NHTSA Complaint #10212208 — 2002 NEWMAR KOUNTRY STAR

PRIMARY BATTERY CABLE GROUNDED INTO TURBO. NOT PROPERLY ANCHORED OR ROUTED. RUINED STARTER ,BATTERIES. CABLES WERE REROUTED BY A FREIGHTLINER SERVICE GARAGE ANCHORED STARTER CABLE REPLACED. I RECOMMENDED TO NEWMAR THAT A RECALL BE ISSUED AND ASKED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR MY DAMAGE. I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS THEIR OPINION THE CABLES WERE ADEQUATELY SECURED AND NO FURTHER ACTION WAS NECESSARY AND CLOSED THE ISSUE. WE LOST A PROPANE FACILITY IN LUBBOCK,TX TO FIRE LAST YEAR WHETHER THEY IDENTIFIED THE IGNITION SOURCE OR NOT I DON'T KNOW . I DO KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD CAUSE A CATASTROPHE SUCH AS THIS. I DISAGREE WITH NEWMAR'S ASSESSMENT THAT THE CABLES ARE PROPERLY SECURED, IF THEY WERE MY PRIMARY BATTERY CABLE WOULD NOT HAVE WORKED ITS WAY INTO MY TURBO WITH SO FEW MILES. I HAVE THE BATTERY CABLE THAT WAS BURNT HALF INTO AS WELL AS PICTURES OF ROUTING AF CABLES BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE REPAIR. THE STARTER AND BATTERIES WERE CORE REPLACEMENTS. *TR