NOTE!!! THIS IS ON A COLUMBUS PALOMINO 365RL 5TH WHEEL CAMPER TRAILER BY FOREST RIVER THAT IS NOT LISTED IN THE TRAILER LISTING SO I LISTED AS A COLEMAN AS THEY LISTED A TRAVEL TRAILER. CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF AN AKURET H188 TIRE WHILE TRAVELING FROM MAINE TO GEORGIA. WE WERE WAVED OVER BY A PASSING TRUCK AND FOUND THE LEFT REAR TIRE ON OUR 5TH WHEEL CAMPER SHREDDED WITH DAMAGE TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND FENDER. WE CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AS WE WERE ON I295 IN MASSACHUSETTS AND I DID NOT WANT TO ENDANGER MYSELF WITH THE HEAVY TRAFFIC. WE SUBSEQUENTLY WENT TO A MAJOR MASS TIRE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD ONE TIRE OF THAT BRAND AND SIZE IN THEIR SYSTEM AND COULD GET IT THE NEXT DAY. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $130. AT THAT TIME I WENT TO THE CAMPER MANUFACTURER'S OWNERS FORUM AND FOUND A VERY ACTIVE THREAD ON THIS PARTICULAR BRAND AND SIZE OF TIRE. I AM VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT TIRE PRESSURE AND LOAD AND CHECK PRESSURES ALONG WITH A CDL TYPE INSPECTION OF BOTH TRAILER AND TRUCK BEFORE EACH TRIP. PRESSURES FOR ALL FOUR TIRES ON THE TRAILERS WERE BETWEEN 78 AND 80 PSI COLD. AFTER THE FAILURE I WANTED TO BE SURE OF WEIGHT AND WENT THROUGH A TRUCK SCALE AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 1300 POUNDS UNDER THE MAX ALLOWABLE. IF THE SECOND TIRE HAD BLOWN ON THE SAME SIDE DUE TO ADDED STRESS OF LACK OF WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION THE CAMPER WOULD HAVE BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE. THIS IS SERIOUS. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE FAILURE IF NEEDED. *TR
2013 Palomino 365Rl Columbus Fifth Whee
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tires | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsNOTE!!! THIS IS ON A COLUMBUS PALOMINO 365RL 5TH WHEEL CAMPER TRAILER BY FOREST RIVER THAT IS NOT LISTED IN THE TRAILER LISTING SO I LISTED AS A COLEMAN AS THEY LISTED A TRAVEL TRAILER. BELT SEPARATION FAILURE OF AN AKURET H188 TIRE WHILE TRAVELING FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO GEORGIA. WHILE DOING A PRE-TRIP INSPECTION I NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE REAR AXLE TIRE WAS MIS-SHAPEN AND HAD AN OBVIOUS BELT FAILURE. I AM VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT TIRE PRESSURE AND LOAD AND CHECK PRESSURES ALONG WITH A CDL TYPE INSPECTION OF BOTH TRAILER AND TRUCK BEFORE EACH TRIP. PRESSURES FOR ALL FOUR TIRES ON THE TRAILERS WERE BETWEEN 78 AND 80 PSI COLD. I HAD PREVIOUSLY SCALED MY VEHICLE AS A RESULT OF ANOTHER TIRE FAILURE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CAMPER AND WEIGHT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1300 POUNDS UNDER THE MAX ALLOWABLE. IF THE SECOND TIRE HAD BLOWN ON THE SAME SIDE DUE TO ADDED STRESS OF LACK OF WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION THE CAMPER WOULD HAVE BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE. THIS IS SERIOUS. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE FAILURE IF NEEDED. *TR
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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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.