2000 Alfa 5Th Wheel

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires › tread/belt. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Tread/Belt1
000
Tires › Sidewall1
000
Tires1
000
Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
Filed Jan 15, 2007AZ

DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR PRESSURIZED COOLANT SOLUTION RELEASED AND REFRIGERATOR STOPPED WORKING. DOMETIC REPLACED REFRIGERATOR AT OUR EXPENSE WITHOUT INFORMING US OF THE RECALL ON THESE UNITS. ONE YEAR LATER THE SAME COOLANT SYSTEM FAILED AGAIN. DOMETIC REPLACED IT AT NO COST BUT FAILED TO INFORM US OF THE RECALL. *NM

Tires › Sidewall
Filed Jun 25, 2003DE

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH THE PAX REAR INSIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT AT THE SIDEWALL, CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. ALSO ANOTHER TIRE HAD BLOW OUT ON 5 WHEEL BUT DID NOT DO ANY DAMAGE SAME TYPE OF TIRE. FIRESTONE MISINFORMED THE CONSUMER ABOUT WHERE TO SEND THE TIRE AND IT ENDED UP IN THE TRASH. THEY DID NOT PAY FOR THE DAMAGES OR THE TIRE. FIRESTONE, STEELTEX R45, LT 245/75R16, DOT # V611B1AN0N498, ORIGINAL TIRES. *AK *CB

Tires
Filed Apr 14, 2003TX

THE RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT, THE OTHER TWO TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION AND THE FOURTH TIRE HAD A LARGE BUBBLE. *JB

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Aug 2, 2002CA

ORIGINAL TIRES ON ALFA GOLD 5TH WHEEL MODEL 30RL. FIRESTONE LT245/75R16 E TIRE (DOT# V611B1A289) LOST ITS TREAD. CONSUMER STATES THE 2ND TIRE LOST IT TREAD AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. ON MAY 2 A THIRD TIRE LOST ITS TREAD CAUSING DAMAGED TO THE TRAILER. TIRE MANUFACTURER HAS DENIED CONSUMER'S REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THEY SAY THE TIRES WERE UNDER INFLATED. *TT

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.