MY CAMPER IS EQUIPPED WITH WHEELS MADE BY SENDEL. ONE HAS A DEFECT. THE ALUMINUM CAST WHEEL HAS A POROUS AREA NEAR THE SPOKE/RIM JUNCTION. THIS AREA ALLOWS AIR TO ESCAPE OVER TIME, AND MUST BE WEAKENED IN A CRITICAL AREA. I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT THE SENDEL WHEEL COMPANY AT THE COMPANY WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.SENDELWHEEL.COM. SENDEL WILL NOT RESPOND. MY LOCAL DEALER, SUMNER RV, IN SUMNER WA WILL NOT TAKE THE WHEEL BACK. WE HAVE THE CAMPER SINCE IT WAS NEW, AND ITS JUST OVER A YEAR OLD. A SENDEL WHEEL DEALER TOLD ME TO CONTACT THE COMPANY. THIS IS A CHINESE COMPANY DUMPING INFERIOR PRODUCTS INTO THE UNITED STATES. THIS WHEEL IS DANGEROUS AND COULD HAVE FAILED WHILE PULLING THE CAMPER. SENDEL SHOULD HAVE MEANS TO RETURN DEFECTIVE PRODUCT, INSPECT THE PRODUCT AND PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT IF REQUIRED. *TR
2012 Wind River 29Fks
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the wheels. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsWheels
Filed May 8, 20141,000 milesWA
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.