Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1996 Gulf Stream Seahawk

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Wheels1
000
Tires1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires
Filed Feb 27, 2006CA

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION, THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIRE. EIGHT MONTHS LATER, THE TIRE ON THE RIGHT FRONT ALSO BLEW WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION, THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIRE AND ANOTHER TIRE THAT WAS NOTICED WITH TREAD SEPARATION. SIX MONTHS LATER, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS NOTICED AGAIN WITH TREAD SEPARATION AND WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

Wheels
Filed Jun 22, 2001CA

ALL WHEELS OF THE TRAILER CRACKED AND TIRES BLEW OUT SEVERAL TIMES, THE CONSUMER SAYS THAT THE WHEELS AND TIRES WERE NOT CORRECT SIZE TO CARY 10,000 LB TRAILER. THE MANUFACTURER BLAMES THE TIRE BUT THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE SIZE OF THE WHEELS AND TIRES WERE THE CAUSE. *YH

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20060100Routine
20050100Routine
20040200Routine
20030300Routine
20020200Routine
20012100Routine
20000100Routine
19990100Routine
19980100Routine
19970100Routine
1996 — this page2000Routine
19940100Routine

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Other Gulf Stream models

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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.