Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1998 Dolphin Motor Home

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, air › disc › rotor. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Air › Disc › Rotor1
000
Service Brakes1
000
Parking Brake1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes
Filed Dec 23, 201440,000 milesTX

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DOLPHIN MOTOR HOME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO COME TO A STOP. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. UPDATED 3/17/15*CN UPDATED 8/18/2015*JS

Parking Brake
Filed Aug 23, 2000MI

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON HIGHWAY ELECTRICAL PARKING BRAKE ACTIVATED, CAUSING BRAKE SYSTEM TO LOCK UP, AND VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

Service Brakes, Air › Disc › Rotor
Filed Feb 1, 1999CA

ALL BRAKE ROTORS WORN OUT CAUSING VIBRATION. YH

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20002000Routine
19992000Routine
1998 — this page3000Routine
19971000Routine
19962000Routine
19911010Routine

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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.