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1997 Sportsmen 3003P 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 Apr 22, 2003
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 Oct 2, 2001

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1997 Sportsmen 3003P. 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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Tires & wheels
Filed Apr 22, 2003

I HAVE 5 ELECTRA IRONMAN TRAILER TIRES MADE BY HERCULES TIRES ON MY 35FT RV. I HAVE SUFFERED 3 CATASTROPHIC BLOWOUTS - ONE ON EACH OF THE LONG TRIPS I HAVE TAKEN. EACH FAILURE HAS OCCURRED IN THE SAME MANNER - THE SOUND OF A CANNON FOLLOWED BY INSTANT FLAT. THE RESULT BEING A 8 INCH HOLE BLOWN CLEAN THROUGH THE STEEL BELTS AND TREAD OF THE TIRE. I CALLED HERCULES TIRES TODAY, AND THEY REFERRED ME TO THEIR CANADIAN DIVISION, THE FORMER MAKE OF THEIR TIRES. THEY REFUSED TO COVER ANY PORTION OF THE THREE FAILURES I'VE HAD TO DATE, AND THE TWO REMAINING TIRES, ONE OF WHICH LOOKS LIKE THE TREAD IS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE. I ALSO,STILL HAVE THE CARCASS FROM THE THIRD BLOWOUT FOR INSPECTION. THEY COMMENT WAS - THE WARRANTY PERIOD HAS EXPIRED, WITH NO CONCERN FOR SAFETY, THE POTENTIAL OF A DEFECT IN THE TIRES OR ANYTHING ELSE. AS I AM SURE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE STILL UTILIZING THESE TIRES, I CRINGE AT THE THOUGHT OF A LOADED RV, PULLED BY AN UNDERRATED VEHICLE, HAVING THESE TYPES OF UNCONTROLLED BLOWOUTS. I HAVE HAD THREE SUCH OCCURRENCES - MAY OF 2001, MARCH OF 2002, AND DECEMBER OF 2002. *NLM

NHTSA ID
10016349
Incident
Dec 14, 2002
Other / unspecifiedSuspensionTires & wheels
Filed Oct 2, 2001

FRONT RIGHT CORNER WHERE MANUFACTURER'S ID STICKER STICKER LOCATED SHOWED GROSS WEIGHT 7000LBS ON CAMPER. WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH HEARD A NOISE AND STOPPED TO SEE, SWAY BAR HAD BROKEN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED WRONG TIRES ON TRAILER FOR THAT WEIGHT. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER ABOUT STICKER,AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NEW STICKER WAS WRONG FOR GROSS WEIGHT. ALSO, STATED THAT TITLE INDICATED GROSS WEIGHT WAS 10000 LBS.*AK

NHTSA ID
897193
Incident
Jul 24, 2001

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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