Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires › tread/belt. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tires › Tread/Belt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tires | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Seats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENROUTE TO MICHIGAN FROM HOME IN FLORIDA. DRIVING 1999 ITASCA CLASS C 29FT MOTORHOME. 30 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE, KY ON I-65, RIGHT REAR OUTSIDE DUAL TIRE FAILED. TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE STEEL BELT. TIRE IS A FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S, STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THIS IS THE 3RD FIRESTONE TIRE TO FAIL IN THIS MANNER. TIRE WAS REPLACED. OLD TIRE WAS RETAINED BY THE DEALER.
FIRESTONE STEELTEX TIRE FAILURE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 60MPH AND WITH NO WARNING RIGHT REAR AND LEFT REAR TIRES TREAD SEPARATED, CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOWOUT. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER. FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX, SIZE# 225/75R16, DOT# UNKNOWN. DEALER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
FRONT SEATS WERE DESIGNED TO CUT OFF CIRCULATION IN LEGS WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. SEATS TILTED TOO FAR DOWNWARD. CONTACTED BOTH MANUFACTURER/DEALER & INFORMED CONSUMER THAT SEATS WERE FINE & NO CHANGES WOULD BE MADE. *AK BOTH CAB SEATS ARE TILTED BACK AT REAR OF SEAT WHICH PUTS FRONT OF SEAT HIGH. *YH
STEERING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO WANDER FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHICH COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK
5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.