NHTSA Complaint #10630810 — 2013 CRUISER RV FUN FINDER

2013 FUN FINDER TRAILER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE PROPANE LEAKS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED IN A SPAN OF TWO WEEKS, HE EXPERIENCED 2 PROPANE LEAKS. THE FIRST WAS A LEAKING PROPANE BOTTLE HOSE CONNECTERS THAT HE DISCOVERED WHILE CAMPING. HE REPLACED BOTH HOSES AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. ON JULY 15, 2014, HE EXPERIENCED YET ANOTHER LP GAS LEAK, BUT THIS TIME IT WAS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE THAT VERY WELL COULD HAVE RESULTED IN THE TRAILER CATCHING ON FIRE. ANOTHER MOTORIST ALERTED HIM THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. WHEN THE CONSUMER LOOKED OUT HIS SIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR, HE SAW THE LP GAS HOSE AND ELECTRICAL WIRES BEING DRAGGER ON THE PAVEMENT ALONGSIDE THE TRAILERS TIRES. THE CONSUMER PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION AND SAW THE WIRES AND PROPANE HOSE WERE IN SHREDS AFTER BEING DRAGGED ON THE PAVEMENT FOR QUITE SOME DISTANCE. *JB