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1998 Sundowner 710 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 Aug 20, 2004
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 Aug 20, 2004

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1998 Sundowner 710. 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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Filed Aug 20, 2004
1 injury reported

HORSE TRAILER DOOR FAILED AND SWUNG CLOSE BANGING INTO THE BACK OF CONSUMER'S HEAD.*MR THE HORSE TRAILER IS EQUIPPED WITH HOLD BACKS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO HOLD THE LOADING DOORS OPEN. THE HOLD BACK FAILED AND THE DOOR SWUNG CLOSED, BANGING INTO THE BACK OF THE CONSUMER'S HEAD. THE DOOR IS STRONG AND HEAVY AND THE DOOR HAS NO PADDING. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED FROM HEAD, NECK AND EAR PROBLEMS. THE CONSUMER ALSO HAS AN INDENTATION IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD WHERE THE DOOR IMPACTED IT. THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THERE ARE NO SAFETY WARNINGS OR ADDED SAFETY FEATURES IN CASE OF HOLD BACK FAILURE.

NHTSA ID
10089353
Incident
Jan 1, 1901

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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