NHTSA Complaint #10228084 — 2004 NATIONAL RV RAGE'N

STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 10228084
Vehicle 2004 NATIONAL RV RAGE'N
Component STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage N/A miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State NV

Consumer Description

I OWN A 2004 RAGE'N LX 3435-5J 5TH WHEEL TOY HAULER MANUFACTURED BY NATIONAL RV. THE FRAME OF THIS TRAILER IS MANUFACTURED BY LIPPERT SOMETIME IN 2003. AROUND OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR I NOTICED THAT THE FIBERGLASS EXTERIOR AROUND THE HITCH PIN WAS DISTORTING WHEN I WOULD LOWER THE TRAILER ONTO MY TRUCKS HITCH. I ALSO BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT THE INTERIOR FLOOR CABINETS OVER THE HITCH PIN WERE BEGINNING TO PULL AWAY FROM THE SIDE WALLS. I TOOK THE TRAILER TO JOHNNY WALKER SERVICE AND THEY PEELED THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER AND DID A REPAIR THE "MANUFACTURER", (I DON'T KNOW WHICH), SAID WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I PUT APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 200 MILES ON THE TRAILER AND NOTICED THAT THE SAME CABINETS ARE NOW PULLING AWAY FROM THE FRONT WALL. JOHNNY WALKER SERVICE STILL HAS THE TRAILER AND IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THIS IS OCCURRING BUT THIS STRUCTURAL FAILURE HAS NOW REAPPEARED AFTER WHAT WAS A MANUFACTURERS "SOLUTION" WAS APPLIED. THE MANUFACTURER OBVIOUSLY KNOWS THAT THERE IS SOME KIND OF PROBLEM OR THEY WOULDN'T HAVE SUGGESTED A "FIX". I DON'T FEEL SAFE KNOWING THE POSSIBILITY OF A 10,000 TO 12,000 TRAILER MAY BREAK LOOSE ON THE BACK OF MY TRUCK WHILE MOVING. I HAD PICTURES TAKEN OF THE REPAIRS MADE PRIOR TO THE EXTERIOR BEING REAPPLIED. *TR

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