Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1994 National Dolphin

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Parking Brake › Conventional1
000
Parking Brake1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Fuel System, Other › Delivery › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings94V009000
Filed Jan 10, 1994212 vehiclesNational Rv, Inc.

Defect. INCORRECT LP GAS HOSES WERE INSTALLED BETWEEN THE LPG TANK AND THE LPG PRESSURE REGULATORS. THESE HOSES ARE NOT APPROVED FOR USE AT THE PRESSURE AT WHICH THEY ARE OPERATING AND MAY RUPTURE.

Risk. IF THE LPG HOSE RUPTURES, PROPANE WOULD BE EXPELLED OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE CREATING A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE OR EXPLOSION WHICH COULD SERIOUSLY BURN OR KILL PERSONS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.

Remedy. CORRECT HOSES WILL BE FURNISHED TO OWNERS FOR INSTALLATION BY DOLPHIN DEALERS, ANY QUALIFIED REPAIR SHOP, OR A LPG INSTALLER.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Parking Brake
Filed Dec 30, 2002MO

THE PARKING BRAKE WOULD LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE. CONSUMER STATES THIS CONDITION ONLY APPEAR ON THOSE VEHICLE BUILT ON THE P-30 CHASSIS. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

Parking Brake › Conventional
Filed Sep 24, 1998TX

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE RELEASED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL DOWN A HILL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
1994 — this page2100Routine
19930100Routine

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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: Jan 10, 1994. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.