1997 Carriage 5Th Wheel

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires1
000
Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer1
000
Equipment › Electrical1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
Filed Dec 2, 2009MA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CARRIAGE CAMEO LXI 5TH WHEEL RV(NA). MODEL# 34CK3 SERIAL# 16F62E3R251AO6575. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRAME IS RUSTED UNDER THE BOTTOM THAT SUPPORTS THE STRUCTURE OF THE TRAILER. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED BY A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE WARRANTY DEPARTMENT THAT THEY DO NOT WARRANT RUST ON TRAILERS. THE CONTACT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE REPAIR COSTS.

Equipment › Electrical
Filed Feb 9, 2006NC

DT*: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CARRIAGE CAMEO MODEL # F34CK3 TRAILER. THE CONVERSION KIT THAT SWITCHES THE AC TO DC IS MALFUNCTIONING. THIS RESULTS IN THE LIGHTS DIMMING AND THE BATTERY BEING DRAINED OF WATER. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT ALERTED AND NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK

Tires
Filed Jun 27, 2001AZ

WHILE DRIVING ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE VEHILCE HAS EXPERIENCED 5 SEPARATIONS AND ONE BLOWOUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM AND FENDERS OF THE TRAILER (FIRESTONE 235-85R-16 LOAD RANGE E), CONSUMER HAD DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, THE TRAVEL TRAILER WAS SWERVING. NLM

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
1997 — this page3000Routine
19952000Routine

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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.