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2001 Workhorse P3500

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System
Filed Mar 9, 201435,000 milesNV

THIS WAS THE FIRST OF FOUR INCIDENTS, WHERE THE STARTER SWITCH FAILED. THE LAST TIME WAS ON MARCH 4, 2014. ON THE LAST TWO OCCASIONS, WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 55 MILES AN HOUR AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. NO WARNING, WHAT SO EVER. ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HAD NO POWER. WE WERE ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN THIS HAPPENS IN A 34 FOOT MOTORHOME, IT'S FRIGHTENING TO SAY THE LEAST. IN ALL FOUR INCIDENTS, THE MOTORHOME IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED, BUT IT KEEPS HAPPENING. THE CONSUMER STATED THE LAST 2 TIMES,THE KEY TURNED OFF BY ITSELF AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF, WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH. UPDATED 04/02/14

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2005
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20051000Routine
20031000Routine
2001 — this page1000Routine

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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.