Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2012 Gulf Stream Vista Cruiser

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Suspension
Filed Aug 16, 20132,600 milesMI

NINE MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, WE NOTICED EXTREME WEAR ON THE INSIDE OF THE CAMPER TIRES. WE HAD PUT APPROXIMATELY 2600 MILES ON THE CAMPER AT THAT TIME. LIPPERT REPLACED THE BENT AXLE AND THE TIRES. AFTER ANOTHER 11 MONTHS WE NOTICED WEAR ON THE INSIDE OF OUR TIRES AGAIN. THE TRAILER IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER AND GULF STREAM HAS OFFERED TO REPLACE THE AXLE BUT NOT THE TIRES AND THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR LABOR. APPEARS THE CAMPER HAS DESIGN FLAWS CAUSING SUSPENSION ISSUES. HAD WE NOT NOTICED THE TIRE WEAR WE COULD HAVE EASILY EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT DURING TRAVEL. HAVING NOTICED MULTIPLE ON-LINE FORUMS OUTLINING SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THE VISA SUSPENSION, INCLUDING TIRE BLOW OUTS, I HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS REGARDING TRAVELING WITH THE CAMPER. *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2011
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
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20201000Routine
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20150100Routine
20132000Routine
2012 — this page1000Routine
20114000Routine
20063100Routine
20053100Routine
20041000Routine
20030100Routine
20020100Routine
20010100Routine
20000100Routine
19990100Routine
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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.