Coachmen · Model Report
Showing safety data for the 1996 model year only.
WHILE MOTORHOME WAS BEING DRIVEN AT 65 MPH EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO GET ONTO SHOULDER SAFELY. MOTORHOME WAS TOWED TO DEALER. EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM WAS REPLACED DUE TO A TRIPPED SOLENOID. GMC PAID HALF OF OWNER'S OUT OF POCKET COST FOR REPAIRS. COACHMEN MODEL, MIRADA. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
No injuries · No fire · No crash
FRONT TUBING WHICH IS THE FRAME CRACKED COMPLETELY WHERE THE KING PIN HITCH IS FASTENED. FRAME TUBING ON OPPOSITE SIDE CRACKED & WELDS IN REAR OF KING PIN BRACKET BROKE LOOSE FROM BOTTOM TO TOP ABOUT HALF WAY UP. COACHMENT OFFERED TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH AN ENHANCEMENT KIT. THE ENHANCEMENT KIT WAS ORIGINALLY OFFERED ON 2/24/97, UNDER THE OWNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM NP002-FIFTH WHEEL PIN BOX FRAME MODIFICATION. IT TARGETED CERTAIN 94 AND 95 INDIANA PRODUCED COACHMEN FIFTH WHEEL TRAILERS. IN COACHMEN'S LETTER TO 94-95 OWNERS, THEY STATE "IN RARE AND SEVERE CONDITIONS, A "PROGRESSIVE" FRAME FLEX IS POSSIBLE IN WHICH THE GOOSE NECK AREA OF THE FIFTH WHEEL FRAME COULD BEGIN TO SAG ONTO THE BED OF THE PICK-UP, OVER THE HITCH. THIS CONDITION MAY DEVELOP AFTER EXTENDED USE, OVERLOADING, OR UNEVEN WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION." OUR 1996 TRAILER HAS NOT BEEN EXPOSED TO ANY OF THESE CONDITIONS. IT HAS ~ 10,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF VERY WELL. THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM, BUT A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THIS CAN CAUE FATAL ACCIDENTS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. WHY A KIT? THEY CAN BUILD IT RIGHT, INITIALLY. IT IS NOT AGAINST THE LAW IN NM, FOR PASSENGERS TO RIDE IN A FIFTH WHEEL. WHAT IF OUR KIDS WERE IN THE FIFTH WHEEL AT THE TIME OF THE BREAK? WHAT IF WE HAD NOT NOTICED THE SAGGING FIFTH WHEEL, CONTINUED ON THE HIGHWAY AT EVEN 35 MPH AND THE TRAILER BROKE LOOSE? THE ISSUE IS ONE OF SAFETY. EVEN IF COACHMEN FIXES THE FIFTH WHEEL, WE WILL NOT FEEL SAFE IN IT. *AK
No injuries · No fire · No crash
WHILE DRIVING MOTORHOME IT JUST DIED. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THE MOTORHOME WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
No injuries · No fire · No crash
OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRRORS BECAME DISTORTED CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.
No injuries · No fire · No crash