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2004 Thor California Tahoe 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 Jul 13, 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 Jul 13, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2004 Thor California Tahoe. 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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Tires & wheels
Filed Jul 13, 2009

TIRE VALVE STEM FAILURES ON ALL 5 TIRES OF A THOR INDUSTRIES TRAVEL TRAILER. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A REALLY UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID #08T028000 FOR VALVE STEMS IDENTIFIED AS TR 413. MY VALVE STEMS WERE MARKED WITH THIS DESIGNATION, AS WELL AS "ARGO" ON THE VALVE STEM BASE. THE RECALL SEEMS TO COVER PRODUCTION DATES OF NOV 2006 THRU JULY 2007. MY TRAILER WAS PURCHASED NEW IN LATE 2004, AND THE TIRE REPAIR SHOP SAID THE TIRES ON THE WHEELS WERE MADE IN 2003. THIS BEING THE CASE, THERE ARE DEFECTIVE VALVE STEMS OUT ON THE ROAD COVERING DATES FAR EARLIER THAN THE DATES BEING INVESTIGATED. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A SITUATION WHERE ALL 5 VALVE STEMS ON A TRAILER CRACKED TO THE POINT OF FAILURE AFTER ONLY ABOUT 5 YEARS OF FIELD USE. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE IN DISCOVERING THE FAILING VALVE STEMS PRIOR TO LEAVING ON A SUMMER ROAD TRIP. WHEN I FLEXED TWO OF THE VALVES, THEY LITERALLY BLEW INTO A FAILURE. THE OTHERS WERE SEVERELY CRACKED, AND WOULD HAVE ALSO FAILED SOON. IF YOU NEED TO CONTACT ME ON THIS MATTER, MY CELL PHONE IS 503 816 5644. I HAVE PHOTOS OF THE VALVES, AS WELL AS ONE VALVE THAT I KEPT AFTER REPLACEMENT. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO FURTHER ASSESS THE TIME FRAME THAT THESE VALVES ENTERED THE US MARKET. *TR

NHTSA ID
10276588
Incident
Jul 12, 2009

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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