Owners filed 6 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the equipment › appliance › air conditioner. No safety recall has been issued.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 K-Z NEW VISION FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE THREAD OF THE TIRE BEGAN SEPARATING. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SHACKLE BRACKET CONNECTED TO THE AXLE WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED, CAUSING ALL OF THE TIRES TO BECOME MISALIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY A PREVIOUS OWNER FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE AGAIN HOWEVER, THEY WERE WILLING TO REPLACE TWO OF THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. ..UPDATED 11/09/12 *BF UPDATED 11/15/2012*JS
Equipment
Filed Nov 20, 2007CA
TIRE FAILURE DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION. NEW DOUBLE AXEL 5TH WHEEL TRAILER 11,800 LBS, K-Z MANUFACTURER, MONTEGO BAY MODEL. MILEAGE ON TRAILER APPROX 3,400. FOUR TIRES FROM TIRECO IMPORTED- MADE IN CHINA - MISSION BRAND SIZE TS - 235/80R16. WHILE ON IH-5 TRAVELING AT 60 MPH A DRIVER IN NEXT LANE IDENTIFIED THAT MY TRAILER TIRE WAS FLAPPING ITS TREAD AND I PULLED OVER BEFORE THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. HAD TO GET ROAD SERVICE TO REPLACE BOTH REAR AXEL TIRES AS THEY WERE BOTH DAMAGED. TIRE PRESSURE WAS AT 68-70 PSI IN TIRE THAT WAS TOGETHER BUT LOST TREAD. OTHER TIRE WAS FLAT. WE HAD CHECKED TIRE PRESSURE ABOUT 45 MINUTES AND 40 MILES PRIOR TO INCIDENT WHEN WE REFUELED. *TR
Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Filed Aug 8, 2007TX
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 KZ NEW VISION ULTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHE WALKS INTO THE VEHICLE, HER EYES AND THROAT BEGIN TO BURN AND BREATHING BECOMES DIFFICULT. HER FAMILY HAS BEEN UNABLE TO USE THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FUMES THAT SHE AND HER FAMILY ARE BREATHING. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, BUT NO ONE HAS RETURNED HER PHONE CALL. SHE STATED THAT FUMES ARE COMING FROM THE GLUE THAT IS ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AERATED, BUT THE FUMES STILL EXIST. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN BECAUSE OF THE FUMES. NO VEHICLE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE.
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE JACKS FAILED, DROPPING THE 951 SPORTSMAN MODEL CAMPER AT AN ANGLE ONTO THE TRUCK BED AND CAMPER SUPPORT BLOCKS, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CAMPER.*AK
Structure
Filed Mar 12, 2002IA
CONSUMER IS REQUESTING ASSISTANCE FROM NHTSA REGARDING FORMALDEHYDE FUMES COMING FROM TWO HOLES THAT WERE DRILLED IN THE WOOD SIDEWALLS OF THE TRAILER FOR THE PURPOSE OF RUNNING AN AMATEUR RADIO ANTENNA CABLE INTO HIS 5TH WHEEL TRAVEL TRAILER, CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT PVC BE INSTALLED IN THE HOLES, HOWEVER CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER FAILED TO INSTALL THE PVC AS REQUESTED, WHICH LEFT OPEN WOOD THAT WAS NOT SEALED IN ANYWAY, LEAVING THE WOOD SIDEWALLS TO SWEAT AND RELEASE FORMALDEHYDE FUMES, THE FUMES HAVE BECOME CUMBERSOME, CONTAMINATING CONSUMERS CLOTHING AND BEDDING, AND EFFECTING CONSUMERS EYES, WARRANTY STILL EXISTS ON TRAILER. *TT
Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
Filed Sep 22, 2000IA
THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF FUMES IN THE TRAILER WHICH MAKES IT UNPLEASANT. FUMES ARE SO STRONG THAT THEY HAVE PENETRATED OWNER'S CLOTHING AND BEDDING. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT FUMES WERE DUE TO FORMELDEHYDE. HOTTER THE WEATHER THE WORST THE SMELL.*AK
6 of 6 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.