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1999 Sundowner Stock 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 Feb 10, 2009
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 Feb 10, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1999 Sundowner Stock. 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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Body & structure
Filed Feb 10, 2009

POWDER COATING IMPROPERLY APPLIED FOR SUNDOWNER HORSE TRAILERS, 1999 AND FORWARD. VEHICLE INVOLVED: 1999 SUNDOWNER VALULITE 3-HORSE TRAILER. THE TRAILER FRAME HAS EXCESSIVE CORROSION AS THE RESULT OF WATER TRAPPED UNDERNEATH THE POWDER COAT. BY THE TIME THE RUST SHOWS, THE FRAME HAS CORRODED TO A POINT OF NO LONGER BEING STRUCTURALLY SOUND. MEATLLOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FRAME AND POWDER COAT SHOW IMPROPER BONDING AS WELL AS POROUS POWDER COATING, ALLOWING WATER TO REACH THE STEEL SUBSTRATE. IN THIS CASE, THE PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED PRIOR TO DEATH OR INJURY, BEING THE OWNER IS A MATERIALS SCIENTIST. HE WAS ABLE TO RECOGNIZE EXCESSIVE DEGRADATION OF THE FRAME, EVEN IN A WELL MAINTAINED TRAILER PARKED FOR 6 MONTHS. HE HAS TRACKED FRAME THICKNESS (CORROSION RATE) AS WELL AS DOING SEM ANALYSIS OF POWDER COAT AND SPALLING FROM FRAME RAILS. MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATION IS TO SAND BLAST AND REPAINT FRAME. THIS FURTHER COMPROMISES STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AS IT THINS THE WEBBING FURTHER, REDUCING LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY. AT THE SAME TIME, IT DOES NOT ADDRESS ANY DEEPER PITTING OR INTRAGRANULAR CORROSION IF NOT DONE PROPERLY (E.G. PER ASTM STANDARDS). THE MANUFACTURER SUGGEST CONTACTING NHTSA IF THE BUYER FEELS THAT A DEFECT CONSTITUTES A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10258279
Incident
Feb 9, 2009
Mileage
70,000 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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