1997 Pleasure Way Excel

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › foundation components › hoses, lines/piping, and fittings. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings2
000
Tires › Tread/Belt1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings01V135000
Filed Apr 20, 20011,197 vehiclesPleasure-Way Industries Ltd.

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTOR HOMES. THE REAR BRAKE LINE MAY NOT BE PROPERLY FASTENED TO THE REAR AXLE IN THE ORIGINAL LOCATION. OVER TIME THIS COULD CAUSE FAILURE OF THE REAR BRAKING SYSTEM.

Risk. THIS CONDITION CAN RESULT IN DIMINISHED BRAKING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE REAR AXLE BRAKE LINES TO ENSURE THEY ARE PROPERLY CLIPPED TO THE REAR AXLE, HAVE NOT BEEN DEFORMED, AND THAT THERE IS NO INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE BRAKE LINES AND ANY OF THE REAR AXLE OR SUSPENSION COMPONENTS. IF THERE IS ANY DEVIATION FROM THE FACTORY LINE ROUTING AND FASTENING OR IF ANY OTHER DAMAGE, INTERFERENCE OR DEFORMATION IS APPARENT, DEALERS WILL RE-ALIGN, SECURE, AND REPLACE THE LINES IF NECESSARY. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN MAY 1, 2001. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT PLEASURE WAY AT 1-306-934-6578.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Jun 24, 200572,389 milesAZ

TWO TIRES SHED TREAD WHILE MOVING,"POWER KING LT245/75?R16. BARELY AVOIDED CRASH. NOT UNDERINFLATED OR OVERLOADED OR OVERHEATED

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
Filed Mar 18, 2003OH

CONSUMER CONTACTED LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER REGARDING RECALL REMEDY 01V135000. DEALER REFUSED TO REMEDY RECALL DUE TO VEHICLE BEING CONVERTED TO A RECREATIONAL BY MANUFACTURER. VEHICLE HAS A DODGE CHASSIS. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER WHO AGAIN ADVISED THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER IS TO BE REMEDYING ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. *NLM

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
Filed Mar 18, 2003OH

CONSUMER CONTACTED LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER REGARDING RECALL REMEDY 01V135000. DEALER REFUSED TO REMEDY RECALL DUE TO VEHICLE BEING CONVERTED TO A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE BY THE MANUFACTURER. VEHICLE HAS A DODGE CHASSIS. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER WHO AGAIN ADVISED THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER IS TO BE REMEDYING ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. *NLM

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20020100Routine
20010100Routine
20000100Routine
19990100Routine
19980100Routine
1997 — this page3100Routine
19960100Routine
19950100Routine

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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: Apr 20, 2001. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.