2014 KEYSTONE DUTCHMEN VOLTAGE Unknown Or Other Problems
2 NHTSA complaints on file
Unknown Or Other Issues in the 2014 KEYSTONE DUTCHMEN VOLTAGE
2 unknown or other complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2014 KEYSTONE DUTCHMEN VOLTAGE. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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All Unknown Or Other Complaints
PIN BOX BUILT BY LIPPERT HAS FAILED, LABELED AS 21K LB PIN BOX. TRAILAIR TRIGLIDE HAS FAILED, BOTTOM PLATE (PIN) WHERE ROLLERS ALLOW PLATE TO SLIDE HAS BROKEN WELDS. CURRENTLY IN TO BE REPLACED. WHEN CALLED TO FIND REPLACEMENT PART, LIPPERT CROSS REFERENCED REPLACEMENT AS AN 18K LB PIN BOX. PIN BOXES ARE MISLABELED FOR WEIGHT RATING. THIS SUPPOSED 18K LB PIN BOX (ACTUALLY LABELED AS 21K LB) HAS BEEN OVERLOADED (UNBEKNOWNST TO ME) FOR NEARLY 18 MONTHS, A FAILURE LIKE THIS COULD CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT WHILE TOWING OR EVEN DEATH. UNIT IS CURRENTLY AT RV SERVICE OF VIRGINIA (804-798-1433) TO BE REPLACED.
2014 DUTCHMEN VOLTAGE MODEL #3950 FIFTH WHEEL TOYHAULER RV. I RECENTLY TOOK THE THE RV TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WITH AN ISSUE WITH THE OEM SUPPLIED TRAILER-AIR TRI-GLIDE FIFTH WHEEL HITCH/KING PIN ASSEMBLY. THE KING PIN IS CLEARLY MARKED AS A 21,000 LBS. GVW RATED HITCH AND A LIPPERT (LCI) PART NUMBER OF 194170 . WHEN REPAIR FACILITY ATTEMPTED TO ORDER THE REPLACEMENT KING PIN ASSEMBLY USING THE PART NUMBER ABOVE, LCI INFORMED THEM THAT THE PART NUMBER ON THE CURRENT KING PIN ASSEMBLY IS ONLY RATED AT 18,000 LBS. GVW. THE DUTCHMEN GVW RATING FOR THE VOLTAGE 3950 LISTED ON THE PLACARD IS 19,000. THIS TOYHAULER LEFT THE DUTCHMEN FACTORY WITH A FIFTHWHEEL KING PIN THAT IS NOT RATED FOR THE RV'S 19K GVW. FORTHERMORE, LCI HAS WITHDRAWN THE 21,000 TRI-GLIDE HITCH SERIES FROM THE MARKET AS "NO LONGER AVAILABLE", LEAVING MY RV WITH NO POSSIBLE ALTERNITIVE FOR...