Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2002 Sundowner Value Lite

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Suspension
Filed Aug 29, 2012MA

WE DISCOVERED THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME OF THIS TRAILER WAS DISINTEGRATING DUE TO RUST. AFTER A SEARCH ON LINE WE REALIZED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRAILERS. WE CONTACTED SUNDOWNER AND GOT A RUN AROUND. WE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE IN OKLAHOMA, JUST FOR THE RECORD. I AM SURE THERE ARE PEOPLE CRUISING AROUND IN IGNORANT BLISS WITH THIS PROBLEM, BUT EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE A DISASTER. ANYWAY, WE WOUND UP SPENDING $5400.00 AT ORCHARD TRAILERS IN WHATLEY, MA. TO GET THE ENTIRE FRAME AND FLOOR REPLACED. THIS WAS A WELL MAINTAINED TRAILER AND WAS SELDOM USED IN THE WINTER. *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20033000Routine
2002 — this page1000Routine
20012000Routine
19991000Routine

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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.