STARCRAFT Complaints

TIRE FAILURES- CARLISLE ST175/80R13 TRAILER TIRES. 21' STARCRAFT TRAVEL TRAILER. ON TRIP FROM MICHIGAN TO TEXAS AND BACK, HAD MULTIPLE (5) TIRE FAILURES, BLOWOUTS AND TREAD SEPARATIONS. 2 OF THESE CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE TRAVEL TRAILER. LEFT SIDE WHEELWELL DAMAGED, RIGHT SIDE WHEEL WELL DESTROYED, STORAGE COMPARTMENT AND FLOOR DESTROYED, STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE/ DESTRUCTION OF WIRING LOOM ABOVE WHEEL WELL. ABANDONED IN INDIANAPOLIS STORAGE LOT AS TRAILER WAS UNDRIVABLE. 1ST REPAIR ESTIMATE $4000.00+, STILL WAITING FOR INSURANCE ADJUSTERS ESTIMATE.

DT: THE PIN BOX ON THE FIFTH WHEEL CAME LOOSE. THE FIFTH WHEEL WAS PARKED WHEN THIS WAS NOTICED. THE CONSUMER HAD A CERTIFIED WELDER COME AND WELD THE PART BACK TOGETHER BEFORE THE CONSUMER COULD GET BACK HOME FROM VACATION. THE STARCRAFT COMPANY TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN AND MAKE IT STRONGER. THE STARCRAFT SKS 310 IS THE MODEL ON THIS COMPLAINT. *NM THE GAP BETWEEN IT AND THE FLOOR WAS MADE IT EVIDENT THAT THE PIN BOX WELD WERE GAPED AND THE PIN BOX ITSELF WAS NO LONGER PARALLEL WITH THE FRAME. THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE CONSUMER HEARD NOISES COMING FROM THE BEDROOM AREA. THE FRONT WALL WAS CURRENTLY CURVED INWARD AT THE BOTTOM. *SC *JB

TIRE FAILURE AT APPROX. 800 MILES OF WEAR. TIRE TREAD SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING SEPERATED FROM THE BODY OF THE TIRE WHICH DAMAGED THE WHEEL WELL AND OUTER FAIRING. TIRES WHERE PROPERLY INFLATED, OUTDOOR TEMPS WHERE LESS THAN 60 AND VEHICLE SPEED WAS LESS THAN 60.

I HAVE CARLISLE RADIAL ST175/80R13 TRAILER TIRES ON MY 2002 STARCRAFT TRAVELSTAR TRAILER. OVER THE WEEKEND I HAD A TIRE BLOW OUT. BASICALLY THE TREAD PULLED AWAY FROM THE TIRE. THE SIDE WALL DID NOT GIVE OUT. THIS WAS THE 4TH TIRE I HAD BLOW OUT FROM THE 4 ORIGINAL CARLISLE TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE CAMPER. LAST YEAR 2 TIRES BLEWOUT. THE TRAILER IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. THE TRAILER WAS ONLY 1 YEAR AND 2 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF THE PREVIOUS BLOWOUTS. ALL FOUR TIRES HAD THE TREAD PEEL AWAY. TIRES WERE CHECKED BEFORE EACH TRIP. AIR PRESSURE WAS SET TO 50 PSI COLD TEMP. TRAILER WEIGHT WAS 350 TO 550 LBS BELOW GVWR. THE FIRST TIRE THAT BLEW WAS THE BACK RIGHT TIRE AND THE NEXT 3 HAVE MADE THERE WAY AROUND THE TRAILER IN A COUNTER CLOCKWISE DIRECTION. THIS SEEMS VERY UNUSUAL FOR TIRES TO BLOWOUT LIKE THIS. THE TEMPERATURE AND SPEED BEING TRAVELED WERE ALL DIFFERENT AT THE TIME OF THE BLOWOUTS. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE IS SOME TYPE OF DEFECT WITH THESE TIRES. I HAVE E-MAILED CARLISLE BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM THEM.

I WAS DRIVING AT 60 MPH WHEN I FELT THE VEHICLE BEGIN TO SHAKE. OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE TOW MIRROR I SAW RUBBER COMING OFF ONE OF MY STARCRAFT TRAVELSTAR 2003 23RBS. DEBRIS TORE THE FENDER WELL APART AND DAMAGED THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER. I'M UNCERTAIN HOW MANY MILES WERE ON THE TIRE BECAUSE I BOUGHT THE CAMPER USED, BUT APPROX 1/2 THE TREAD IS WORN AWAY. BEFORE THE BLOW OUT THE TIRE HAD NO VISSIBLE DAMAGE AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 250MILE TRIP THE TIRE WAS INFLATED TO 50PSI. THE TIRE IS A CARLISLE ST175/80R13.*AK

CONSUMER MOVED MOTORCYCLE AND HEARD A NOISE WHILE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. TOOK MOTORCYCLE TO DEALER, DEALER STATED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. YAMAHA, ROADSTAR, 2001. *AK

ROOF LEAKS SOAKING ELECTRICALLY WARMED BEDS. IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS AND HAS BEEN OCCURING IN UTAH THE NATIONS DRYEST STATE BUT THE MANUFACTURE & DEALER ARE SAYING IT IS CONDENSATION. *AK

THE TIE DOWN FOR THE TRUCK CAMPER HAS PULLED OUT! STARCRAFT HAS TRIED TO FIX IT AS WELL AS THE DEALER! THE UNIT IS UNSAFE TO USE@. *AK

PULLING A DUAL AXLE TRAILER WITH CARLISLE BRAND ST175/80R13 TIRES. HAD A BLOW OUT ON THE FRONT AXLE LEFT SIDE. THIS IS THE THIRD SUCH INCIDENT SINCE WE BOUGHT THE TRAILER 7/02. LESS THAN 3000 MILES ON ALL TIRES. CARLISLE BRAND TIRES CONTINUE TO BLOW OUT, REPLACEMENT TIRES WORK OK SO FAR. AIR PRESSURE CHECKED EACH TRIP, TIRES KEPT OUT OF DIRECT SUNLIGHT AND TRAILER NOT OVERWEIGHT. CALLED TRAILER DEALER AND THEY WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS TIRE, ALTHOUGH THEY SELL IT WITH THIS TIRE. VERY UNHAPPY AND CONCERNED FOR FAMILY SAFETY. BUYING 5 NEW TIRES OF ANOTHER BRAND TODAY. *JB

WHILE DRIVING RIGHT PASSENGER'S SIDE RIM CRACKED IN HALF. HALF OF THE TIRE AND HALF OF THE RIM LANDED IN MIDDLE OF STREET. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK