HANDS, THE FRONT DASH OUTLETS HAD NO POWER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WOULD NOT SHUT OF UNTIL THE FUSE WAS TAKEN OUT, THE PASSENGER SIDE TRIM HAD FALLEN OFF, THE INTERIOR MONITOR SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING, THERE WAS A CONSTANT STATIC IN THE TELEVISION(S) WITH NO OTHER APPLIANCES BEING USED, THE HANDLE ON THE SHOWER DOOR FELL OFF, AND THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WAS OFF. *SC THE CONSUMER BROKE 2 RIBS WHEN SHE TRIED TO PULL THE FUSE TO STOP THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS.

NHTSA ID
10127920
Incident
Jun 23, 2005

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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