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2002 Starcraft 21SSO 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 Jun 1, 2005
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 2002 Starcraft 21SSO, 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

  • Tires & wheels1100.0%

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

Tires & wheels

Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

I HAVE CARLISLE RADIAL ST175/80R13 TRAILER TIRES ON MY 2002 STARCRAFT TRAVELSTAR TRAILER. OVER THE WEEKEND I HAD A TIRE BLOW OUT. BASICALLY THE TREAD PULLED AWAY FROM THE TIRE. THE SIDE WALL DID NOT GIVE OUT. THIS WAS THE 4TH TIRE I HAD BLOW OUT FROM THE 4 ORIGINAL CARLISLE TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE CAMPER. LAST YEAR 2 TIRES BLEWOUT. THE TRAILER IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. THE TRAILER WAS ONLY 1 YEAR AND 2 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF THE PREVIOUS BLOWOUTS. ALL FOUR TIRES HAD THE TREAD PEEL AWAY. TIRES WERE CHECKED BEFORE EACH TRIP. AIR PRESSURE WAS SET TO 50 PSI COLD TEMP. TRAILER WEIGHT WAS 350 TO 550 LBS BELOW GVWR. THE FIRST TIRE THAT BLEW WAS THE BACK RIGHT TIRE AND THE NEXT 3 HAVE MADE THERE WAY AROUND THE TRAILER IN A COUNTER CLOCKWISE DIRECTION. THIS SEEMS VERY UNUSUAL FOR TIRES TO BLOWOUT LIKE THIS. THE TEMPERATURE AND SPEED BEING TRAVELED WERE ALL DIFFERENT AT THE TIME OF THE BLOWOUTS. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE IS SOME TYPE OF DEFECT WITH THESE TIRES. I HAVE E-MAILED CARLISLE BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM THEM.

NHTSA ID 10123864 · filed Jun 1, 2005

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.

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Data sources

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