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2000 TIFFIN ALLEGRO — SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE

2 injured · 302176 · 2001-07-10

Vehicle

Make
TIFFIN
Model
ALLEGRO
Year
2000
Manufacturer
Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc.
Component
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
Speed
25 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

WHILE DRIVING 30MPH OVERHEAD BUNK BED FELL. ALSO, BUNK BED WAS HELD UP BY TWO PLASTIC LATCHES. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED THEM WITH METAL PINS TO HOLD BED UP.*AK CONSUMER HAS SEVERAL COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS VEHICLE, HERE ARE A FEW EXPAMPLES OF SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS. SLIDING WINDOW RATTLES, WINDOW LOOSE IN TRACK, DRIVER SIDE INTERIOR WINDOW FRAME IS SHIFTED. WIRES EXPOSED GOING INTO GENERATOR, REFIGERATOR HAD TO BE REWIRED, BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WIRED AT THE FACTORY, BATTERIES RAN DRY, AND CIRCUIT WIRED INCORRECTLY. FRONT CAP OF BODY IS CRACKING, IT WAS STRETCHED TOO TIGHT WHEN IT WAS MANUFACTURED, SIDE PANELS AT FRONT WERE NEVER SECURED, AND FRONT GRILL WAS NOT FASTENED. DRIVER SEAT BELT CAME UNSCREWED WHILE DRIVING. BOTH CONSUMER EXPERIENCE NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN DUE TO OVERHEAD BUNK FALLING ON THEM WHILE DRIVING. PASSENGER FAN WAS DEFECTIVE, WEIGHT OF THE FIRE HYDRANT PULLED SCREWS OUT OF THE WALL TWICE, BLIND HOLDER BROKE, AND OVERHEAD CABINETS LOOSE. DRIVER MIRROR MISSING SCREWS AND DRIVERS LOWER MIRROR WAS MISSING. WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADE BENT AND WOULD NOT CLEAN IN CENTER. DOOR LATCH AND LOCK WAS DIFFICULT TO OPEN AND CLOSE, LATCH WAS BINDING. *SLC

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
892320
Machine
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