Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tires › Sidewall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MY MOTORHOME, A 2001 TRADE WINDS HAD TWO BLOWOUTS AT THE SAME TIME, THE RIGHT FRONT AND THE RIGHT INSIDE DUAL AT THE SAME TIME ON I-10 NEAR LIVE OAK FLORIDA. THERE ARE 25,000 MILES ON THE TIRES AND THIS IS THE SECOND AND THIRD BLOWOUT. THE FIRST OCCURRED AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER 2003 AND DAMAGED THE MOTORHOME. NHTSA SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE TIRES AS MICHELIN IS THE ONLY ONE THAT MAKES THEM AND THEY ARE DANGEROUS.*AK
MOTORHOME'S WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING TWICE, FRESH WATER TANK BEGAN TO LEAK WATER, AUTOMATIC STEPS CEASED TO WORK, AND A RECALL ON THE ACCELERATOR SPRING WHICH PROVED TO BE A MISTAKE. *LA THE GENERATOR IDLER FOR THE BELT TENSION NEVER STAYED IN ADJUSTMENT, THE FRONT DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN ON SEVEN OCCASIONS, THE ENGINE SMOKED, THE ALTERNATOR WENT OUT, THE TIE WRAP HAD BROKE AND CAUSED OVERHEATING, THE LEFT FRONT AUTOMATIC LEVELING JACK DID NOT RETRACT, THE ENGINE BLEW DUE TO THE CAT AIR CLEANER BEING BUILT WRONG, THE RADIATOR HOSE BROKE, THE FRAME CAVED IN, THE COOLANT HOSE HAD GONE BAD, THE SERPENTINE BELT SLIPPED, THE FRESH WATER PUMP MODULE HAD GONE BAD, THE GENERATOR HAD GONE OUT ON FOUR OCCASIONS, THE GENERATOR IDLER PROBLEM RECURRED, THE STARTER HAD GONE OUT, THE HYDRAULIC LINE HAD BLOWN OUT, THE STEERING HAD BLOWN OUT TWICE, THE EXHAUST HEADER PIPE HAD FALLEN OFF, THE RADIATOR CLAMP RUSTED OFF, THE INSIDE TAIL PIPE RUSTED OUT, AND EXHAUST FLAMES WOULD CATCH INSIDE THE FIBERGLASS OF THE COACH BODY AND CAUSED THE MUDFLAPS TO CATCH FIRE. 2001 TRADEWINDS 37 FT. 9 INCH MOTORHOME. *SC *JB
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 — this page | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
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.