| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000095761 | Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970 |
| Consumer's City: KEY WEST | Consumer's State: FL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: DUNLOP TIRE CORPORATION |
| Model Name: DUNLOP | Model Year: 9999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:axle assembly |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 10 2002 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: We believe our '99 flagstaff 26ds rv had inadequate axels for the weight of the camper. our rv weighs 4700 lbs empty. it had two 2200 lb. rated axels. we had a blow out and had to replace 4 other tires due to excessive wear. then we discovered the wear was due to a bent axel. our rv dealer, sunway rv, had gone out of business so we contacted forest river, dunlop tire and alko kobler corp, the axel supplier. dunlop did remimburse us $500 on a $631.32 claim for the tire warrentee. alko kobler corp said there was no flaw in the metal of the axel we returned, therefore their 5 year warrentee did not cover bending. however, they did feel the axels were too light for the weight. forest river gave us no satisfaction on our request for new heavier axels and for damages. we did however, purchase two new 3000 lb. rated axels from forest river and had them installed by south east trailer sales of key largo, fl. they also felt the original axels were inadequate. after replacing our axels we discovered forest river upgraded the axels to 3000 lb. on the next year's model of the flagstaff rv even though they increased the weight by only 300 lbs.. we feel forest river should have a recall on our model rv and should compensate us for the cost of the axels, replacement costs and related damages.*ak |
