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Showing safety data for the 1999 model year only.
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Coachmen · Model Report
Showing safety data for the 1999 model year only.
ON CERTAIN RECREATIONAL VEHICLES BUILT WITH DOMETIC TWO-DOOR REFRIGERATORS, A FATIGUE CRACK MAY DEVELOP IN THE BOILER TUBE IN THE AREA OF THE WELD BETWEEN THE BOILER TUBE AND THE HEATER POCKET. A FATIGUE CRACK MAY RELEASE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF PRESSURIZED COOLANT SOLUTION INTO AN AREA WHERE AN IGNITION SOURCE IS PRESENT.
1999 COACHMEN MOTORHOME EXPERIENCE TWO BLOW OUTS WITH MICHELIN TIRES. *PH *LA
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WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. *AK THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND CAUSED THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK. AS A RESULT WHEN THE BRAKE WERE APPLIED THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. *NLM
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VEHICLE TIRE EXPLODED. *MR THE VEHICLE HAD GONE DOWN A 25 FOOT EMBANKMENT TO ANOTHER ROAD TO A PARKING LOT. THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. *SCC. THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME, THE TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *JB
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WHILE DRIVING HOME IN MY MOTOR HOME I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND BANGING UNDER MOTOR HOME. THE NOISE AND BANGING CONTINUED UNTIL I WAS SAFELY ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIGHWAY/FREEWAY AND STOP. I NOTED TIRE HAD PEELED AND CAUSED DAMAGE UNDER MOTOR HOME AS WELL AS TO THE BODY OF MOTOR HOME ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE BLOW OUT OCCURRED ON JULY 20, 2002, AROUND 4:00PM. ALLOW ME TO MENTION THAT I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT ON MARCH 14, 2002, WHEN THE FIRST FIRESTONE TIRE BLOW OUT HAPPENED. I DID NOTHING EXCEPT CALL ROAD SERVICE TO REMOVE THE DAMAGED TIRE AND ADD THE SPARE. BECAUSE IT WAS THE SECOND INCIDENT INVOLVING A FIRESTONE TIRE, I CALLED FIRESTONE TIRES AND SERVICE MONDAY MORNING. AFTER EXPLAINING THE JULY 20, 2002 INCIDENT, I WAS GIVEN THE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE CLAIMS DEPARTMENT IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE (800-356-4644) AND SPOKE TO A MR. SHAWN GREEN WHO REFERRED ME TO A. *AK
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I NOTICED A LOUD "CLUNK" SOUND BELOW THE DRIVERS SEAT WHENEVER I HIT A VERY LARGE BUMP, I.E. RAILROAD TRACKS, POTHOLE, ETC. AND COULD FEEL A "CLUNK" IN THE STEERING WHEEL. I CRAWLED UNDER THE MH AND STARTED PUSHING/PULLING ON THE STEERING LINKAGE TO SEE IF A TIE ROD WAS ABOUT TO FALL OFF. WHEN I PUSHED/PULLED ON THE TIE ROD BETWEEN THE LEFT WHEEL AND THE IDLER ARM, I GOT A "CLUNK" SOUND. I FOUND I COULD MOVE THE ARM ABOUT 2" SIDEWAYS (LEFT/RIGHT) AT THE POINT OF THE IDLER ARM. UPON CHECKING IT OUT I FOUND THE NUT ON THE TOP OF THE STEERING IDLER ARM WAS LOOSE. AFTER REMOVING THE COTTER PIN, I COULD REMOVE THE NUT AND IDLER ARM WITH MY FINGERS. A COTTER PIN IS ALL THAT WAS KEEPING US FROM GOING IN ANY DIRECTION IT WOULD HAVE WANTED TO GO, WITHOUT ANY STEERING CONTROL WHATSOEVER. MY FAMILY OF FIVE HAD JUST COMPLETED A JOURNEY THAT TOOK US OVER THE CHICAGO SKYWAY, HUNDREDS OF FEET IN THE AIR! TO THINK WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS. I INSPECTED THE IDLER ARM AND PIVOT STUD FOR WEAR AND NOT NOTICING ANY, REPLACED THE IDLER ARM, TIGHTENED THE NUT AND INSTALLED THE COTTER PIN. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS PROBLEM HAS COME UP BEFORE BUT IT WOULD NOT BE THE TYPE OF PROBLEM TO BE NOTICED IF SOMEONE WASN'T SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR IT. WITH IT BEING SO NEW, A MECHANIC MAY NOT LOOK FOR LOOSE (WORN) STEERING PARTS.*AK
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