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2021 Thor Motor Coach Magnitude 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 Sep 23, 2025
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 Dec 18, 2020

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Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2021 Thor Motor Coach Magnitude. 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 & structureElectrical
Filed Sep 23, 2025

Rear house battery tray weld failed, tray fell and hit the ground, damaging BIM, various cables etc. Identical to Recall 19V-566 (2019–2020) but not included for 2021.

Safety concern: Batteries may detach on roadway, cause shorts/fire, or total power loss.

NHTSA ID
11689266
Incident
Aug 15, 2025
Electrical
Filed Jun 15, 2023

A wiring harness was found pinched, pins bent and broken, apparently in the process of mating the motorhome body to the cassis cab. This cable has power in it and could result in a vehicle fire. Thor has been completely unresponsive in assisting me, despite acknowledging it’s out of warranty, and I simply needed verification of their integration to the chassis, to reassure the after market warranty that this wasn’t something “tampered with”. As a retired fire fighter, I have seen the result of RV fires. They burn fast, and people die. I felt I had no option but to refer this after their intransigent and dismissive attitude. I can supply additional documentation when I retrieve the vehicle from the shop.

NHTSA ID
11527258
Incident
Jun 12, 2023
Powertrain (other)
Filed Dec 18, 2020

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2021 THOR MAGNITUDE BB35 BUILT ON A 2020 FORD F-550 CHASSIS N/A. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STATIONARY AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, WHILE THE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE RV MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE RV BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. WHILE SHIFTING TO PARK, THE RV CONTINUED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT STATED HE USED THE PARKING BRAKES TO KEEP THE RV FROM MOVING. THE RV WAS TAKEN TO WAY SCARFF FORD COMMERCIAL TRUCKS (119 7TH ST NE, AUBURN, WA 98002: (888) 394-6998) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NEEDING THE DRIVE SHAFT TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,671.

NHTSA ID
11384080
Incident
Dec 12, 2020
Mileage
6,671 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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