NEWMAR Complaints

WHILE DRIVING A 2000 NEWMAR DUTCH STAR DIESEL PUSHER THE RIGHT REAR INSIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WITH APPROXIMATELY 29,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I CONTACTED MICHELIN'S CONSUMER CALL CENTER TO INFORM THEM THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND BLOWOUT I EXPERIENCED ON THIS VEHICLE, AND THAT BOTH TIRES HAD THE SAME MANUFACTURING DATE CODE. THEY RESPONDED BY ASSERTING THAT THE TIRE DAMAGE MUST HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY LOW TIRE PRESSURE. WHEN I MAINTAINED THAT PRESSURE HAD NEVER BEEN LOW, THEY THEN RESPONDED THAT THE TIRE MUST HAVE BEEN OVERLOADED. I REMOVED ALL SIX MICHELIN TIRES FROM THIS MOTORHOME AND REPLACED THEM WITH GOODYEAR TIRES. I HAVE SINCE DRIVEN THIS VEHICLE ALMOST 40,000 ADDITIONAL MILES WITHOUT INCIDENT. *LA

WHILE DRIVING A 2000 NEWMAR DUTCH STAR DIESEL PUSHER THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT WITH APPROXIMATELY 18,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. A MICHELIN DEALER, AFTER A CURSORY EXAMINATION, CLAIMED THE TIRE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY LOW TIRE PRESSURE. THE DEALER'S ASSERTION WAS NOT ACCURATE AS THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TIRE LOAD/INFLATION SPECIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY MICHELIN TO THE CHASSIS MANUFACTURER. *LA

FAILURE IN THE DUTCH STAR MOTORHOME WITH SPQARTAN CHASSIS ELECTRICAL WIRING CAUSES LOSS OF THROTTLE CONTROL. BECAME APPARENT WHEN TURNING IN FRONT OF CAR ON 2 LANE ROAD - CAR HAD TO BRAKE HARD TO AVOID ACCIDENT. HAS REOCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES.*AK

LTR FM JACKIE AND WILLIAM AMBURGEY (WA) CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THEIR DEFECTIVE 2003 NEWMAR KOUNTRY STAR MOTORHOME, INTERIOR STEP COLLAPSED.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE RV HAD A MECHANISM THAT LIFTED THE STEP TO FLOOR LEVEL, WHEN SHE STOOD UP, THE STEP COLLAPSED AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE CONSUMER FELL INTO HOLE AND WAS INJURED. THE STEP HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED WITH INFERIOR GRADE 1/2 INCH PLYWOOD WITH 1/2 INCH SCREWS, WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED WITH MARINE GRADE PLYWOOD AND STEEL ON STEEL HINGES AND LONG RODS INSTEAD OF SCREWS. *JB *NM

MOTORHOME WAS BUILT ON A CHASSIS THAT WAS NOT READY FOR PRODUCTION. *MR THERE WAS A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. THE DEALER FOUND DEFECTIVE WHEELS/BAD GOODYEAR TIRES. WHEN THE TANK WAS FILLED, FUEL LEAKED AT THE FILLER HOSE. IT WAS DISCOVERED, THAT THE FILLER HOSE THAT WENT TO THE TANK WAS ROTTEN. THE FUEL HOSE WAS REPLACED. *SCC *JB

TRAILER HITCH BAR ON MOTORHOME HAS INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE. CRACKS IN HITCH OCCUR WHEN DRAGGING ON ROADWAYS. *LA

VEHICLE WINDSHIELD BROKE TWICE. *MR WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY, THE COACH HAD BROKEN TWO WINDSHIELDS WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF LEVELING, WHICH WAS DONE AUTOMATICALLY. THE FACTORY REPLACED THEM UNDER WARRANTY. THERE WAS CONSTANT CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE FACTORY FOR THE PAST YEAR AS THE PROBLEM WAS NEVER SOLVED DURING WARRANTY. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THE FACTORY REPAIR IT AT A REDUCED PRICE. (MOUNTANAIRE) *SCC *JB

ADD TO NHTSA 10036804. WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 65 MPH, ON I-495 NEAR LITTLETON MA, AFTER THE INCIDENT IN BANGOR. THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR INSIDE DUAL TIRE ALSO BLEW A SIDEWALL. THERE WAS NO CONTROL LOSS AND WE WENT ABOUT A MILE GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY AND PARKED IN A PARKING LOT BEHIND LITTLETON LUMBER.

DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE, SIDEWALL BLOWOUT. MICHELIN 255/80R22.5G TIRE, 13105 MILES ON VEHICLE, 36 FOOT LONG, NEWMAR KOUNTRY STAR, DIESEL MOTORHOME.

CONSUMER HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS SINCE OWNING VEHICLE. AT 17000 MILES BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND CLEANED ALL AROUND. AT 42000 MILES BRAKE ROTORS/ PADS/ CALIPERS, AND MASTER CYLINDER HAD TO BE REPLACED. WHILE DRIVING ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD BRAKES COMPLETELY FROZE UP ON THE MOUNTAIN SIDE. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR THE SYSTEM HAD COOLED ENOUGH FOR THE VEHICLE TO MAKE THE JOURNEY DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. *AK