{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=STARCRAFT","name":"STARCRAFT","_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":"2026-08-19T09:14:18.414Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":6,"deaths":1,"injured":1,"fires":3},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"SUSPENSION:REAR","n":1},{"component_desc":"SEATS","n":1},{"component_desc":"FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP","n":1},{"component_desc":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","n":1},{"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER","n":1},{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"1326117","date_received":"2016-10-16","make":"STARCRAFT","model":"LAUNCH","model_year":2016,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"THE OUTSIDE LED STRIP LIGHT UNDER THE CAMPER AWNING SHORTED OUT AND STARTED SMOKING. LUCKILY, I WAS UNDER THE AWNING AS THIS STARTED HAPPENING, SO I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE LIGHT OFF QUICKLY, BEFORE THE AWNING CAUGHT ON FIRE. NO BREAKERS OR FUSES WERE TRIPPED. THIS IS ON A CAMPER I BOUGHT NEW FIVE MONTHS AGO AND HAVE ONLY USED ABOUT FIVE TIMES, AND WHEN I TAKE THIS IN FOR REPAIR, I'M SCARED I WILL GET AN IDENTICAL REPLACEMENT.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1326117"},{"cmplid":"1326118","date_received":"2016-10-16","make":"STARCRAFT","model":"LAUNCH","model_year":2016,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","description":"THE OUTSIDE LED STRIP LIGHT UNDER THE CAMPER AWNING SHORTED OUT AND STARTED SMOKING. LUCKILY, I WAS UNDER THE AWNING AS THIS STARTED HAPPENING, SO I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE LIGHT OFF QUICKLY, BEFORE THE AWNING CAUGHT ON FIRE. NO BREAKERS OR FUSES WERE TRIPPED. THIS IS ON A CAMPER I BOUGHT NEW FIVE MONTHS AGO AND HAVE ONLY USED ABOUT FIVE TIMES, AND WHEN I TAKE THIS IN FOR REPAIR, I'M SCARED I WILL GET AN IDENTICAL REPLACEMENT.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1326118"},{"cmplid":"1084792","date_received":"2014-07-09","make":"STARCRAFT","model":"TRAVEL STAR EXP","model_year":2014,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP","description":"I HAVE ENTERED THE WRONG PRODUCT SINCE IT IS NOT LISTED IN YOUR DATA BASE. AN ENTIRE COMPANY FLEET OF 2012-2014  STARCRAFT 14 PASSENGER PROPANE BUSES HAVE HAD REPEATED FAILURE OF THE FUEL PUMPS; EVEN WHEN NEW, AND EVEN THOUGH THE MANUFACTURER CLAIMS TO HAVE A \"THIRD GENERATION\" \"IMPROVED\" FUEL PUMP. THE FUEL PUMP FAILURE HAPPENS OFTEN AND REPEATEDLY, WITHOUT WARNING, EVEN THOUGH THE MANUFACTURER STATES THE DRIVER SHOULD HAVE 15-20 SECONDS BEFORE TOTAL SHUT DOWN.  DRIVERS HAVE COMPLAINED STALL IS IMMEDIATE WITH NO WARNING FROM DASH PANEL SENSORS, BY A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND LIMITED BRAKING. DRIVERS HAVE HAD THIS OCCUR WHILE TRAVELING ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS, ENDANGERING BOTH THEIR LIVES AND THAT OF THEIR PASSENGERS. IN ONE INSTANCE, A BUS CARRYING PASSENGERS STALLED ON A MAJOR FREEWAY AND A SECOND BUS HAD TO BE CALLED IN TO PICK UP THE STRANDED PASSENGERS.  THIS ALL OCCURRED ON AN ENTRANCE/EXIT RAMP. DRIVERS ARE FORCED TO DRIVE THESE DANGEROUS VEHICLES, AS THE COMPANY HAS DECIDED TO PHASE OUT THE DIESEL VEHICLES, AND \"GO GREEN\" WITH PROPANE - BUT THIS SHOULD NOT BE DONE AT THE COST OF SERIOUSLY ENDANGERING PEOPLE. DRIVERS HAVE REPEATEDLY COMPLAINED THAT THEY DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THESE HORRIBLE VEHICLES WITH THEIR DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMPS (AND BACK AND LEG ISSUES DUE TO A NON-ADJUSTABLE SEAT FOR TALL DRIVERS), BUT CONCERNS HAVE FALLEN ON DEAF EARS; AND THE MANUFACTURER KEEPS SAYING THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM WITH THE NEW PUMPS AND/OR VEHICLES. HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT TRUE - EVE","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1084792"},{"cmplid":"984507","date_received":"2013-06-07","make":"STARCRAFT","model":"215RB","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER","description":"WAS TESTING THE CAMPER FOR SPRING IN MY BACKYARD, FLIPPED THE REFRIGERATOR OVER TO PROPANE, SMELLED SMOKE A COUPLE MINUTES LATER, LOOK OUTSIDE AND SEE FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE VENT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TRAILER.  VERY EASILY COULD HAVE HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE INSIDE THE CAMPER AND/OR ASLEEP.  I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE IN THE CAMPER WITH A GARDEN HOSE THAT WAS LUCKILY RIGHT BY.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/984507"},{"cmplid":"226851","date_received":"2000-07-25","make":"STARCRAFT","model":"STARCRAFT","model_year":1997,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SUSPENSION:REAR","description":"THE TRAVEL TRAILER ABOVE DEMONSTRATED EXCESSIVE SWAYING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE HITCH WAS SETUP CORRECTLY BY THE DEALER. ON THIS OCCASION WE WERE PASSED BY 2 TRACTOR TRAILERS ON THE OPEN INTERSTATE WHICH INTENSIFIED THE ALREADY SWAYING TRAILER. THE TOW VEHICLE VEERED OFF THE INTERSTATE BY THE SWAYING ACTION OF THE TRAILER, AT WHICH POINT THE VEHICLE AND TRAILER ROLLED THREE TIMES BEFORE STOPPING. THE TOW VEHICLE AND TRAILER WERE \"TOTALLED\". MY WIFE SUSTAINED A BAD BUMP ON THE HEAD BUT OTHER THAN THAT OUR 2 CHILDREN AND MYSELF WERE NOT PHYSICALLY INJURED OTHER THAN A FEW SCRATCHES. UPON SOME INVESTIGATION OF MY OWN I HAVE LEARNED OF OTHERS WITH THIS TRAILER EXPERIENCING THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE DEALER IT WAS PURCHASED FROM WE LEARNED THAT STARCRAFT HAS MOVED THE AXLES REARWARD ON NEW MODELS TO BETTER BALANCE THE TRAILERS. I FEEL STARCRAFT WAS AWARE OF A PROBLEM, YET FAILED TO NOTIFY OWNERS. I AM NOT PRESENTLY INTERESTED IN PERSUING A LAW SUIT, BUT I WOULD LIKE THE NHTSA TO MAKE SURE OTHER OWNERS AND THE MANUFACTURER ARE AWARE THAT ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD IS MY FAMILY STILL ALIVE TO TELL ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU, DAVID E. CRAWFORD.  *AK","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/226851"},{"cmplid":"208619","date_received":"2000-01-07","make":"STARCRAFT","model":"STARCRAFT","model_year":null,"deaths":1,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"SEATS","description":"THE CONVERSION VAN WAS EQUIPPED WITH A RECLINING SOFA SEAT, HOWEVER THE DESIGN OF THE SEAT ALLOWS FOR THE SEAT TO BE ACTIVATED WHEN THE IGNITION KEY IS NOT IN, A CHILD WAS KILLED WHEN THE SEAT RECLINED AND TRAPPED THE CHILD CAUSING ASPHYXIATION.  *MJS","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/208619"}]}