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2003 Thor California Tahoe 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 Jul 30, 2006
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 2003 Thor California Tahoe, 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 & wheels375.0%
  • Other / unspecified125.0%

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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reports

From owner reports, verbatim

WE WERE DRIVING TO SPOKANE WASHINGTON FROM PHELAN CALIF. WHEN WE HAD A TIRE TREAD COME OFF PASSENGER FRONT OF DUAL AXLE THORE TRANSPORT 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. RIPPING OFF FENDER SKIRT. I PUT SPARE ON AND 28 MILES LATER PASSENGER REAR TIRE HAD A BLOW OUT. TIRES HAD MAYBE 1500 MILES ON THEM. THIS HAPPENED IN REDDING CALI. I WAS NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY MORE CHANCES, SO I BOUGHT FOUR NEW TIRES. THE MAN AT THE TIRE STORE SAID HE COULD NOT VISIBLY SEE THE CAUSE OF THE BLOW OUT OR THE TREAD COMING OFF. TIRES WERE INFLATED TO PROPER PSI. TRAILER WAS NOT OVER LOADED. NO WATER IN WATER TANKS. TIRES ARE COVERED WHEN NOT IN USE. AVERAGE SPEED WAS 55 MPH. I FEEL THAT THESE TIRES ARE UNSAFE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *JB

NHTSA ID 10163919 · filed Jul 30, 2006

CONTACTED CARLILSE TIRE ON 8/11/04 OPENED CLAIM ON TIRES DELAMINATING. ON 9/5/04 TWO TIRES DID BLOWOUT CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO MY RV. 10/5/04 RECEIVED FIVE NEW TIRES FROM CARLILSE TIRE. I DO NOT WANT THESE TIRES ON MY RV AND I SEEM TO BE STUCK WITH THEM. ITS GOING TO COST OVER ONE THOSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE THESE TIRES WITH ANOTHER BRAND. *AK

NHTSA ID 10102174 · filed Dec 5, 2004

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Other / unspecified

Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

2003 THOR TAHOE TRAVEL TRAILER TONGUE/COUPLER FAILED ON FEBRUARY 14, 2004. THE TRAILER HAD LESS THAN 500 MILES ON IT. IT WAS PURCHASED NEW FROM MARJON RV IN RIVERSIDE IN APRIL 2003. THE TRAILER WAS ATTACHED TO OUR 2000 FORD EXCURSION WITH A WEIGHT DISTRIBUTING HITCH THAT WAS INSTALLED BY MARJON RV. THE ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *JB

NHTSA ID 10063813 · filed Mar 24, 2004

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

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