2002 Winnebago Chieftain Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2002 Winnebago Chieftain, 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
- Body & structure1100.0%
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
Body & structure
Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim.
From owner reports, verbatim
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) WE HAVE A 2002 WINNEBAGO CHIEFTAIN MOTOR HOME AND THE BRAKES SUDDENLY STUCK OR LOCKED UP. WE TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND ONE SET OF ROTORS WERE REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL AND WE PAID FOR ANOTHER SET. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE WORK HORSE CHASSIS FOR OUR MOTOR HOME IS TO BE OR HAS BEEN RECALLED AND TO DATE THERE WE HAVE BEEN TOLD NO PARTS ARE YET AVAILABLE TO FIX THE ISSUE. WE WERE TOLD LAST YEAR PEOPLE WERE TOLD TO PARK THEIR MOTOR HOMES UNTIL THE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. FOR SOME THIS HAS BEEN TWO YEARS. WE ARE PLANNING A TRIP CROSS COUNTRY IN OUR MOTOR HOME IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR AND WANT TO KNOW WHEN PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. PLEASE HELP US. [XXX] *TR
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
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .