1998 Tradewinds Motorhome

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the unknown or other. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Unknown or Other1
000
Tires › Tread/Belt1
000
Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery › Cables1
010

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Feb 8, 200451,436 milesFL

TIRE MICHELIN 235 R80 22.5 ON CLASS A MOTORHOME - DOT 3497 - 51000 MILES - GOOD TREAD - "ZIPPER BLOW OUT" ON RIGHT FRONT TIRE - PREVIOUS OWNER HAD SIMILAR BLOWOUT NOV 03 ON OUTSIDE LEFT REAR TIRE ~49,500 MILEAGE. *AK

Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery › CablesFire
Filed Sep 28, 2000OR

THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE INSULATION EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE WEAR FROM RUBBING AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WHICH RESULTED IN A SHORT AND FIRE. NLM

Unknown or Other
Filed Feb 1, 1999CA

PROPANE TANK REGULATOR FAILED. MJS

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20012010Routine
1998 — this page3010Routine

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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.