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2004 Tiffin Allegro Bay 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 Nov 3, 2010
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 Aug 1, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2004 Tiffin Allegro Bay. 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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Brakes
Filed Nov 3, 2010

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TIFFIN ALLEGRO BAY RV. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPAIRED THE VEHICLE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V149000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC SWITCHES, BRAKE WARNING). IN ADDITION TO THE REMEDY REPAIR THE FRONT AND REAR ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE CONTACT WAS DISPLEASED TO KNOW THAT THE ROTORS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000.

NHTSA ID
10363910
Incident
Apr 11, 2009
Mileage
30,000 mi
Brakes
Filed Mar 24, 2009
Fire reported

WE HAD ONE OF THE ABS SENSORS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY THE FIRST YEAR WE OWNED OUR MOTORHOME.. NOW WHEN WE ARE OUT OF WARRANTY(2004 ALLEGRO BAY, 32,000 MILES) WE FIND OUT THAT OUR CALIPERS WERE FROZEN SO THEY WOULDN'T RELEASE, THUS CREATING A HUGE DRAG ON THE MOTORHOME. ONE OF THE CALIPERS ACTUALLY CAUGHT ON FIREON THE RIGHT REAR, ALSO THE AXLE SEAL BLEW WHILE WE WERE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. IT IS A WELL DOCUMENTED FACT THAT WORKHORSE WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. WE HAD TO HAVE ALL OF OUR CALIPERS, PADS AND A COUPLE SENSORS REPLACED AT A COST OF $2442.02. THIS CAUSED OUR TRANSMISSION FLUID TO OVERHEATED, THEREFORE HAD TO BE CHANGED AT A COST OF $199.63. *TR

NHTSA ID
10262992
Incident
Jan 26, 2009
Mileage
32,700 mi
Other / unspecified
Filed Aug 1, 2008

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 TIFFIN ALLEGRO BAY RV. WHILE ON VACATION, THE REFRIGERATOR WOULD NOT KEEP THE FOOD COLD OR FROZEN. AFTER RETURNING HOME, A FRIEND INFORMED THE CONTACT ABOUT THE DOMETIC RECALL. HE INSPECTED HIS REFRIGERATOR AND CONFIRMED THAT THE SERIAL NUMBER MATCHED THOSE THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. DOMETIC ALSO CONFIRMED THAT HIS UNIT WAS AFFECTED; HOWEVER, THEY WILL ONLY INSTALL A HEAT SHIELD AND NOT REPLACE THE UNIT, EVEN AFTER IT RUPTURED AND LEAKED COOLANT FROM THE BURNER HOUSING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,481. UPDATED 09/10/08 *BF UPDATED 09/16/08

NHTSA ID
10236608
Incident
Jun 29, 2008
Mileage
29,000 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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