SPARTAN Complaints

TURBO OULTET PIPE COMPLETELY SHEARED OFF. MANY PROBLEMS WITH SIMALAR MODELS AND WAS TOLD BY SPARTAN THAT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL WAS NOT FLAGGED. STRANGELY ENOUGH IT HAS THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENING AS OTHER MODELS. DIESEL EXHAUST POURING IN TO CABIN OF COACH VERY BIG SAFETY HAZARD WITH CARBON MONOXIDE. MADE ME DIZZY AND ALMOST PASS OUT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 SPARTAN ADVANTAGE. WHILE STATIONARY, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.

ENGINE FIRE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. WE RECENTLY HAD A DISASTER IN OUR MOTOR HOME. A FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY (OCT 2015 NEAR ASHEVILLE NC). WHAT I DISCOVERED WAS A SEAL HAD FAILED ON THE HYDRAULIC MOTOR THAT DRIVES THE FAN. (THIS UNIT HAS A SIDE RADIATOR) WHEN THE SEAL FAILED IT SPRAYED OIL ON THE FAN BLADES THUS SPREADING OIL OVER THE TURBO AND EXHAUST MANIFOLD OF THE ENGINE. HAVE SEEN 3 OTHER COACHES IN FLAMES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. LOOKED ON THE WEB AT MANY COACHES IN SALVAGE YARDS AND ALMOST ALWAYS THE FIRE STARTS IN THIS SAME LOCATION. THIS IS A POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. BY THE TIME I HAD THE COACH STOPPED IT HAD COMPLETELY FILLED WITH THICK BLACK SMOKE AND I HAD PROBLEMS GETTING MY WIFE OUT THE DOOR, ALSO A VERY EXPENSIVE PROBLEM. I THINK A SHIELD AROUND THE MOTOR TO KEEP OIL FROM GETTING ON THE FAN BLADES OR A DOUBLE SEAL ON THE MOTOR SHAFT WITH A DRAIN TUBE BETWEEN SEALS WOULD BE AN EASY FIX AND NOT TOO EXPENSIVE. THE COACH WE LOST WAS ON A SPARTAN CHASSIS THE LAST ONE I SAW BURN WAS ON A FREIGHT LINER CHASSIS. I THINK ALL THE COACHES WITH SIDE RADIATOR HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE. I SINCERELY HOPE YOU WILL LOOK AT THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 SPARTAN GLADIATOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL WERE INSTALLED EXTREMELY CLOSE TOGETHER. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ALSO VERY CLOSE TO THE STEERING SHAFT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 0.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SPARTAN MOTORHOME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS WERE NOT SECURED IN THE FRAME. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE WINDOWS WOULD FRACTURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT BRACKETS MIGHT NEED TO BE INSTALLED ALONG WITH OTHER UNKNOWN REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NEWMAR KING AIRE RV EQUIPPED WITH A 2012 SPARTAN CHASSIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE COMPRESSOR BRAKE WAS ACTIVATED AND THEN THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE CONTINUOUSLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE COMPRESSOR BRAKE SWITCH WAS ACTIVATED, CAUSING THE TRAILER BRAKES TO OVERHEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000. ...UPDATED 07-10-13 *BF UPDATED 07/16/2013*JS

THE SEATBELT LATCHPLATES (TONGUES) AND SOME SEATBELT WEBBING ON ALL SIX SEATS RIDE ON THE ABDOMENS OF MANY ADULT OCCUPANTS. THIS MAY BE BECAUSE THE OVERALL LENGTH OF THE (FEMALE) BUCKLE STALK IS 15.5 INCHES. THE SEATBELT LATCHPLATE RIDES 3 INCHES FROM THE FRONT VERTICAL CENTERLINE, WITH THE TOP OF THE LATCHPLATE 4 INCHES ABOVE THE TOP OF THE THIGH, ALMOST AT THE LOWER RIB MARGIN, ON A 5 FOOT 11 INCH TALL 175 POUND MALE, CAUSING DISCOMFORT AND POTENTIAL FOR INJURY. SEATBELT COMPONENTS ON THE ABDOMEN ARE A COMMON CAUSE OF PREVENTABLE CRASH INJURY HTTP://WWW.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV/PMC/ARTICLES/PMC1267426/. PHOTOS AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE MANUFACTURER FROM OCTOBER 18, 2012 ARE AVAILABLE. *TR

THE SEATBELT LATCHPLATE (TONGUE) AND SOME SEATBELT WEBBING ON ALL 6 SEATS RIDES IN THE ABDOMEN OF MANY ADULT OCCUPANTS. THIS MAY BE BECAUSE THE OVERALL LENGTH OF THE (FEMALE) BUCKLE STALK IS 15.5 INCHES. IN THE CASE OF A 5'11" TALL MALE WEIGHING 174 POUNDS, THE SEATBELT LATCHPLATE RIDES 3 INCHES FROM THE FRONT VERTICAL CENTERLINE, WITH THE TOP OF THE LATCHPLATE 4 INCHES ABOVE THE THIGH, ALMOST AT THE LOWER RIB MARGIN. BESIDES BEING UNCOMFORTABLE, IMPROPER POSITIONING OF SEATBELT COMPONENT ON THE ABDOMEN IS WELL ESTABLISHED CAUSE OF PREVENTABLE INJURY IN CRASHES HTTP://WWW.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV/PMC/ARTICLES/PMC1267426/. PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTATION OF CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE MANUFACTURER IS AVAILABLE FROM OCTOBER 18, 2012. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SPARTAN MOTOR HOME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE STATIONERY DUAL PANE WINDOWS BECAME PERMANENTLY FOGGED. THE WINDOWS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE WINDOWS WERE NOT FILLED PROPERLY. THE WINDOWS WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 16,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SPARTAN MOTOR HOME. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT WINDOW SEAL IN THE THERMAN PAIN GLASS WAS FRACTURED AND OBSTRUCTING THE CONTACT'S VIEW OF THE ROADWAY. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, NOR WAS THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 28,440 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,500. UPDATED 4/3/12 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE WINDOW WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 04/13/12