Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › frame and members › underbody shields. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structure › Frame and Members › Underbody Shields | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Structure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FOUR WINDS 32B, MOUNTED ON A 2007 CHEVROLET 5000 SERIES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE METAL BRACKETS THAT HELD THE RV UNIT TO THE CHASSIS WERE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RV UNIT SHIFTED AND COMPROMISED THE INTEGRITY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000.
THIS IS A SUPER C CLASS 32B MOTOR HOME. THE COACH IS MOUNTED ON A GMC 5500 TRUCK CHASSIS. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY A PROFESSIONAL RV TECHNICIAN THAT ALL OF THE COACH UNDER-FLOORING METAL BRACKETS AND/OR DEVICES CONNECTING THE COACH TO THE TRUCK CHASSIS ARE EITHER BENT, TWISTED OR BROKEN, WHICH CREATES AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS POTENTIAL FOR A CRASH RESULTING IN INJURY OR DEATH SHOULD THE COACH SEPARATE FROM THE TRUCK CHASSIS WHILE IN MOTION. OF THE TOTAL MILEAGE DRIVEN, APPROXIMATELY 99% WAS ON HARD TOP ROADS. THE OTHER 1% WAS ON GRAVEL OR TYPICAL CAMP GROUND ROADS. THE RV TECHNICIAN/REPAIRMAN STATES THAT THIS DEFECT IS DUE TO MANUFACTURING AND/OR DESIGN DEFECTS. HE STATES THAT NEITHER HE NOR HIS LEAD TECHNICIAN HAVE EVER SEEN A FAILURE SUCH AS THIS. PICTURES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. IN LAST TWO WEEKS NEITHER HE NOR I HAVE RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM FOUR WINDS. *TR
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.