On 11/28/2023 My family and I were driving on the freeway I heard what sounded like a soda can explode under my feet in the engine compartment. I immediately lost power brakes and power steering. There was a large amount of smoke instantly. Within about 3 to 5 seconds the cab started to fill with smoke and fire was coming out of the driver's front wheel well. My insurance has had the vehicle in a lot for the past 4.5 months. they would have to permit inspection of the vehicle. My wife, 2 daughters, and dog were in the vehicle with me. the smoke and fire spread so quickly that they had to exit the side door of the RV while it was still moving down the freeway. They jumped out of the door and ran to the side of the freeway to escape the danger. I stayed in the vehicle until I could get it stopped breathing the smoke from the burning plastic. i then exited the vehicle and attempted to put out the fire with the fire extinguisher from inside the motorhome. that did not work as the fire was fueled by oil and plastic. I ran to the back of the motorhome to remove the jeep that we were towing so it would not burn. I found a trail of power steering fluid on the ground following the motorhome to where it stopped. Within just a few minutes of stopping the front of motorhome was fully engulfed in flames. The problem has not been reproduced vehicle was a total loss. Rimkus has completed a 3rd party fire investigation on behalf of my insurance company. There were no warnings prior to the ev
2021 Thor Motor Coach Redundant Challenger
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the steering. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsSteeringFire
Filed May 15, 2024CA
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2021| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 — this page | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.