2002 Skyline Nomad Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2002 Skyline Nomad, 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
- Other / unspecified266.7%
- Tires & wheels133.3%
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
Other / unspecified
Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.
From owner reports, verbatim
I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM SKYLINE CORPORATION FOR DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR RECALL. OUR TRAVEL TRAILER HAD ALL 4 ISSUES THAT WAS DESCRIBED. WENT TO DOMETIC WEBSITE AND ENTERED MODEL NUMBER AND SERIAL NUMBER AND CAME BACK THAT MY UNIT IS AFFECTED. TOOK TO RV DEALER THAT WE HAD BOUGHT OUR UNIT FROM AND EXPLAINED THE ISSUE AND THE RECALL NOTICE. THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE RECALL AND HAD US BRING THE UNIT UP TO TAKE A LOOK AT. THEY CALLED BACK WITH NEWS THAT THE REFRIGERATOR IS SHOT AND IT HAD A BAD COOLING UNIT AND LEAKED ALL THE COOLANT OUT. THE COST OF REPAIR WAS $1300 FOR COOLING UNIT OR $1650 FOR A NEW REFRIGERATION. I WAS TOLD THEY HAD CONTACTED DOMETIC AND THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE COOLING UNIT UNDER THE RECALL. THE BOILER TUBE THAT HAS A FATIGUE CRACK IS RECALLED AND THEN LEAKS THE PRESSURIZED COOLANT OUT THUS BEING A FIRE HAZARD. THIS IS THE COOLING UNIT. I HAVE CONTACTED A CERTIFIED TECH WHO WORKS ON AIR AND COOLING WHO ALSO DOES APPLIANCES TO VERIFY THIS. NOW EITHER DOMETIC IS NOT STANDING BEHIND THEIR RECALL OR THIS DEALER WAS TRYING TO PULL A FAST ONE AS THEY WOULD NOT GET FULL SHOP RATE AND PART MARK UP ON THE RECALL REPAIR. WE JUST WANT OUR REFRIGERATOR FIXED. KETELSON RV IN HIAWATHA, IOWA IS DEALER. MIKE IN SERVICE WAS CONTACT. REFRIGERATOR MODEL # RM 2652, SERIAL # 13700739. IT IS A 2002 TRAVEL TRAILER, MODEL NOMAD. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 SKYLINE NOMAD RV. THE VEHICLE HAS A DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR, MODEL RM2652. THE CONTACT NOTICED RESIDUE LEAKING FROM THE REFRIGERATOR AND THE UNIT STOPPED OPERATING WITHOUT WARNING. THE REFRIGERATOR WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE COOLING UNIT AND HEATING ELEMENT FAILED. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS CORROSION IN THE CONTROL BOARD DUE TO AMMONIA. A NEW REFRIGERATOR WAS PURCHASED AND THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08E032000 (EQUIPMENT) AFTER THE REPLACEMENT. DOMETIC WAS NOTIFIED, BUT REFUSED TO PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT AND HONOR THE SERVICE WARRANTY. THE CONTACT WAS DISPLEASED TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL AND NO RESOLUTION. THE PART NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Tires & wheels
Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.
From owner reports, verbatim
TIRES: GOODYEAR MARATHON 225/75/R15E, 2 OUT OF 4 TIRES HAVE SEPARATED WHERE THE SIDEWALL MEETS THE TREAD. TIRES HAVE LESS THAN 8,000 MILES. ALL MILES ARE HIGHWAY. IN THE PROCESS OF DEALING WITH GOODYEAR. *TR
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
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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