1997 Winnebago Rialta

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Suspension	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Suspension

Filed Jan 8, 2014213,664 milesOK

WHILE MOVING SLOWLY, APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL, HUB, AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY BECAME COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. CLOSE INSPECTION SHOWS A FAILURE OF THE REAR AXLE END PIECE WHICH SUPPORTS THE REAR AXLE BEARING. IN ADDITION TO THE LOSS OF THE WHEEL, TEARING AWAY OF BRAKE LINES LED TO A COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY, INCLUDING EMERGENCY BRAKE. DISCUSSION WITH OTHER RIALTA OWNERS HAS IDENTIFIED NUMEROUS OTHER INSTANCES OF AXLE END-PIECE CRACKING OR DETACHMENT. UPDATED 2/12/14*CN

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002

Year	Complaints	Assessment
2002	2	Routine
1998	2	Routine
1997 — this page	1	Routine
1996	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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.