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1998 Winnebago Brave 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 11, 2002
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 Feb 1, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 Winnebago Brave. 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

Showing 1–4 of 4

Tires & wheels
Filed Sep 11, 2002

WILL FOLLOW UP ON REQUEST FROM DOT FOR PHOTOS OF TIRES NEXT WEEK. CHEVROLET TRUCK DIVISION IS AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE WINNEBAGO 'BRAVE' PACKAGE IS TOO HEAVY FOR THE CHASSIS. MY PRELIMINARY RESULTS INDICATE THAT, WITH THE LIQUIDS CAPACITY @ 50% AND 3 ADULTS, THIS VEHICLE'S MANUFACTURERS AXLE RATING IS EXCEEDED BY 1600 POUNDS ON THE FRONT AXLE AND BY 2000 POUNDS ON THE REAR AXLE. WILL OBTAIN SLIPS FROM CERTIFIED SCALES AND FORWARD TO YOUR OFFICE THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 16.*AK

NHTSA ID
767043
Suspension
Filed Feb 4, 2000

VEHICLE WANDERS ALOT ON THE ROAD ON A DIP OR ON ANY UNEVEN ROAD CONDITIONS. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT DEALER. *AK

NHTSA ID
856299
Other / unspecified
Filed Nov 12, 1999

MAGIC CHIEF OVEN; THE OVEN DOES NOT BURN ALL THE WAY AROUND, AND THE CONTROL VALVES STICK, NOT ALLOWING THE BURNERS TO TURN ON/OFF. THE DEALER REPLACED THE PARTS THREE TIMES. *AK

NHTSA ID
850400
Transmission
Filed Feb 1, 1999

TRANSMISSION FAILED (TWICE). *YC

NHTSA ID
607928
Incident
Aug 2, 1998

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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