Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2001 Roadmaster R Executive/Signature

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes1
010

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service BrakesFire
Filed Sep 2, 201559,000 milesWV

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 ROADMASTER R EXECUTIVE/SIGNATURE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE BRAKES CAUGHT FIRE AND SMOKE BELLOWED FROM BOTH REAR WHEELS. A MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE MAXI VALVE FAILED AND HAD 20% TO 30% PRESSURE ON THE WHEEL THAT CAUSED HEAT WITHOUT WARNING. THE MAXI AIR VALVE SWITCH WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY SYSTEM WAS DAMAGED DUE TO THE HIGH HEAT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

1 of 1 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.