2013 DUTCHMEN TRAVEL TRAILER Complaints

UNSURE HOW FAILURE OCCURRED. FOUND AFTER STOP AT CAMP SITE. REPLACED WITH SPARE. THE TIRE IS AN AKURIT NOT IN THE DATABASE LISTING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DUTCHMEN COMFORT TRAILBLAZER TRAVEL TRAILER (NA). THE TRAILER WAS PULLED BY A 2011 FORD F150. WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRAILER'S REAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL WAS ON FIRE. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE AND TRAVEL TRAILER OVER AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH AN EXTINGUISHER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT PROVIDE A REMEDY FOR THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT IT WAS COMMON. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE TRAVEL TRAILER WAS 1,500.

ON A RETURN TRIP FROM ALASKA WE STOPPED IN MANITOBA, CANADA AT A REST AREA. A PERSON TOLD US THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE CAMPER. I OPENED THE DOOR AND HOT AIR AND SMOKE FORCED ME BACK OUTSIDE. I UNHOOKED THE TRUCK AND REMOVED THE PROPANE TANKS AND MOVED THEM AWAY FROM THE BURNING HULK. IN FEW MINUTES THE CAMPER WAS TOTALLY BURNED. A CANADIAN POLICEMAN CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY PUT OUT THE FIRE. WE HAD NOT EXPERIENCED ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CAMPER UP TO THE POINT OF THE FIRE. THE REFRIGERATOR WAS BEING OPERATED ON PROPANE IN TRANSIT. OUR INSURANCE COMPANY INFORMED US THAT THERE WERE RECALLS ON CAMPERS OF THIS TYPE; HOWEVER WE HAD NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTIFICATIONS FROM THE SELLER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DUTCHMEN ASPEN TRAIL RV EQUIPPED WITH WESTLAKE ST TIRES, SIZE: 202/75/R14 (N/A). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE SIDEWALL TREAD SEPARATED AND CAUSED A BLOW OUT. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE OFF THE ROADWAY AND INSTALL THE SPARE TIRE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE TIRE TO A DEALER, WHO TOOK PICTURES OF THE TIRES AND FORWARDED THEM TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CALL THE TIRE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE WAS 380. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.