1997 Holiday Rambler Vacationer

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Sidewall1
000
Suspension1
000
Equipment › Mechanical › Accessory Scissor/Screw/Bottle Jack/Lift1
001
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control › Catalytic Convertor1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control › Catalytic Convertor
Filed Oct 3, 2000TX

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THERE HAS BEEN A STRONG SMELL OF CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE MOTORHOME. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BUT MOTORHOME HAS NOT BEEN SERVICED.*AK

Equipment › Mechanical › Accessory Scissor/Screw/Bottle Jack/Lift1 injured
Filed Feb 10, 2000PA

I AM NOT THE VEHICLE OWNER. OWNER HAD UNIT UP ON HWH LEVELING SYSTEM TO RUN A WIRE FROM FRONT TO REAR. NO WARNING LABELS ON VEHICLE INDICATED THE HWH SYSTEM CAN FAIL COLLAPSE AS A REST OF A MINOR NUDGE. I WAS UNDER UNIT WHEN ALL 4 JACKS FOLDED UNDER. I RECEIVED EXTENSIVE CRUSH INJURY TO RIGHT SHOULDER. LATER FOUND THERE IS A SMALL WARNING STICKER ON LIFT CONTROLS IN THE CAB, BUT NO WARNING EXISTS ON OR NEAR THE WHEEL WELLS. ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF HWH LEVELING SYSTEMS, BIG FOOT AND KICK DOWNS. THIS INCIDENT COULD NOT HAPPEN WITH THE BIG FOOT AS THEY ARE HARD MOUNTED TO THE CHASSIS AND DEPLOYED STRAIGHT DOWN. THE KICK DOWNS SWING INTO POSITION, BUT HAVE NO SAFETY DETENT TO PREVENT A FOLD OVER. MEDICAL BILLS TO DATE ARE IN EXCESS OF $15,000.00. NOTE: HOLIDAY PLACES A TIRE PRESSURE WARNING ON EACH WHEEL WELL, BUT NO INDICATION OF THE RISK OF LEVELER COLLAPSE. *AK

Tires › Sidewall
Filed Oct 26, 1999NY

SIDEWALLS SEPARATED ON FRONT TIRES. (MICHELIN X P5 235 X 85 CX 16) NLM

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Jan 13, 1999FL

WITHOUT ANY INDICATION THE ENGINE DIES, NO STEERING CONTROL, NO BRAKES. WILL START BACK UP WHEN PUT INTO NEUTRAL. PROBLEM OCCURRED THREE TIMES. DEALER ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR VEHICLE. *AK

Suspension
Filed Sep 8, 1997FL

MOTORHOME HAS A SEVERE ROCKING AND TRACKING PROBLEM. IT IS VERY HARD TO CONTROL AT ALL SPEEDS. DEALERS UNABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20260100Routine
20251100Routine
20240200Routine
20230600Routine
20220500Routine
20212600Routine
20200500Routine
20190200Routine
20181400Routine
20171600Routine
20161300Routine
20154100Routine
20140100Routine
20130100Routine
20120100Routine
20112100Routine
20071100Routine
20061200Routine
20051210Routine
20048300Routine
20035500Routine
200213600Routine
20010500Routine
20001400Routine
19996201Fatalities reported
19981200Routine
1997 — this page5000Routine
19941000Routine

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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.