NHTSA Complaint #10200364 — 2004 KEYSTONE COUGAR

WE PURCHASED OUR 2004 KEYSTONE COUGAR TRAVEL TRAILER IN FEB 2005 FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER WHO HAD ONLY USED IT ON A 200 MILE TRIP ONCE AS HIS WIFE HAD TAKEN ILL AND HE COULDN'T USE IT ANY LONGER. IN APR/MAY OF 2006 WE WENT ON A CROSS COUNTRY TRIP. WE HAD A BLOWOUT THE 1ST DAY OUT ON I-75 NEAR THE NORTH MARION COUNTY LINE. WE THEN HAD ANOTHER BLOWOUT AS WE ENTERED CA ON I-8. OUR 3RD BLOWOUT CAME ON OUR RETURN TRIP ON I-10 IN LA. ALL THREE TIRES WERE MISSION RADIALS THAT CAME NEW ON THE RV FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND CAUSED FENDER DAMAGE. ON MAY 31, 2007 WE AGAIN WENT ON ANOTHER CROSS COUNTRY TRIP. ON THE 1ST DAY OUT ON I-10 NEAR SPANISH FORT, AL WE AGAIN HAD A BLOW OUT OF ANOTHER MISSION RADIAL TIRE ( ORIGINAL SPARE WHICH WAS INSIDE THE GARAGE AREA OF OUR TRAVEL TRAILER OUT OF THE ELEMENTS UNTIL APRIL OF 2006) CAUSING FENDER AND UNDER CARRIAGE DAMAGE. ON OUR RETURN TRIP WE HAD ANOTHER BLOW OUT ON JULY 31ST, THIS TIME OF A CARLISLE RADIAL TIRE WHICH WAS A REPLACEMENT OF OUR 1ST BLOWOUT IN APR 2006. THIS TIRE , AS ALL THE OTHERS HAD EVEN TIRE WEAR WITH PLENTY OF TREAD WEAR LEFT AT TIME OF BLOW OUT. THESE TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED TO 60 TO 65 LBS EACH. BOTH SIDES OF OUR TRAVEL TRAILER INCURRED FENDER DAMAGE AND UNDER CARRIAGE DAMAGE FROM THESE BLOW OUTS THIS YEAR. I HAVE NOT REPAIRED THE DAMAGE THIS YEAR. I DO NOT HAVE AN OF THE MISSION TIRES IN MY POSSESSION, BUT I DO HAVE THE CARLISLE TIRE IN MY POSSESSION WHICH SHOWS THE STEEL BELTS COMING THROUGH THE TREAD IN ONLY ONE AREA AS THE TIRE DID NOT COME APART COMPLETELY AS THE MISSION TIRES DID. I FEEL THERE MAY BE A SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL TRAVEL TRAILER AS THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TIRE MANUFACTURERS OF THE TIRES IN MY CASE. *TR UPDATED 09/05/07 *TR