2018 Keystone Montana High Country

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension1
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What owners reported

Newest filings
Suspension
Filed Jan 15, 20203,000 milesFL

MY 2018, KEYSTONE MONTANA HIGH COUNTRY 385BR HAD LESS THAN 3000 MILES WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD SEPARATION EXPOSING THE STEEL BELT. THE TIRES WERE RAINER TIRES F RATED FOR A UNIT WITH A GVWR OF 16K LBS. I ONLY CARRY 800 POUNDS OF CARGO IN THE UNIT. I REPLACED THE TIRES WITH G RATED TIRES, AND HAD THE ALIGNMENT CHECKED. I DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT AXLE HANGERS INSTALLED BY LIPPERT WERE OUT OF ALIGNMENT ALONG WITH THE FRONT AXLE MADE BY DEXTER TOED IN. THE REAR AXLE ALSO TRACKS TO THE RIGHT. AT THIS POINT LIPPERT HAS REPLACED THE AXLE HANGERS, AND WE ARE WAITING ON A NEW FRONT AXLE. HOWEVER, I NOTICE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF KEYSTONE OWNERS SUFFERING PREMATURE TIRE FAILURES, MOST OF WHICH OCCURRED IN MOTION. 90 PERCENT OF THE ONES I HAVE HEARD OF OCCURRED WITH LOW MILEAGE ON THE UNITS. I BELIEVE IT IS A COMBINATION OF UNDERRATED TIRES, WITH MISALIGNMENT OF AXLES AND HANGERS. THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY QUALITY INSPECTION BY KEYSTONE ON COMPONENT PARTS PRIOR TO ASSEMBLY. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO DISCOVER THE TIRE DEFAULT WHEN WE ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION ON 8/23/19 AS OF THIS DATE THE UNIT HAS BEEN OUT SERVICE WAITING FOR ALL ALIGNMENT REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2021
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20220200Routine
20213220Routine
20202000Routine
20193100Routine
2018 — this page1000Routine
20152100Routine
20141100Routine
20131100Routine
20111400Routine
20101300Routine

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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.