2000 King Of The Road Mini Motor Home

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires › tread/belt. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Tread/Belt2
000
Tires › Temporary/Emergency Spare Tire1
000
Tires1
000
Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires › Temporary/Emergency Spare Tire
Filed Nov 23, 2004TX

SPARE TIRES, SMALL TIRE PEOPLE JUST DOES NOT READ THE MANUAL WHAT THE SPECIFICATIONS AND RUNNING SPEED. I SEEN PEOPLE DRIVING ABOVE THE PRESCRIBE SPEED WHICH IS 35 MILES AN HOUR, VERY DANGEROUS ALSO ESPECIALLY IN THE FRONT WHERE THE TIRE CAN BLOW OUT DUE TO A HEAT AND LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, NEED TO GET THEM OFF THE MARKET AND CHARGE THE MANUFACTURE FOR THE POOR QUALITY OF PRODUCTS, I HATE TO SEE AN ACCIDENT WITH THIS TIRES, ANOTHER THING IS ONLY FOR ONE TRIP THE TIRE NOT TO DRIVE FOREVER, WHERE ARE THE INSPECTORS? *AK

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Oct 1, 20039,500 milesID

ALL OF THE TIRES ON THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *AK *JB

Tires
Filed Jan 23, 2002CO

CONSUMER STATED HE HAD AN ACCIDENT, DUE TO A LINER SPLICE BEING LOOSE WHICH CAUSED TIRE TO SEPARATE. (GENERAL TIRE/ LT23585R16, AMERI 550 AS DOT SERIAL #ADOR42W2798).*JB

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Aug 2, 2001TX

TREAD SEPARATED FROM TWO TIRES, SIZE P23585/16 ON 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. HAD NOT CONTACTED DEALER.*AK BOTH OLD TIRES WERE KEPT BY DISCOUNT TIRE CO.*YD *JB

Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Filed Aug 3, 2000NM

THIS RV WAS PURCHASED NEW ON 09/29/1999 IN COLO IA. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE I POINTED OUT A NUMBER OF DEFICIENCIES IN COMPONENTS OF THE TRAILER TO THE DEALER. THEY EITHER FAILED OR REFUSED TO DO ANY FURTHER WORK. I HAD PAID CASH FOR THE TRAILER AND DECIDED I WOULD GET REPAIRS DONE IN A LESS HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. AT MY FIRST STOP I CONTACTED AN AUTHORIZED REPAIR CENTER ABOUT THE NON-FUNCTIONING PROPANE HEATER. THEY FOUND THAT THE DUCTWORK HAD NOT BEEN CONNECTED AT THE FACTORY. THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS EXTREMELY LOUD. THE DEALER REFUSED TO R REPAIR IT; CLAIMED THEY WERE THAT NOISY. TOOK IT TO 3 OTHER DEALERS. THEY ALL SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. 10 MONTHS LATER IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BAD COMPRESSOR. THIS IS BEING REPLACED DIRECTLY FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE KITCHEN STOVE HAS HAD A YELLOW FLAME WHICH SMOKED UP PANS SINCE THE UNIT WAS PURCHASED. IT IS MFD. BY ATWOOD CORP. THERE IS NO PROVISION TO ADJUST THE AIR FUEL MIX ON THIS STOVE. THE COMPONENTS ARE: FIXED REGULATOR, FIXED GAS ORIFICES AND FIXED AIR SUPPLY. FOUR DIFFERENT DEALERS HAVE FAILED TO ADJUST THE UNIT, BECAUSE THERE IS NO ADJUSTMENT. THEY HAVE REPLACED PARTS WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. I JUST RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM NORCOLD ON THE GAS/AC REFRIGERATOR. THE TWO MOST PROMINENT RV DEALERS IN THE AREA REFUSED TO DO THE REQUIRED WORK, CITING SLOW PAYMENT & NIGGARDLY ALLOWANCE FOR LABOR BY NORCOLD. I AM PRESENTLY NEGOTIATING DIRECTLY WITH THE FACTORY TO REPAIR THIS UNIT MYSELF. THEY ARE RESISTING REPLACEMENT OF ANY COMPONEN

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20012000Routine
2000 — this page5000Routine
19991000Routine
19981000Routine
19972000Routine
19951110Routine
19940100Routine
19930100Routine
19920100Routine

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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.