2001 Keystone Challenger

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the equipment. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Structure › Frame and Members1
000
Equipment1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer07V134000
Filed Mar 22, 2007122,162 vehiclesKeystone Rv Company

Defect. CERTAIN FIFTH WHEEL AND TRAVEL TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH A TWO-DOOR REFRIGERATOR, MANUFACTURED BY THE DOMETIC CORPORATION, MAY HAVE A DEFECT IN CERTAIN TUBING IN THE REFRIGERATOR WHICH COULD ALLOW PRESSURIZED FLAMMABLE COOLANT SOLUTION TO BE RELEASED INTO AN AREA WHERE AN IGNITION SOURCE (GAS FLAME) IS PRESENT.

Risk. THIS COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

Remedy. KEYSTONE RV WILL BE WORKING WITH DOMETIC IN ORDER TO REPAIR THESE REFRIGERATORS (PLEASE SEE 06E076). DOMETIC WILL REPAIR THESE REFRIGERATORS BY INSTALLING A SECONDARY BURNER HOUSING AND THERMAL FUSES FREE OF CHARGE. DOMETIC HAS RETAINED STERICYCLE INC. TO MANAGE THIS CAMPAIGN. STERICYCLE WILL ASSIST YOU IN LOCATING DEALERSHIPS OR SERVICE CENTERS AND WILL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH SCHEDULING OF APPOINTMENTS. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DOMETIC/STERICYCLE AT 1-888-446-5157 OR KEYSTONE RV AT 574-535-2100.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Aug 22, 2011MI

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 KEYSTONE CHALLENGER TRAILER. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT FASCIA HAD DETACHED FROM THE STEEL FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTO SHOP WHERE THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ALUMINUM MATERIAL THAT HELD THE FRAME WAS SEPARATED MISSING SCREWS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

Equipment
Filed Jul 10, 2008WI

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 KEYSTONE CHALLENGER PULL BEHIND TRAVEL TRAILER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM DOMETIC. THE KEYSTONE DEALER ADVISED HIM TO CALL DOMETIC AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD CALL HIM BACK; HOWEVER, THREE WEEKS LATER, THE CONTACT HAS STILL NOT RECEIVED A CALL. THE REFRIGERATOR HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND RECALL NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2007
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20100300Routine
20092400Routine
20081300Routine
20073400Routine
20060200Routine
20051100Routine
20040100Routine
20031300Routine
20022100Routine
2001 — this page2100Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Mar 22, 2007. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.