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2007 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 Sep 29, 2011
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 29, 2011

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2007 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.

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Other / unspecified
Filed Sep 29, 2011

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CAREFREE ECLIPSE AWNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE MOTOR FAILED AND THE AWNING DEPLOYED OUTWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CONTACT HAD TO TIE DOWN THE AWNING TO CONTINUE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE MOTOR FOR THE AWNING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE AWNING WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 22,100. UPDATED 11/3/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE ECLIPSE ELECTRIC AWNING MOTOR FAILED, RESULTING IN THE AWNING DROPPING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE AWNING HAD NO SAFETY MECHANISM. UPDATED 12/02/11

NHTSA ID
10427916
Incident
Sep 19, 2011
Mileage
22,505 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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