1999 Coachmen Leprechaun

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires › tread/belt. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Tires › Tread/Belt	2		0	0	0
Tires	2		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly00V273001

Filed Sep 13, 20002,688 vehiclesCoachmen Industries, Inc.

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CLASS A AND C MOTOR HOMES EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY BELT ASSEMBLIES BUILT BY AM-SAFE. ON SOME SEAT BELTS, THE BUCKLE AND CONNECTOR MAY UNLATCH DURING A COLLISION.

Risk. SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH COULD OCCUR IF THE VEHICLE OCCUPANT IS NOT PROPERLY RESTRAINED.

Remedy. AM-SAFE IN NOTIFYING CUSTOMERS THAT THEY WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES FREE OF CHARGE.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Tires

Filed Sep 8, 200417,714 milesFL

1. TRAVELING ON I-77 TO CHARLOTTE, SC . TREAD SEPARATED AT AROUND 11:30 P.M. 3. REPLACED TIRE - MAILED DAMAGED TIRE TO FIRESTONE. *AK

Tires › Tread/Belt

Filed Sep 8, 200418,328 milesFL

1. DRIVING I-85 AT 55 MPH. 2. TREAD STARTED TO SEPARATE (TREAD SEPARATION) AND PULLED OVER. 3. DROVE TO CLOSEST EXIT AND HAD CHANGED. *AK

Tires

Filed Jul 7, 2003GA

FOR THE SECOND TIME I HAD A SHOULDER SEPARATION, BUT THIS TIME TRVELING AT 35 MILES PER HOUR IN A SMALL TOWN, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE. THE PREVIOUS INCIDENT WAS IN EARLY MARCH 2003, SPEED 60 MILES PER HOUR, WHEN THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE WENT THE SAME WAY, BUT WITH NO DFAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. 3 OTHER TIRES APPEAR READY TO SEPERATE, ACCORDING TO A LOCAL TIRE SERVICE CENTER.THE TIRE SIZE IS LT 225/75R16MS. THESE ARE ORIGINAL TIRES WITH 10/32 NDS TIRE TREAD REMAINING. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATEL 22000 MILES.*AK

Tires › Tread/Belt

Filed Nov 13, 2000ID

LEFT FRONT AND RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE TIRES DEVELOPED CRACKS (FIRESTONE STEELTEX R45 LT 225/75R96 M/S). NLM

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2023	0	2	Routine
2022	0	2	Routine
2021	0	2	Routine
2020	1	1	Routine
2019	2	3	Routine
2018	0	2	Routine
2017	1	1	Routine
2016	1	2	Routine
2015	1	3	Routine
2014	0	3	Routine
2013	0	2	Routine
2012	0	1	Routine
2011	0	1	Routine
2010	0	1	Routine
2009	0	1	Routine
2008	1	0	Routine
2007	1	1	Routine
2006	0	1	Routine
2005	0	1	Routine
2004	0	2	Routine
2003	1	2	Routine
2002	0	2	Routine
2001	1	2	Routine
2000	3	2	Routine
1999 — this page	4	1	Routine
1997	4	0	Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Sep 13, 2000. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.