2005 Hitchhiker Discovery

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the equipment › recreational vehicle/trailer. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Structure › Frame and Members1
000
Equipment › Electrical1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Equipment › Electrical
Filed Apr 26, 2007MI

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HITCHHIKER DISCOVERY DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REFRIGERATOR HAS BEEN LEAKING COOLANT AND FAILED. THERE WAS RECALL # 06E076000 REGARDING EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE, BUT DOMETIC STATED THAT THE REFRIGERATOR WAS EXCLUDED.*AK

Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Feb 7, 20064,500 milesNE

DT*: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HITCHHIKER DISCOVERY TOUR COACH. AFTER VACATION IN APRIL 2005 THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FRAME WAS RUSTING. THE VEHICLE SPENDS THE WINTER TIME IN TEXAS, NOT A SALT BELT STATE. THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED AND REQUEST THE VEHICLE BE TAKEN TO THE MANUFACTURER, 700 MILES AWAY, FOR REPAIRS. *AK UPDATED 3/9/2006 - *NM

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2005
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2005 — this page2000Routine
20020100Routine
20010100Routine
20000100Routine
19991100Routine
19980100Routine

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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.