UNDERCARRIAGE STORAGE COMPARTMENT MELT AND BURNT DUE TO EXHAUST PIPE HEAT TOO CLOSE AND NOT SHIELDED. HEAT FROM THE JOINING EXHAUST PIPE UNDER PASSENGER SIDE COLLECTS AND FLOWS UP TO EXPOSED PLASTIC WALL OF CROSS CARRIAGE STORAGE COMPARTMENT. THERE IS NO SHIELDING ABOVE TRANSMISSION NOR ON OPPOSITE SIDE TO PREVENT ENGINE OR EXHAUST HEAT FROM COLLECTING AND OR MAKING DIRECT CONTACT WITH PLASTIC WALL OF STORAGE. THE MOTOR HOME HAS LESS THEN 25K MILES AND HAS NOT MADE MANY LONG TRIPS, MORE LOCAL AREA WEEKEND GETAWAYS. HEAT UNDER PASSENGER SIDE SEAT AS WELL AS THROUGH INSIDE ENGINE COVE WAS NOTICED BUT ASSUMED NORMAL FROM ENGINE AREA. HOWEVER, THE COLLECTED EXHAUST JOINT FROM ENGINE MANIFOLD IS UNDER PASSENGER SEAT AND MAKES IT A HIGH HEAT AREA. THE HEAT IS CONCENTRATED BOTH IN MOTION AND ESPECIALLY STATIONARY. IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE STORAGE AREA WAS SOMEWHAT WARPED ABOVE THE TRANSMISSION AND NO EXCESSIVE HEAT WAS NOTICE INSIDE STORAGE AREA UNTIL THE MELT DOWN.
2005 Four Winds International Hurricane
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsEngine
Filed Aug 24, 201724,000 milesCO
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2005| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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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.