THE REAR SUSPENSION AND WIRE HARNESS WAS ALTERED BY WINNEBAGO AND DOES NOT MEET FEDERAL STANDARDS. THE CERTIFICATION DOCUMENTS SHOW A CHEVROLET P30 CHASSIS. CHEVROLET DID NOT AUTHORIZE WINNEBAGO TO CHANGE THE CHASSIS. THE REAR SUSPENSION LEAF SPRINGS WERE CUT IN HALVE AND JET-RIDE AIRBAG WERE INSTALLED. THE AIRBAGS RUBBER TOUCH THE REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY. WHEN THE BRAKES GET HOT AND YOU GO AROUND A CORNER , THE AIRBAG EXPLODES. THE BODY FRAME RAILS THEN FALL ON TO THE REAR AXLE, METAL TO METAL. THE REAR OF THE RV HIT THE GROUND EJECTING THE SPARE TIRE ONTO THE ROAD. THIS CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, FOR OTHER MOTORISTS. THE FRONT OF THE RV ALSO FALLS BUT NOT METAL TO METAL. THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE IMPACTS THE MAIN WIREHARNESS AND STARTS TO GRIND IT IN HALVE. AS THE WIRE HARNESS COMES APART THE ENGINE STOPS RUNNING AND THE RV COMES TO A STOP. THE BRAKE SYSTEM HAS ALSO FAILED QUITE OFTEN. THE MAIN VALVE BLOWS SEALS AND LOSES FLUID, THE LINKAGE SYSTEMS FOR THE PARK BRAKE ENGAGES THE PARK BRAKE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.
1990 Itasca Flyer
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › rear. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension › Rear | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsSuspension › Rear
Filed Dec 6, 1999NC
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.