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2005 Thor California Vortex 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 Jun 27, 2007
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 Jun 27, 2007

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2005 Thor California Vortex. 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 Jun 27, 2007

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 THOR CALIFORNIA VORTEX. THE GREENBALL CORP TRANSMASTER ST235 80R16 TIRES ON THE VEHICLE ARE EXPERIENCING TREAD SEPARATION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THREE OUT OF THE FIVE TIRES HAVE FAILED. THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED AT 3,000 MILES AND THE SUBSEQUENT FAILURES OCCURRED AT 5,000-6,000 MILES. THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS THE FIRST TO FAIL IN JUNE OF 2006, FOLLOWED BY THE DRIVER SIDE REAR AND THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRES. THE CONTACT STILL HAS ONE OF THE DAMAGED TIRES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 6,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000. A VALID VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. NO OTHER VEHICLE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID
10195717
Incident
Jun 12, 2007
Mileage
3,000 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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