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2016 Shasta Airflyte 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 Oct 2, 2017
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 Aug 27, 2015

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2016 Shasta Airflyte. 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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Other / unspecifiedVisibility
Filed Oct 2, 2017

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 SHASTA AIRFLYTE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V553000(VISIBILITY) AND 16V218000 (EQUIPMENT); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. CAMPING WORLD OF ST. LOUIS (2200 E PITMAN AVE, WETZVILLE, MO) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

NHTSA ID
11030809
Incident
Sep 2, 2015
Other / unspecifiedSuspensionTires & wheels
Filed Jun 8, 2016

2016 AIRFLYTE SAT 16. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO LENGTH OF TIME TO REPAIR AXLE REPLACEMENT RECALL AND THE COST TO REPAIR RV TABLE WALL MOUNT PROBLEMS. *SMD ALSO, THE TABLE WALL MOUNT DID NOT PROPERLY SIT AT THE CORRECT LEVEL AND THE MOUNTS WERE OFF LEVEL BETWEEN 1/4 TO 1/2/ THE BED WOULD NOT LAY FLAT. THE CONSUMER STATED SINCE THE BED, DID NOT LAY FLAT, IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND/OR INJURY TO THE PERSON LYING ON THE BED. *JB

NHTSA ID
10873063
Incident
Mar 26, 2016
Body & structureSuspension
Filed May 2, 2016
Crash reported

4/11/16 THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE SHEERED OFF OF THE TRAILER CAUSING A NEAR FATAL WRECK WITH MATERIAL DAMAGE WHILE IN MOTION ON THE I5 FREEWAY IN SANTA ANA PLACING OUR FAMILY IN HARMS WAY ON A BLIND EXIT. THIS OCCURED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING AN AXEL REPLACEMENT ON THE COACH DUE TO A PETITION. THE RECALL WAS NOT COMPLETED WITH QUALITY AND WAS DONE WITH NEGLIGENCE. THE CHP (OFFICER HAMMING FROM SANTA ANA) AND 511 CONFIRMED THAT THE LUG NUTS WERE ABLE TO BE REMOVED/TIGHTENED BY HAND AND THAT THEY WERE NOT TIGHTENED PROPERLY FROM MY DEALER RV SUPERCENTER IN TEMECULA CA (AFTER DRIVING LESS THAN 60 MILES) ON BOTH TIRES. IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THE AXEL RECALL WAS NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY AND USED INCORRECT PARTS INCLUDING THE SHACKLE MAKING MY COACH SIT TOO HIGH AND MADE UNSAFE TO TOW. ADDITIONALLY, WE WERE NOT PROVIDED A NEW MANUAL FOR THE REPLACEMENT AXLE NOR A TOOL TO TIGHTEN THE LUG NUTS. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT BOTH THIS DEALERSHIP INCORRECTLY INSTALLING THE RECALL AXLE FOR OTHER CUSTOMERS AS WELL AS SHASTA NOT PROVIDING THE CORRECT PARTS TO REPLACE THE AXLE. ADDITIONALLY, AFTER THE ACCIDENT WE NOTICED THAT THE COACH IS NOW SEPARATING FROM THE CHASSIS SHOWING LIGHT INSIDE THE COACH NEAR THE DINETTE. WE DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS DUE TO THE ACCIDENT OR DUE TO THE POOR QUALITY OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE SHASTA. WE ARE AWARE OF AN OPEN INVESTIGATION DP 15-008 REGARDING 2015 AND 2016 FOREST RIVER SHASTA AIRFLYTE INCLUDING STRUCTURAL ISSUES AS WE ARE NOW HAVING. I AM AWARE THAT THIS ALSO MAY BE A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE THAT OTHER CONSUMERS ARE HAVING INCLUDING SOMEONE IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT HAS HAD FIXED 3 TIMES WITHOUT RESOLUTION.

NHTSA ID
10862624
Incident
Apr 11, 2016
Mileage
50 mi
Other / unspecifiedSuspension
Filed Aug 27, 2015

AFTER DELIVERY OF OUR NEW "TRAVEL" TRAILER WE NOTICED THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY (TIRES AND RIMS) ARE UNDER RATED FOR THE DATA PLATE ON THE TRAILER. THE AXEL IS ALSO UNDER RATED FOR A UNIT THIS SIZE. WHEEL CLEARANCE IN THE WHEEL WELL IS ALSO MARGINAL. THE TIRES AND RIMS ARE RATED FOR AN AUTOMOBILE NOT A "TRAVEL" TRAILER. DEALER SAID NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT, AND THE MANUFACTURE HAS NO COMMENT. WE ARE HESITANT TO ACTUALLY TRAVEL ON THE HIGHWAYS WITH THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT BECAUSE THERE MAY BE EARLY COMPONENT FAILURE.

NHTSA ID
10759678
Incident
Apr 24, 2015

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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