# 2007 TIFFIN ALLEGRO BAY — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
> NHTSA complaint `1313659` · 2016-09-01 · Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TIFFIN
- **Model:** ALLEGRO BAY
- **Year:** 2007
- **Manufacturer:** Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc.
- **Component:** UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- **Miles at failure:** 15,000
- **Speed:** 30 mph
## Narrative
WE WERE TRAVELING IN THE SOUTH PASS OF BIG HORN NATIONAL PARK. THE GRADES WERE LONG AND STEEP. A PERSON PASSED US AND PULLED OVER AND STOPED US AND SAID WE WERE ON FIRE. THE COACH FILLED WITH SMOKE ND I GOT OUT AND FOUND THAT THE AREA ABOVE THE EXAUST PIPE HAD MELTED DOWN ON TO THE PIPE CATCHING ON FIRE AND BURNING UP EVERYTHING IN THE COMPARTMENT CAUSEING $3000.00 OF DAMAGE. ON MY OLDER MOTERHOME IT HAD HEAT SHEILDS ABOVE THE EXAUST TO PREVENT THIS. ALL THE OTHER BRANDS I HAVE LOOKED AT HAVE ALSO MADE PROVISIONS TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. I HAVE ALSO LOOKED AT OTHER MOTORHOMS LIKE MINE AND SOME OF THEM ARE AT HIGER RISK THAN MINE. I HAVE TALKED TO TIFFIN BUT THEY SEEM TO BE "OH WELL" ABOUT THE ISSUE. I THINK ALL OF THIS MODEL AHOULD BE CHECKED AND MEASURES TAKEN. THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED ME OUT ON THAT MOUNTAIN SAID I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF MOTORHOMES THEY WERE.
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