2009 Monaco Coach Motor Home

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Engine and Engine Cooling	1		0	0	0
Electrical System	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Electrical System

Filed Dec 14, 200910,000 milesCA

THE STRAPS HOLDING THE 12V CABLE CONNECTING THE HOUSE BATTERIES TO THE HOUSE FUSE BOX FAILED, RESULTING IN THE CABLE FALLING ONTO THE DRIVESHAFT AND WEARING THROUGH TO THE BARE COPPER. THIS CREATED A SHOWER OF SPARKS AND ULTIMATELY SHORTED OUT ALL 12V POWER TO THE HOUSE PORTION OF THE RV. SIMILARLY, THE STRAPS HOLDING A 12V CABLE HARNESS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FAILED, RESULTING IN THE CABLE HARNESS FALLING ONTO THE ENGINE MANIFOLD AND MELTING THROUGH TO THE BARE COPPER. THIS CAUSE THE ENGINE ELECTRONICS TO MALFUNCTION, INCLUDING THE ELECTRONIC DASHBOARD DISPLAY. POWER WAS TEMPORARILY LOST WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

Engine and Engine Cooling

Filed Sep 8, 2009NJ

DEAR MR BOWMAN YOU HELPED ME ONCE WITH AN ISSUE AND I NEED TO ENLIST THE NHTSA AGAIN TO ALERT THEM AND YOU OF A POTENTIAL ELECTRICAL SHORT/FIRE HAZARD WITH THE LIPPERT COMPONENTS INC. MOTOR WHICH IS SUPPLIED WITH THE RV BUT INSTALLED BY MONACO COACH CORPORATION WHO HAS SINCE DECLARED CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY..NAVISTAR HAS PICKED UP THE ASSETS OF MONACO AND NOW CALLS ITSELF MONACO RV LLC BUT THEY WILL NOT ASSUME ANY PAST LIABILITIES OF MONACO COACH CORPORATION DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY STILL USE THE COMPONENTS TODAY. ALSO LIPPERT COMPONENTS INC REFUSES TO HONOR ANY WARRANTY ON THESE MOTORS SINCE THEY WERE NOT PAID BY MONACO COACH CORPORATION DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE AS THE END CONSUMER HAVE A TRUE PROBLEM. THEIR ISSUE WITH MONACO IS IRRELEVANT CONSIDERING THAT THEY HAVE A LIABILITY TO RECTIFY THEIR COMPONENT. THIS MOTOR CONTROLS STABILIZING JACKS AND SLIDE OUT ROOMS ON MANY 2008-2009 MONACO, HOLIDAY RAMBLER, AND BEAVER MOTOR COACHES (THESE ARE USED WHEN THE RV IS PARKED OR ABOUT TO BE UNDERWAY ON A TRIP). WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT THE SEAL WHICH KEEPS HYDRAULIC FLUID FROM GETTING INTO THE MOTOR ITSELF IS FAILING ALLOWING HYDRAULIC FLUID TO LEAK INSIDE THE ELECTRICAL WORKINGS OF THE MOTOR. THE SEAL FAILS ALLOWING THE FLUID INTO THE MOTOR AND WHEN THE MOTOR IS ENGAGED FOR STABILIZING OR MOVING A SLIDE ROOM AN ELECTRICAL SHORT/POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL FIRE WILL OCCUR. THE MOTOR SITS BEHIND A PANEL AND THE USER ENGAGES THE MOTOR FROM INSIDE THE COACH AND THUS WON'T SEE ANY SIGNS OF A PROB

2 of 2 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.