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2005 Spartan K3 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 10, 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 Sep 10, 2007

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2005 Spartan K3. 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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Filed Sep 10, 2007

VEHICLE: 2005 TRAVEL SUPREME ENVOY MODEL 38DS04 CLASS A MOTOR HOME WITH SPARTAN CHASSIS. DANGEROUSLY DEFECTIVE DRIVELINE DUE TO DEFECTIVE /MISTAKEN REVERSED ASSEMBLY CAUSING SEVERE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING AND POTENTIAL DROP OUT ON ROAD CAUSING UNDUE WEAR TO ALL DRIVELINE COMPONENTS AND DAMAGE DUE TO STRIKING BOLTS IN CHASSIS, AS WELL AS EXTREME DISCOMFORT DURING DRIVING AT LESS THAN NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS. UNIT HAD NUMEROUS OTHER SERIOUS ASSEMBLY DEFECTS. HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES WERE INSTALLED WRONG CAUSING HEADLIGHTS TO FAIL TO ILLUMINATE ROAD SURFACES AT NIGHT AT ANY SAFE OR ACCEPTABLE DISTANCE, NOT ADJUSTABLE. WINDSHIELD WASHERS WERE CLOGGED AT SPRAYER TUBE JOINTS WITH DRIED SEALANT PREVENTING WINDSHIELDS FROM BEING WASHED AND OBSTRUCTING VISIBILITY TO DRIVER. DEALER WOULD NOT FIX WITHOUT MY HANDS-ON HELP ON-SITE TO REPAIR. AIR PRESSURE SYSTEM FOR FRONT BRAKES WAS FAILING INTERMITTENTLY WITH AIR SHUTTING DOWN AND ERRORS AFFECTING BRAKING FUNCTION AND SAFETY, SETTING OFF WARNINGS. EXHAUST WOULD ENTER REAR OF VEHICLE WHICH EMITTED BURNING RUBBER AROMAS WHEN USED. FULL REPORTS INCLUDE ABOUT 14 PAGES WITH MUCH MORE DATA REGARDING SIGNIFICANT AND SERIOUS VEHICLE SAFETY PROBLEMS, CONTACT ME FOR MORE DETAILS. FRONT DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH, AND STEP WOULD NOT RETRACT WHEN IN TRAVEL. *TR

NHTSA ID
10202459
Incident
Oct 1, 2006
Mileage
900 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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