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2002 Thor Sport Utility 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 Nov 3, 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 2002 Thor Sport Utility, 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 & wheels2100.0%

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

I HAVE A 31' EXTREME TOY HAULER TRAILER THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH CARLISLE ST TYPE TIRES FROM THE MANUFACTURER. WITH LESS THAN 1500 MILES, I 3 OF THESE TIRES FAILED. ON THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, A BELT SLIPPED AND THE TIRE DEVELOPED A SIDEWALL BULGE. THE TRAILER MANUFACTURER REPLACED THE TIRE WITH A NEW CARLISLE ST. LESS THAN 300 MILES LATER ANOTHER CARLISLE ST TIRE DEVELOPED A SIDE BULGE AND THEN BLEW THE SIDEWALL. CARLISLE WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRE, BUT GAVE ME CREDIT TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF YET ANOTHER ST TIRE. WELL, 3 DAYS AGO AND ANOTHER 200 MILES, MY THIRD ST TIRE FAILED. THIS TIME IT WAS A TOTAL DISASTER WITH THE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE. IT NOT ONLY BLEW, IT DAMAGED THE TRAILER. I HAVE ASKED CARLISLE TO COMPLETELY REPLACE ALL SIX TIRES, BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY AND OTHERS IF ANOTHER TIRE SHOULD FAIL. THEY FLAT OUT REFUSED, AND TOLD ME THEY WOULD ONLY CREDIT ME AS THE TIRE FAIL. SOUNDS LIKE CARLISLE WOULD RATHER DEAL WITH A LAWSUIT IN THE FUTURE WHEN SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HARMED DUE TO THEIR POOR TIRE QUALITY RATHER THEN REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TIRES NOW. *AK

NHTSA ID 10098229 · filed Nov 3, 2004

THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A TIRE FAILURE. *JB

NHTSA ID 10078838 · filed Oct 27, 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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