1997 Featherlite Motor Home

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the trailer hitches. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Trailer Hitches	1		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer › Lpg Systems › Furnace98V167004

Filed Sep 15, 199880 vehiclesFeatherlite, Inc.

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTOR HOMES EQUIPPED WITH AQUA-HOT HEATING SYSTEMS, MODEL 431-3 ZONE WITH ENGINE LOOP. FIBERGLASS INSULATING MATERIAL LOCATED UNDER THE BURNER HEAD ON THE FLOOR OF THE HEATER ENCLOSURE, CAN BECOME SOAKED WITH FLUIDS (ETHYLENE GLYCOL AND/OR DIESEL FUEL).

Risk. IF AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OCCURS, A FIRE COULD RESULT.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REMOVE THE INSULATION FROM BENEATH THE DIESEL HEATING UNIT AS WELL AS FROM BEHIND THE CONTROL THERMOSTAT AND AIR-CONDITIONING HEATING ELEMENT ACCESS COVERS.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Trailer Hitches

Filed Jan 16, 20153,000 milesMN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FEATHERLITE MOTOR HOME. WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE HITCH DETACHED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TRAILER HITCH WAS WELDED ONTO THE FRAME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000. UPDATED 03/30/15*LJ UPDATED 9/18/2017*CN

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

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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 15, 1998. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.