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2001 Thor Chateau 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 Oct 20, 2004
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 2001 Thor Chateau, 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

  • Airbags133.3%
  • Brakes133.3%
  • Other / unspecified133.3%

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

Airbags

Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

WHEN SEARCHING FOR "LEXUS" UNDER MAKE, YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO SELECT LEXUS....IT IS MISSING FROM YOUR SITE.

NHTSA ID 10096139 · filed Oct 20, 2004

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

Brakes

Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

FAILURE OF TRAILER BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSED BY A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE BRAKE WIRING.*MR THE WIRING WAS ROUTED TIGHT BETWEEN THE TRAILER FRAME AND A PANEL COVERING THE WATER TANK. INSTALLATION ON THE WIRE GRADUALLY WORE THREW AND CAUSED A SHORT CIRCUIT WHICH TOTALLY DISABLED THE TRAILER BRAKES. *PH *JB

NHTSA ID 10043922 · filed Oct 12, 2003

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

DUE TO THE HURRICANE FRANCES CONSUMER HAD TO UNPLUG THE TRAILER, AND WITHOUT ANY REASON THE SAMSUM MODEL MR5491G, SERIAL# 71T9N900143N CAUGHT ON FIRE BY ITSELF. MANUFACTURER'S TELEPHONE NUMBER 1-800 932-3287 WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN THE MANUAL WAS DISCONNECTED. *AK

NHTSA ID 10090347 · filed Sep 3, 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

Data on this page last refreshed .