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2013 Winnebago Era 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 Aug 8, 2013
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 8, 2013

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2013 Winnebago Era. 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.

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ElectricalTires & wheels
Filed Aug 8, 2013

THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A "TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM". I RECENTLY PURCHASED A NEW DUAL-WHEELED-AXLE (I.E., 4 WHEELS ON ONE AXLE) RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV) THAT WAS MANUFACTURED IN TWO STAGES BY TWO SEPARATE WELL KNOWN MANUFACTURERS. THE CHASSIS WAS MANUFACTURED BY MERCEDES-BENZ AS A MODEL SPRINTER 3500 HAVING A 11,030 LBS GVWR. THE SECOND MANUFACTURER WAS WINNEBAGO WHO MODIFIED THE CHASSIS TO EQUIP THE UNIT AS THEIR 2013 WINNEBAGO MODEL ERA 170A CLASS B RV. I PURCHASED THE NEW 2013 WINNEBAGO ERA 170A FROM A SELLER OF NEW WINNEBAGO RVS. THE CHASSIS MANUAL AND VEHICLE PLACARD STATES THAT IT IS DESIGNED FOR A GVWR OF 11,030 POUNDS. THE RV, AS OUTFITTED WITH THE FULL WEIGHT OF FLUIDS AND TWO PASSENGERS, HAS A CERTIFIED WEIGHT OF 9,280 POUNDS (3,760 LBS STEERABLE AXLE AND 5,520 LBS REAR AXLE). IF LOADED WITH ANOTHER 720 POUNDS OF CARGO, NOT LIKELY, THE RV WOULD MEET THE 10,000 POUND VALUE IN 49 CFR 571.138; TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS. IT WOULD REQUIRE LOADING THE RV WITH 1,750 POUNDS TO ATTAIN THE GVWR OF 11,030 POUNDS ? EVEN MORE UNLIKELY UNDER MY OWNERSHIP. MUST THIS VEHICLE BE SOLD WITH A ?TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM? TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH 49 CFR 571.138? I AM CONFUSED BY THE S2 EXCEPTION STATEMENT IN, 571.138 STANDARD NO. 138; TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS. S1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE. THIS STANDARD SPECIFIES PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS TO PREVENT SIGNIFICANT UNDER-INFLATION OF TIRES AND THE RESULTING SAFETY PROBLEMS. S2. APPLICATION. THIS STANDARD APPLIES TO PASSENGER CARS, MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLES, TRUCKS, AND BUSES THAT HAVE A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING OF 4,536 KILOGRAMS (10,000 POUNDS) OR LESS, EXCEPT THOSE VEHICLES WITH DUAL WHEELS ON AN AXLE, ACCORDING TO THE PHASE-IN SCHEDULE SPECIFIED IN S7 OF THIS STANDARD. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ANSWER TO MY ABOVE QUESTION. *TR

NHTSA ID
10534363
Incident
Jul 9, 2013
Mileage
1,806 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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