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2002 Starcraft Travel Trailer

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the trailer hitches › fifth wheel assembly. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Trailer Hitches › Fifth Wheel Assembly1
000
Tires1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires
Filed Jul 21, 2005MI

TIRE FAILURES- CARLISLE ST175/80R13 TRAILER TIRES. 21' STARCRAFT TRAVEL TRAILER. ON TRIP FROM MICHIGAN TO TEXAS AND BACK, HAD MULTIPLE (5) TIRE FAILURES, BLOWOUTS AND TREAD SEPARATIONS. 2 OF THESE CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE TRAVEL TRAILER. LEFT SIDE WHEELWELL DAMAGED, RIGHT SIDE WHEEL WELL DESTROYED, STORAGE COMPARTMENT AND FLOOR DESTROYED, STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE/ DESTRUCTION OF WIRING LOOM ABOVE WHEEL WELL. ABANDONED IN INDIANAPOLIS STORAGE LOT AS TRAILER WAS UNDRIVABLE. 1ST REPAIR ESTIMATE $4000.00+, STILL WAITING FOR INSURANCE ADJUSTERS ESTIMATE.

Trailer Hitches › Fifth Wheel Assembly
Filed Jun 20, 2005MI

DT: THE PIN BOX ON THE FIFTH WHEEL CAME LOOSE. THE FIFTH WHEEL WAS PARKED WHEN THIS WAS NOTICED. THE CONSUMER HAD A CERTIFIED WELDER COME AND WELD THE PART BACK TOGETHER BEFORE THE CONSUMER COULD GET BACK HOME FROM VACATION. THE STARCRAFT COMPANY TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN AND MAKE IT STRONGER. THE STARCRAFT SKS 310 IS THE MODEL ON THIS COMPLAINT. *NM THE GAP BETWEEN IT AND THE FLOOR WAS MADE IT EVIDENT THAT THE PIN BOX WELD WERE GAPED AND THE PIN BOX ITSELF WAS NO LONGER PARALLEL WITH THE FRAME. THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE CONSUMER HEARD NOISES COMING FROM THE BEDROOM AREA. THE FRONT WALL WAS CURRENTLY CURVED INWARD AT THE BOTTOM. *SC *JB

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2002 — this page2000Routine
19990100Routine

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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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.