2005 Coachmen Spirit OF America

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › frame and members. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Structure › Frame and Members	1		0	0	0
Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

Filed Sep 30, 2008CA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 COACHMEN SPIRIT OF AMERICA. THE VEHICLE HAS A DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR, MODEL RM2652. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REFRIGERATOR WAS NOT COOLING PROPERLY. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A YELLOW RESIDUE LEAKING FROM THE REFRIGERATOR AND AN AMMONIA ODOR. THE DOMETIC CUSTOMER CENTER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE TWO MONTHS AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE. DOMETIC REFUSED TO INCLUDE THE REFRIGERATOR IN THE RECALL BECAUSE IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE REFRIGERATOR HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. UPDATED 11-19-08 *BF UPDATED 11/20/08. *JB

Structure › Frame and Members

Filed Aug 20, 20088,500 milesME

FAILURE IS ON A COACHMAN SPIRIT OF AMERICA TRAVEL TRAILER. ONE REAR SPRING SHACKLE COMPLETELY TORE OFF THE FRAME. THE OTHER REAR SPRING SHACKLE CRACKED WHERE IT WAS ATTACHED TO FRAME. FORTUNATELY, I WAS TRAVELING AT A VERY SLOW SPEED WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SEVERE ACCIDENT IF IT OCCURRED ON A HIGHWAY. THE DESIGN OF THIS FRAME IS FAULTY. I HAVE READ OF MANY SIMILAR FAILURES. THE FRAME IS MADE OF VERY THIN MATERIAL AND IS EASILY TORN. THE SPRING SHACKLES SHOULD BE REINFORCED WHERE THEY ARE ATTACHED TO THE FRAME. I HAD THE SHACKLES RE-WELDED AND REINFORCED TO REPAIR. I HAVE A PICTURE OF THE FAILURE ALSO. *TR

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2005

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2007	0	2	Routine
2005 — this page	2	0	Routine
2003	2	0	Routine
2002	1	1	Routine
2001	0	1	Routine
2000	0	1	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.

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