2004 Starcraft 21SSO 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 2004 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 & wheels2100.0%
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.
From owner reports, verbatim
IN 2005 HAD CARLISLE ST225/R75 15, RADIAL TRAIL LOAD RANGE D ON A 9600 POUND (LOADED) BUMPER PULL, TRAVEL TRAILER. BLEW 2 TIRES WITH $1000 DAMAGE TO TRAILER. SHORT TIME LATER, A THIRD TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION. SOLUTION: SWITCHED TO 10 PLY, LOAD RANGE E IN MARCH OF 2006, RESULTS 2 TIRES WITH TREAD SEPARATION AT ABOUT 6000 MILES, A 3RD TIRE WITH TREAD SEPARATION AT 6400 MILES, AND THE NEW REPLACEMENT SPARE WITH TREAD SEPARATION AT ABOUT 400 MILES. 4 OUT OF 6 WITHIN 6800 MILES, 6 MONTHS. THE TRAILER MAKE IS A SKYLINE, LAYTON RAMPAGE, 26' TRAVEL TRAILER. THIS MAKE AND MODEL IS NOT AN OPTION ON THE PULL DOWN MENUS. DISREGARD REFERENCES TO STARCRAFT. *NM
I PURCHASED MY TRAILER IN OCTOBER OF '05 AS A NEW TRAILER WITH NEW CARLISLE SURE TRAIL TIRES SIZE ST175/80-13. I WAS MADE AWARE THAT THESE PARTICULAR TIRES WERE PRONE TO TREAD FAILURE AND BLOWOUT SO I ALWAYS CHECK THE PRESSURE BEFORE EVERY TRIP. ON THE WAY HOME FROM A CAMPING TRIP I STOPPED AT A REST AREA AND CHECKED THE TIRES AGAIN. I FELT EACH ONE FOR HEAT AND ANY ABNORMALITIES IN THE TREAD. ALL 4 LOOKED GOOD AND WERE ONLY WARM TO THE TOUCH. IT WAS 85 DEGREES OUTSIDE. 25 MILES LATER ONE BLEW, THROWING RUBBER ALL OVER WHICH CAUSED A MALFUNCTION IN THE TRAILER BRAKE SYSTEM. I WAS TRAVELING RIGHT AT 60 MPH AND THE TRAILERS WEIGHT WAS 20% UNDER THE WEIGHT RATINGS POSTED ON THE SIDEWALLS. I AM THE ONLY OWNER, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN UNDER INFLATED AND NEVER OVER LOADED AND THEY HAVE LESS THAN 5000 MILES ON THEM. THE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. *JB
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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