TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GULF STREAM VISTA CRUISER MOTOR HOME. WHILE DRIVING 62 MPH, THE SIDE PANEL FELL OFF THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE GLUE DRIED UP AND FAILED. THEY STATED THAT THE OTHER SIDE PANEL WILL SOON DETACH AS WELL. GULF STREAM WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT ASSIST. THEY REFUSED TO SPEAK TO THE CONTACT AND TRANSFER HER TO THE PARTS DEPARTMENT. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR COST AND NO ONE ELSE WILL SPEAK WITH HER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000. UPDATED 05/15/09 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED A STATE FARM REPRESENTATIVE LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED IT WAS A WEAR AND TEAR ITEM AND THE GLUE THAT ORIGINALLY HELD THE PANEL IN PLACE AD JUST DRIED UP. UPDATED 05/18/09. UPDATED 06/27/09 *BF UPDATED 06/23/09. *JB
2004 Gulf Stream Vista Cruiser
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › body. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structure › Body | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsStructure › Body
Filed Apr 7, 200918,637 milesNE
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2011| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.