2005 KEYSTONE COUGAR Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KEYSTONE COUGAR TRAILER. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN HE NOTICED THAT BOTH REAR AXLE SHACKLES REAR CENTER HAD FRACTURED. THE SPRINGS HAD EXCESSIVE CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION. HE HAD A CONCERN OF THE POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 22,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE REFRIGERATOR IN OUR KEYSTONE COUGAR TRAVEL TRAILER. THE RECALL ONLY BANDAIDS THE PROBLEM. IT DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AND THAT IS RIDICULOUS. I BOUGHT MY CAMPER BRAND NEW AND HAVE HAD IT FOR 2 YEARS. NOW I HAD TO PAY $400.00 IN LABOR BECAUSE MY COOLANT LEAKED BECAUSE THE FAULTY TUBE WAS CRACKED. THEY WILL NOT PAY THE LABOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KEYSTONE COUGAR. THE VEHICLE HAS TIRECO MISSION, SIZE ST22575R15 TIRES. THE CONTACT NOTICED BULGES IN THE CENTER TIRE. THE TIRE EVENTUALLY BLEW OUT AND CAUSED MINIMAL DAMAGE. ANOTHER BLOWOUT OCCURRED LATER, WHICH CAUSED MORE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE CONTACT CHANGED THE TIRE AND WENT TO SILVER MOON AUTO REPAIR. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE OTHER THREE TIRES WOULD ALSO EXPERIENCE A BLOWOUT AND CALLED THEM "CHEAP". HE THEN PROCEEDED TO REPLACE THE REMAINING TIRES. TIRECO STATED THAT THEY WANTED TO INSPECT THE TIRES TO DETERMINE IF THEY WERE FAULTY. THE CONTACT SENT THE TIRES TO TIRECO AND THEY SENT HIM A CHECK FOR THE THREE TIRES. NO OTHER VEHICLE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE.

ON NOVEMBER 25, 2007 I WAS CLOSING UP MY KEYSTONE COURGAR TRAVEL TRAILER AFTER HAVING USED IT FOR 4 DAYS. AFTER I SLID IN THE TWO SIDEOUTS ON THE TRAILER I BEGAN TO SMELL RUBBER BURNING AND I BEGAN SEARCHING TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I FOUND FLAMES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE TRAILER AT THE AFT END OF WHERE THE LIVING ROOM/DINING ROOM SIDEOUT MATED TO THE TRAILER. I REOPENED THE TRAILER, GRABBED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER, SLIDE THE SIDEOUTS OUT AWAY TO GET TO THE FLAMES AND EXTINGUISH THEM. IF I HAD NOT NOTICED IT AS SOON AS I DID I COULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD FANNING THE FLAMES AND CREATING A SERIOUS HAZARD TO OTHERS NOT TO MENTION MY WIFE AND MYSELF. IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BUT THAT IS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KEYSTONE COUGAR. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR THERMO KING TIRE BLEW OUT AND DAMAGED THE PASSENGER SIDE QUARTER PANEL OF THE VEHICLE. THE SPARE TIRE WAS PLACED ON THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER, AFTER DRIVING 500 MILES, THE SPARE BLEW OUT AS WELL. THE ORIGINAL AND THE SPARE TIRE WERE THE SAME BRAND, MODEL, AND SIZE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. NO OTHER VEHICLE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED TWO PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRES BLEW OUT. THE TIRES SEPARATED AND SHREDDED. THE TIRES WERE MISSION TIRES. MANUFACTURED BY TIRECO. SIZE: 225/75/R-15. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. UPDATED 10/4/2006 - *NM

2005 KEYSTONE COUGAR 281 EFS 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. I HAD A TIRE BLOW OUT WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. I DO NOT KNOW IF I HIT SOMETHING OR THE TIRE JUST FAILED. I DID FIND OUT SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION FROM THE TIRE SHOP. THE GVW OF THE TRAILER IS 10,300 LBS. THE ST225/75R15 TIRES ARE RATED @ 2,540 LBS EACH. THE TOTAL IS 10,160 LBS. MAX WEIGHT FOR 4 TIRES. THIS IS 140 LBS. LESS THAN THE GVW. THIS SOUNDS TO BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE TRAILER WAS NOT LOADED TO THE MAX GVW, HOWEVER, THE TIRES SHOULD AT LEAST EQUAL OR EXCEED THE GVW OF THE TRAILER. *NM