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2000 Safari Continental Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 28, 2004
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2000 Safari Continental, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Engine1100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Engine

Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components.

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From owner reports, verbatim

THE EXHAUST PIPE SEPARATED FROM THE FURNACE AND FELL OFF. *NM THE CONSUMER STATED THAT ON DURING THE FIRST TRIP IN THE RV THE MOTOR HOME ALMOST CAUGHT FIRE AS WELL AS A GRASS FIRE DUE TO THE SEPARATION OF THE EXHAUST PIPE SEPARATING FROM THE FURNACE AND FALLING OFF. THE FALLING OFF OF THE PIPE ALLOWED THE EXHAUST FIRE DIRECTLY FROM THE FURNACE TO BLOW BY THE EXHAUST PIPE TO THE GROUND WITH PARTICLES OF THE FIRE STRIKING THE ELBOW OF THE EXHAUST PIPE AND TO THE SUB FLOOR OF THE COACH WHICH IS PAINTED PLYWOOD. IN THE SECOND OCCURANCE THE CONSUMER ATTEMPETED TO TIGHTEN THE BOLTS BUT THEY WERE TIGHT AS THEY COULD BE. THERE WAS NO WAY TO SECURE THE TAIL PIPE TO THE FURNACE. THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE DISTRIBUTER OF THE HURRICANE SYSTEM AND WAS SHOWN SEVERAL HURRICANE FUNACES ON A PALLET THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE CONSUMERS SYSTEM. THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE COPPER SOFTENS AND ALLOWS THE STEEL PIPE TO DETACH.THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THERE SHOULD BE A TOTAL RECALL ON ALL MOTOR HOME HURRICANE SYSTEMS. *TC CONSUMER RECEIVED LETTER FROM INTERNATIONAL INC. THERMAL RESEARCH EXPRESSING WILLINGNESS TO EXAMINE THE EXHAUST PROBLEMS. *TT

NHTSA ID 10095336 · filed Sep 28, 2004

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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