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1998 Viking Legend 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 Jun 1, 2000
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 1998 Viking Legend, 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

  • Interior & seats1100.0%

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

Interior & seats

Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings.

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From owner reports, verbatim

THIS COMPONENT WAS THE SUBJECT OF RECALL #98V196001, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT VIKING DID NOT HAVE A REPLACEMENT FOR THIS COMPONENT, AND THAT IT WOULD BE REPLACED WITH A LIGHT ASSEMBLY. HOWEVER, IF AT A FUTURE DATE VIKING FOUND A SIMILAR PRODUCT, THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE IT WITH A LIGHT AND FAN COMBINATION. THIS FEATURE WAS ONE THAT SOLD US ON THIS MODEL OF RV, SO WE DECIDED TO WAIT FOR THE REPLACEMENT LIGHT AND FAN COMBINATION. WHILE CAMPING RECENTLY THIS PRODUCT FAILED AS THE RECALL STATES, FAN MOTOR FAILED AND BURNED THE WIRING FOR IT IN OUR CHILDRENS BIRTH END, FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS INJURED, BUT CERTAINLY A WAKE UP CALL TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO RECALLS! AFTER A RECENT CONVERSATION WITH COACHMAN, THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE LIGHT AND FAN COMBINATION, BUT WOULD SUPPLY A FAN ONLY, EVEN THOUGH NEWER MODELS ARE EQUIPPED WITH A LIGHT AND FAN COMBINATION. THEY (LINDA) FURTHER STATED THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO DO THAT, NHTSA ONLY REQUIRED THEM TO COLLECT THE RECALLED LIGHT AND FAN COMBINATIONS, AND THAT IF WE WANTED A LIGHT AND FAN COMBINATION WE COULD PURCHASE IT FROM OUR LOCAL DEALER! IS THIS TRUE? AFTER WORKING FOR A NEW CAR DEALER FOR THE PAST YEARS I FIND THIS VERY HARD TO SWALLOW, KNOWING WE BRING RECALLED VEHICLES TO A HIGHER STANDARD THAN ORIGINALLY BUILT AND SEEK CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN DOING SO. EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE I HAVE REPLACED LIFT BACK LATCHES ON 20 YEAR OLD CARAVANS, THAT MAY POSSIBLY FAIL AND CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS USED INAPPROPRIATELY! I PURCHASED THIS RV WITH A LIGHT AND FAN COMBINATION AN BELEIVE VERY STRONGLY THAT VIKING HAS A MORAL OBLIGATION TO SUPPLY A SUITABLE AND SAFE REPLACEMENT FOR AN OBVIOUS DEFECTIVE COMPONENT. WOULD YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS SITUATION SO THAT I WILL KNOW HOW TO PROCEED FURTHER WITH THIS MATTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

NHTSA ID 723474 · filed Jun 1, 2000

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 .