1998 Viking Legend

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the latches/locks/linkages › hatchback/liftgate › lock. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hatchback/Liftgate › Lock	1		0	1	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Exterior Lighting98V196001

Filed Aug 25, 19982,000 vehiclesCoachmen Rv Company

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRAVEL TRAILERS. THE FAN-LIGHT APPLIANCE CAN FAIL (MOST COMMONLY INVOLVING A FAILURE OF THE FAN MOTOR) WHICH CAN RESULT IN AN OVERLOAD IN THE COILED POWER SUPPLY WIRES, WHICH COULD MELT THE WIRES.

Risk. THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT, AND POSSIBLY A FIRE.

Remedy. OWNERS WILL BE SENT A MAILER FOR THE RETURN OF THIS FAN-LIGHT APPLIANCE AND IN TURN WILL BE SENT TWO PORTABLE LIGHTS AS REPLACEMENTS. IF AN OWNER DOES NOT WANT THE TWO LIGHTS AS REPLACEMENTS, COACHMEN IS OFFERING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE FAN/LIGHT APPLIANCES.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hatchback/Liftgate › LockFire

Filed Jun 1, 2000ME

THIS COMPONENT WAS THE SUBJECT OF RECALL #98V196001, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT VIKING DID NOT HAVE A REPLACEMENT FOR THIS COMPONENT, AND THAT IT WOULD BE REPLACED WITH A LIGHT ASSEMBLY. HOWEVER, IF AT A FUTURE DATE VIKING FOUND A SIMILAR PRODUCT, THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE IT WITH A LIGHT AND FAN COMBINATION. THIS FEATURE WAS ONE THAT SOLD US ON THIS MODEL OF RV, SO WE DECIDED TO WAIT FOR THE REPLACEMENT LIGHT AND FAN COMBINATION. WHILE CAMPING RECENTLY THIS PRODUCT FAILED AS THE RECALL STATES, FAN MOTOR FAILED AND BURNED THE WIRING FOR IT IN OUR CHILDRENS BIRTH END, FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS INJURED, BUT CERTAINLY A WAKE UP CALL TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO RECALLS! AFTER A RECENT CONVERSATION WITH COACHMAN, THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE LIGHT AND FAN COMBINATION, BUT WOULD SUPPLY A FAN ONLY, EVEN THOUGH NEWER MODELS ARE EQUIPPED WITH A LIGHT AND FAN COMBINATION. THEY (LINDA) FURTHER STATED THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO DO THAT, NHTSA ONLY REQUIRED THEM TO COLLECT THE RECALLED LIGHT AND FAN COMBINATIONS, AND THAT IF WE WANTED A LIGHT AND FAN COMBINATION WE COULD PURCHASE IT FROM OUR LOCAL DEALER! IS THIS TRUE? AFTER WORKING FOR A NEW CAR DEALER FOR THE PAST YEARS I FIND THIS VERY HARD TO SWALLOW, KNOWING WE BRING RECALLED VEHICLES TO A HIGHER STANDARD THAN ORIGINALLY BUILT AND SEEK CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN DOING SO. EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE I HAVE REPLACED LIFT BACK LATCHES ON 20 YEAR OLD CARAVANS, THAT MAY POSSIBLY FAIL AND CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS USED INAPPRO

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2004

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2006	1	1	0	Routine
2005	2	1	0	Routine
2004	3	1	0	Routine
2001	1	0	0	Routine
1999	0	1	0	Routine
1998 — this page	1	1	1	Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Aug 25, 1998. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.