FRACTURES WERE FOUND IN I-BEAMS, AFTER ANOTHER IDENTICAL VEHICLE MANUFACTURED ASCENDING VIN 51166, METAL FATIGUED I-BEAMS FAILED CAUSING AXLE TO BREAK FROM FRAME. THIS OCCURRED ON AUGUST 27,2000, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER ON 27 AUGUST. MANUFACTURE FAXED TO DEALER ON 28 AUGUST, 2000, A SERVICE ADVISORY DATED 09-29-99, DETAILING HOW TO PATCH DAMAGE. BOTH VEHICLES WERE ORDERED SIMULTANEOUSLY AND DELIVERED 04-30-99. SINCE TAKING DELIVERY HAVE RECEIVED NO NOTICE OF POTENTIAL PROBLEM, UNTIL THE FAILURE OF THE OTHER UNIT. INSPECTION OF MY UNIT SHOWED CRACKS IN I-BEAM IN IDENTICAL LOCATIONS AS THE DAMAGED UNIT. I HAVE MADE PHOTOS OF FAILED/DAMAGED UNIT AS WELL AS MY UNIT IN PRESENT CONDITION. ALSO HAVE COPY OF SERVICE ADVISORY FROM MANUFACTURE THAT WAS FAXED TO DEALER ON 08-28-00. HAVE DISCOVERED THAT MANUFACTURE HAS SINCE CHANGED THE I-BEAM FROM AND 8 INCH TO 10 I-BEAM ON LATER MODELS. I HAVE E-MAILED COMPLAINT TO MANUFACTURE ON 28 AUGUST 00, DETAILING PROBLEM DISCOVERED. AS OF DATE HAVE RECEIVED NO REPLY , EITHER E-MAIL, LETTER OR PHONE CALL FROM MANUFACTURE.
1999 King Of The Road Mini Motor Home
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › frame and members. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structure › Frame and Members | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsStructure › Frame and Members
Filed Sep 3, 2000AR
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.