2002 Starcraft Tent Trailer

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires › tread/belt. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Tread/Belt1
000
Tires1
000
Structure › Body1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure › Body
Filed Jul 1, 2003MN

THE TIE DOWN FOR THE TRUCK CAMPER HAS PULLED OUT! STARCRAFT HAS TRIED TO FIX IT AS WELL AS THE DEALER! THE UNIT IS UNSAFE TO USE@. *AK

Tires
Filed Jun 24, 2003AZ

PULLING A DUAL AXLE TRAILER WITH CARLISLE BRAND ST175/80R13 TIRES. HAD A BLOW OUT ON THE FRONT AXLE LEFT SIDE. THIS IS THE THIRD SUCH INCIDENT SINCE WE BOUGHT THE TRAILER 7/02. LESS THAN 3000 MILES ON ALL TIRES. CARLISLE BRAND TIRES CONTINUE TO BLOW OUT, REPLACEMENT TIRES WORK OK SO FAR. AIR PRESSURE CHECKED EACH TRIP, TIRES KEPT OUT OF DIRECT SUNLIGHT AND TRAILER NOT OVERWEIGHT. CALLED TRAILER DEALER AND THEY WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS TIRE, ALTHOUGH THEY SELL IT WITH THIS TIRE. VERY UNHAPPY AND CONCERNED FOR FAMILY SAFETY. BUYING 5 NEW TIRES OF ANOTHER BRAND TODAY. *JB

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Aug 27, 2002MA

CARLISLE ST, 175/80D13 ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT.WHILE DRIVING 60MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATION.*AK DOT # 8LJU1701. *YH

3 of 3 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.