Country coach campaign 01V-170

An NHTSA Recall Query into Country Coach vehicles. Closed 14 July 2005.

Investigation
RQ05001
Type
Recall Query
Opened
13 January 2005
Closed
14 July 2005

What NHTSA investigated

Odi is upgrading this recall query (rq) and opening an engineering analysis (EA05-011).COUNTRY coach has identified 21 incidents of front tire failures (16 driver's side and 5 passenger side) that have occurred in model year 1995-2000 country coach intrigue and allure vehicles after these vehicles had been modified in accordance with one or more service programs / safety campaigns (99V-288, SB00-01, 01V-170, and/or 02V-229) that were intended to correct inadequate front tire load carrying capacity in the subject vehicles by replacing front tires, changing the recommended front tire pressures, and/or reducing or redistributing the front axle loads.on may 6, 2005, odi received one additional owner complaint (voq 10124716) alleging that the driver's side front tire installedin a 1997 intrigue vehicle had failed on april 12, 2005.THIS vehicle's front tires had been replaced in may 2001 inresponse to country coach campaign 01V-089.ODI intends to conduct further investigation to evaluate whether the campaigns (listed above), which were intended to correct tire failures, are adequate and/or effective.

The recall that followed

  1. Country Coach — Tires05V39800014 September 200533 vehicles

Vehicles covered

MakeModelModel years
Country CoachALLURE1996–2000
Country CoachINTRIGUE1995–2000

Source

From NHTSA’s investigation file, rebuilt daily. To report a problem with your own vehicle, go to nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem. All open investigations.