{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=NEWMAR","name":"NEWMAR","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","data_provider_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-09-23T08:31:33.231Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":25,"deaths":0,"injured":6,"fires":14},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","n":4},{"component_desc":"STRUCTURE","n":3},{"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES","n":2},{"component_desc":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","n":2},{"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER","n":2},{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING","n":2},{"component_desc":"VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD","n":1},{"component_desc":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","n":1},{"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","n":1},{"component_desc":"TIRES:TREAD/BELT","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"1762764","date_received":"2021-08-12","make":"NEWMAR","model":"ESSEX","model_year":2015,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:120/240 VAC ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INVERTER","description":"The contact owns a 2015 Newmar Essex RV.  The contact stated the RV trailer was parked plugged in an RV local dealer, in which the dealer had notified the contact that the trailer caught on fire due to the inverter system melting down in the trailer which caused a lot of black smoke installation damage in the interior of the trailer and fire damage to the undercarriage of the trailer. No one was injured. The contact was unaware of how the fire was extinguished. The contact was unaware of the fire department came out or a fire report was filed.  The local dealer diagnosed the inverter system melted while the trailer was plugged in and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximate 40,000.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1762764"},{"cmplid":"1672784","date_received":"2020-06-28","make":"NEWMAR","model":"MOUNTAIN AIRE","model_year":1996,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES","description":"VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH PARKING BRAKE ON IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR 3 DAYS .  PARKING BRAKES FAILED AN THE MOTORHOME ROLLED OFF MY DRIVEWAY AND INTO THE YARD HITTING ONE OF MY OTHER VEHICLES. AFTER CONTACTING NEWMAR AND FREIGHTLINER I WAS INFORMED THAT A PRESSURE SWITCH HAD FAILED AND  CAUSED THE BRAKES TO RELEASE. WHAT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT A GAS STATION WITH MY FAMILY IN IT. THE LIGHTS IN THE DASHBOARD INDICATE THE PARKING BRAKES ARE INGUAGED BUT THERE ARE NO BRAKES. THE PART FREIGHTLINER SAID FAILED IS 06-32698-000   SWITCH-PRESSURE","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1672784"},{"cmplid":"1659088","date_received":"2020-04-18","make":"NEWMAR","model":"NEW AIRE","model_year":2018,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","description":"DIGITAL DASH DOES NOT DIM SUFFICIENTLY AT NIGHT. THE DASH IS SO BRIGHT THAT THE REFLECTED LIGHT FROM THE DASH BOUNCES OFF THE DRIVER AND BACK ON THE WINDSHIELD WHICH CAUSES A GLARE THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SEE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. I HAVE PLACED A DARK FILM OVER THE DISPLAY FOR NIGHT DRIVING AFTER A CLOSE CALL AT A INTERSECTION IN ARIZONA. STOPPED AT A FOUR WAY STOP WITH TWO LANES IN ALL DIRECTION AND VERY LITTLE OUTSIDE STREET LIGHTING. AS I MADE A LEFT TURN THE GLARE COMPLETELY BLOCKED THE LANES I WAS TURNING INTO. I NARROWLY MISSED A LIGHT POLE AND RAN OVER A LANE DIVIDER WHICH I COULD NOT SEE. LUCKILY NO DAMAGE BUT I DID NOT TAKE THE MOTORHOME OUT AT NIGHT AGAIN TILL I PLACED DARKENING FILM OVER THE SCREEN.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1659088"},{"cmplid":"1360960","date_received":"2017-03-06","make":"NEWMAR","model":"MOUNTAIN AIRE","model_year":2003,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","description":"NORCOLD 1200 RECALL, BACK OF REFRIDGE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE ON GAS SETTING IN DRIVEWAY AT MY HOME AFTER A RETURN TRIP TO FLA.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1360960"},{"cmplid":"1296431","date_received":"2016-07-07","make":"NEWMAR","model":"KOUNTRY AIRE","model_year":1994,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1994 NEWMAR KOUNTRY AIRE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, SMOKE EMITTED INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT FURTHER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT A FIRE WAS ERUPTING NEAR THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES, BUT THEY WERE TOO INTENSE. THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND A FIRE INSPECTOR WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES AFTER AN HOUR. REPORTS WERE FILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A YARD. THE CONTACT WAS WAITING TO DETERMINE IF THE MANUFACTURER WOULD BE ABLE TO INSPECT AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. ALTHOUGH THE CONTACT WAS NOT NOTIFIED, THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V399000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.   THE CONSUMER STATED SHE SAW SMOKE THROUGH THE SIDE MIRROR AND ALERTED HER HUSBAND TO STOP THE RV. WHEN THEY EXITED THE RV, THE LOOKED DOWN FROM THE FRONT AND THERE WAS LIQUID ON FIRE DRIPPING DOWN ON THE GROUND. IT WAS COMING FROM THE CENTER FRONT PART OF THE RV. THE CONSUMERS HUSBAND PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, FOR A FEW SECONDS, BUT THE FIRST STARTED AGAIN. IT TOOK THREE HOURS TO COMPLETELY CONTROL THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 10/12/15.*JB","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1296431"},{"cmplid":"1296432","date_received":"2016-07-07","make":"NEWMAR","model":"KOUNTRY AIRE","model_year":1994,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1994 NEWMAR KOUNTRY AIRE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, SMOKE EMITTED INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT FURTHER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT A FIRE WAS ERUPTING NEAR THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES, BUT THEY WERE TOO INTENSE. THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND A FIRE INSPECTOR WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES AFTER AN HOUR. REPORTS WERE FILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A YARD. THE CONTACT WAS WAITING TO DETERMINE IF THE MANUFACTURER WOULD BE ABLE TO INSPECT AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. ALTHOUGH THE CONTACT WAS NOT NOTIFIED, THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V399000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.   THE CONSUMER STATED SHE SAW SMOKE THROUGH THE SIDE MIRROR AND ALERTED HER HUSBAND TO STOP THE RV. WHEN THEY EXITED THE RV, THE LOOKED DOWN FROM THE FRONT AND THERE WAS LIQUID ON FIRE DRIPPING DOWN ON THE GROUND. IT WAS COMING FROM THE CENTER FRONT PART OF THE RV. THE CONSUMERS HUSBAND PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, FOR A FEW SECONDS, BUT THE FIRST STARTED AGAIN. IT TOOK THREE HOURS TO COMPLETELY CONTROL THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 10/12/15.*JB","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1296432"},{"cmplid":"1268035","date_received":"2016-03-15","make":"NEWMAR","model":"MOUNTAIN AIRE","model_year":2002,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 NEWMAR MOUNTAIN AIRE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE FLIPPED TO THE SIDE AND ROLLED INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A TOW YARD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.   UPDATED 05/06/16*BF      *CN","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1268035"},{"cmplid":"1257372","date_received":"2016-02-01","make":"NEWMAR","model":"DUTCH STAR","model_year":2015,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 NEWMAR DUTCH STAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR IN THE RESTROOM OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT SCREWS HAD COME LOOSE IN THE FUSE PANEL; ALLOWING THE ELECTRICAL WIRING TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,500.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1257372"},{"cmplid":"1205793","date_received":"2015-08-04","make":"NEWMAR","model":"CANYON STAR","model_year":2012,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"STRUCTURE:BODY","description":"2012 NEWMAR CANYON STAR CLASS A RV MODEL 3920  ONE OF TWO REAR TAILGATE CABLES SEPARATED ALLOWING THE REAR RAMP TO FREE FALL AT THE FORCE PROVIDED BY ITS SEVERAL HUNDRED POUND WEIGHT. THE TAILGATE NEARLY CRUSHED ME, STRIKING MY FACE, KNOCKING ME BACKWARDS ONTO THE GROUND, STRIKING MY LEFT FOOT BREAKING SEVERAL BONES. I ALSO SUFFERED A BLACK EYE. I LATER DETERMINED THAT THE THREADED CABLE BOLT COUPLING DID NOT HAVE ANY THREAD LOCK APPLIED TO THE CONNECTION ALLOWING THE COUPLING TO EVENTUALLY DETACH.  UPDATED 09/25/15*LJ","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1205793"},{"cmplid":"1200410","date_received":"2015-07-20","make":"NEWMAR","model":"DUTCH STAR","model_year":2015,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN DEALER'S LOT AND CAUGHT FIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.  INVESTIGATION BY FIRE MARSHALL,  AND SUBSEQUENT INSURANCE ADJUSTERS BELIEVE THIS LOSS TO BE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN THE COACH. THE COACH HAS BEEN DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS...UPDATED 10-20/15*BF    UPDATED 12/4/2017*CN","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1200410"},{"cmplid":"862869","date_received":"2011-06-20","make":"NEWMAR","model":"SCOTTSDALE","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","description":"EXTERIOR RUNNING LIGHTS CATCHING ON FIRE  *TT","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/862869"},{"cmplid":"696166","date_received":"2008-11-12","make":"NEWMAR","model":"KOUNTRY STAR","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL","description":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NEWMAR KOUNTRY STAR RV.  WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.  THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  THE FIRE ENGULFED THE ENTIRE VEHICLE.  THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING.  THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS FILED.  THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY'S STORAGE FACILITY.  THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.   THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 38,000.  UPDATED 12/02/08. *LJ  UPDATED 12/03/08. *JB","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/696166"},{"cmplid":"689415","date_received":"2008-09-23","make":"NEWMAR","model":"MOUNTAIN AIRE","model_year":2002,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER","description":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NEWMAR MOUNTAIN AIRE MOTOR HOME.  WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CALIPERS BECAME SO HOT THAT THE BRAKE FLUID BOILED.  A MECHANIC REPLACED THE CALIPERS AND THE CONTACT PAID TO HAVE THE SYSTEM FLUSHED.  AFTER RETREIVING THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING FOUR BLOCKS, THE BRAKES PULLED TO THE RIGHT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED.  HE CALLED WORK HORSE THE NEXT MORNING AND WAS ASKED TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK.  THEY KEPT THE VEHICLE SEVEN DAYS, BUT IT WAS NEVER MOVED.  ANOTHER MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE ROTORS WERE FAULTY.  A SECOND WORK HORSE APPROVED MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ROTORS WERE THE WORST HE HAD EVER SEEN AND THAT THE HEAT FROM THE CALIPERS CAUSED THE FAILURE.  CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE IS WITH A WORK HORSE APPROVED MECHANIC AWAITING APPROVAL TO BE REPAIRED.  THE CONTACT RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V019000 (SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER).   UPDATED 11/07/08.  *LJ  UPDATED 11/07/08. *JB","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/689415"},{"cmplid":"685760","date_received":"2008-08-29","make":"NEWMAR","model":"DUTCH STAR","model_year":2006,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"STRUCTURE","description":"BUSSMAN BOX IS MOUNTED ON FLOOR OF COMPARTMENT BELOW BATTERY COMPARTMENT.  WATER ENTERING THE COMPARTMENT CAN POOL ON THE FLOOR AND FLOOD THE BUSSMAN BOX, RESULTING IN AN ELECTRICAL FIRE.  IF THE BUSSMAN BOX IS SHORT CIRCUITED THE VEHICLE ENGINE CANNOT BE STARTED AND MAY STOP ENTIRELY.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/685760"},{"cmplid":"685761","date_received":"2008-08-29","make":"NEWMAR","model":"DUTCH STAR","model_year":2006,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"BUSSMAN BOX IS MOUNTED ON FLOOR OF COMPARTMENT BELOW BATTERY COMPARTMENT.  WATER ENTERING THE COMPARTMENT CAN POOL ON THE FLOOR AND FLOOD THE BUSSMAN BOX, RESULTING IN AN ELECTRICAL FIRE.  IF THE BUSSMAN BOX IS SHORT CIRCUITED THE VEHICLE ENGINE CANNOT BE STARTED AND MAY STOP ENTIRELY.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/685761"},{"cmplid":"667993","date_received":"2008-05-01","make":"NEWMAR","model":"DUTCH STAR","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT","description":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NEWMAR DUTCH STAR RV.  THE CONTACT AND HIS WIFE SMELLED AMMONIA IN THE VEHICLE, BUT DID NOT KNOW WHERE IT ORIGINATED.  THE SMELL PERSISTED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, CAUSING THEM BOTH TO SUFFER SEVERE HEADACHES.  HE INSPECTED THE UNIT AND NOTICED AMMONIA BLOWING OUT OF THE COOLANT SYSTEM.  THE FAILURE CONTINUED UNTIL ALL OF THE COOLANT SYSTEM WAS EMPTIED.  THE CONTACT'S NEIGHBOR INFORMED HIM ABOUT THE POSSIBLE FAILURE WITH THE DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR IN THEIR VEHICLE BECAUSE A WEEK EARLIER, THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED IN THE NEIGHBOR'S VEHICLE.  DOMETIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE NOT LIABLE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE UNIT.  EVEN THOUGH THE UNIT CAUGHT FIRE, DOMETIC WAS ONLY WILLING TO INSTALL A HEAT SHIELD AND THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR.  THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.  THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/667993"},{"cmplid":"626267","date_received":"2007-06-05","make":"NEWMAR","model":"DUTCH STAR","model_year":2005,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH","description":"I HAVE A NEWMAR RV AND THE DOORS ON THE STORAGE AREAS ON THE SIDES CAN COME OPEN WHEN DRIVING DONE THE ROAD.  ONE SUCH DOOR OPENED AND HIT A MOTORCYCLE PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS COULD OF BEEN A DEATH IF THE RIDER WOULD OF BEEN ON HIS BIKE.  THE COMPANY WAS INFORMED AND OF COURSE THEIR REPLY WAS THAT THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED DEFORE.  THERE HAS BEEN NO REPAIRS MADE AND NOTHING SAID ABOUT A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM.  THESE DOORS WHERE IN THEIR LOCKED POSITION AND LOOKED AT BEFORE DRIVING.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/626267"},{"cmplid":"622792","date_received":"2007-05-03","make":"NEWMAR","model":"MOUNTAIN AIRE","model_year":2002,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER","description":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NEWMAR MOUNTAIN AIRE FIFTH WHEEL.  THE CONTACT  RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR MODEL # RM386).  HE REPLACED THE REFRIGERATOR HIMSELF.  DOMETIC HAS DENIED REIMBURSING HIM BECAUSE THE REFRIGERATOR WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS OR FOR CONFIRMATION THAT THE BOILER TUBE WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE UNIT NEEDED REPLACEMENT.  *AK","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/622792"},{"cmplid":"622388","date_received":"2007-05-01","make":"NEWMAR","model":"DUTCH STAR","model_year":1999,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING","description":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 NEWMAR DUTCH STAR.  THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE CENTER FOR REGULAR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, AND ALSO BECAUSE HE NOTICED THE SHUT OFF SWITCH FOR THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM  MALFUNCTIONED.  THE SERVICE CENTER STATED THAT A FIRE PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED BECAUSE THE WIRING MELTED.  THE CONTACT DID NOT SMELL ANYTHING BURNING NOR DID HE SEE ANY FLAMES.  HE DID  NOT KNOW WHEN THE FIRE OCCURRED.  THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 70,000.  *AK  THE CONSUMER STATED THE DAMAGE WAS LOCATED AT THE REAR COMPARTMENT. UPDATED 05/21/07. *JB","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/622388"},{"cmplid":"603409","date_received":"2006-11-17","make":"NEWMAR","model":"DUTCH STAR","model_year":2006,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING","description":"DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE EXTERIOR PATIO LIGHT WAS SWITCHED ON AND THE 77 YEAR OLD CONTACT FELL TO THE GROUND INJURING HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND BOTH KNEES.  THE RETRACTABLE STEPS OF THE VEHICLE RETRACTED WHEN THE LIGHT SWITCH WAS TURNED ON.  WHEN A SERVICE DEALER SENT A TECHNICIAN TO INVESTIGATE, THE PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED AS IMPROPER WIRING AND POORLY GROUNDED WIRING, WHICH CAUSED CROSSED WIRES.  THE CROSSED WIRING CAUSED THE STEPS TO RETRACT AND TURN.  THE WIRING WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED.  THE MODEL WAS DUTCH STAR.*AK  THE CONTROL PANEL WHICH HELD THE EXTERIOR SWITCH WAS IN THE OFF POSITION. UPDATED 12/28/06. *JB","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/603409"}]}