Western Alpenlite

Owners filed 19 complaints across 14 model years of the Western Alpenlite. The 2008 drew the most (4).

Model years14
Complaints19
Recalls20
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Western Alpenlite years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Western Alpenlite model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Western Alpenlite model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20084
0——SteeringRoutine
20072
0——Wheels › RimRoutine
20060
2———Routine
20054
0——Wheels › RimRoutine
20030
1———Routine
20022
1——Service Brakes, Air › Antilock › Wheel Speed SensorRoutine
20010
3———Routine
20001
2——Tires › Tread/BeltRoutine
19993
3——Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank AssemblyRoutine
19982
3——Wheels › RimRoutine
19970
2———Routine
19960
1———Routine
19951
1——Tires › Tread/BeltRoutine
19900
1———Routine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.