U.S. public vehicle records

Dolphin MOTOR HOME recalls by model year

Explore the records behind recurring owner reports.

Key facts

15 owner complaints analyzed

0 distinct recall campaigns

60,000 mi median reported failure mileage

Scope: 1978 to 2000 model years. Data updated: 2026-10-01 (October 1, 2026). 3 complaints include usable failure mileage. View data status.

This selection has limited data. It remains available for lookup but is excluded from search indexing.

Compare model years

Recalls by model year

All campaigns in the snapshot affecting each model year, including recalls announced years later.

From yearThrough year

Recall campaigns

Shared campaigns appear once in each affected model year.

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1991

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1998

1999

2000

1985: 0; 1986: 0; 1991: 0; 1996: 0; 1997: 0; 1998: 0; 1999: 0; 2000: 0

First model yearSecond model year

Year-by-year records

Dolphin MOTOR HOME model-year comparison
Model year	Complaints	Change in recalls
1978	2	Not available
1985	1	Not available
1986	1	0
1991	1	Not available
1996	2	Not available
1997	1	0
1998	3	0
1999	2	0
2000	2	0

Recall history

0 distinct campaigns affect this selection. Announcement dates below are different from vehicle model years. A campaign may cover multiple years.

No recall campaigns are recorded in this snapshot.

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Vehicle analysis explorer

Inspect model-year patterns, reported mileage, monthly activity and the evidence behind each signal.

Data completeness

15 unique complaints in this selection. Analysis snapshot: 2026-10-01.

20.0%Usable mileage3 / 15 records

66.7%Valid incident date10 / 15 records

100.0%Valid filing date15 / 15 records

66.7%Ordered incident and filing dates10 / 15 records

Missing, zero and invalid mileage is excluded. Dates after the snapshot are excluded. Examples are limited selections, not a representative sample.

Problems by model year

Model-wide comparison of the eight most reported components across the model. Cells show counts and shares within each model year. Open a cell for source examples.

From model yearThrough model year

Component complaint heatmap
Component	1986	1991	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Suspension	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	1100.0% ODI 535789 SUSPENSION SYSTEM IS POOR ON THE MOTOR HOME RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. Look up ODI 535789 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Air Bags	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	150.0% ODI 10455070 · 60,000 mi TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DOLPHIN 5355 MOTOR HOME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD DRIVE ROUGH. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLOCK SPRINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,684. Look up ODI 10455070 at NHTSA ↗
Engine And Engine Cooling:Cooling System:Hoses/Lines/Piping/Fittings	1100.0% ODI 804248 WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND BLEW AN (L) SHAPED HOSE COMPLETELY LOOSE FROM THE HEATER. *AK Look up ODI 804248 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Exterior Lighting:Brake Lights	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	150.0% ODI 549900 PARKING BRAKE LIGHT STAYS ON WHILE DRIVING UPHILL. YH Look up ODI 549900 at NHTSA ↗
Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Parking Brake	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	133.3% ODI 868393 WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON HIGHWAY ELECTRICAL PARKING BRAKE ACTIVATED, CAUSING BRAKE SYSTEM TO LOCK UP, AND VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK Look up ODI 868393 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Power Train:Automatic Transmission:Cooling Unit And Lines	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	1100.0% ODI 809862 CONSUMER WAS DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS AND THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID ONTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. *AK Look up ODI 809862 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Service Brakes	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	133.3% ODI 10667870 · 40,000 mi TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DOLPHIN MOTOR HOME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO COME TO A STOP. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. UPDATED 3/17/15CN UPDATED 8/18/2015JS Look up ODI 10667870 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.

Darker cells indicate a larger share of submitted complaints. Components overlap. This measures complaint composition, not failure probability.

Failure mileage by component

Median and middle 50% of usable owner-reported mileages. Ranges require at least five records.

Component failure mileage distribution
Component	Mileage range (25th–75th percentile)	Median	Usable records	Examples
Suspension	Too few reports for a range	83,000 mi	1 (sparse)	ODI 10465444 · 83,000 mi TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1978 DOLPHIN MOTOR HOME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR WHEEL HUB AND AXLE FAILED. THE EXCESSIVE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE CAUSED THE REAR TIRES TO WEAR PREMATURELY AND THE WHEEL HUB TO SEPARATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 83,000.THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. Look up ODI 10465444 at NHTSA ↗
Air Bags	Too few reports for a range	60,000 mi	1 (sparse)	ODI 10455070 · 60,000 mi TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DOLPHIN 5355 MOTOR HOME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD DRIVE ROUGH. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLOCK SPRINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,684. Look up ODI 10455070 at NHTSA ↗
Service Brakes	Too few reports for a range	40,000 mi	1 (sparse)	ODI 10667870 · 40,000 mi TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DOLPHIN MOTOR HOME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO COME TO A STOP. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. UPDATED 3/17/15CN UPDATED 8/18/2015JS Look up ODI 10667870 at NHTSA ↗

Complaint and recall timeline

Explore monthly filing activity alongside recall announcements. Up to ten years of monthly history is available.

ComponentPeriod

Solid line: filed complaints. Dashed amber lines: recall announcement dates for this vehicle selection; markers include all recall components. The latest month is partial. Temporal proximity does not establish causation.

Monthly counts, recall campaigns and complaint examples

Monthly complaint and recall timeline
Month	Campaigns announced	Examples
2024-11	None	No examples available for this selection.
2024-12	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-01	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-02	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-03	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-04	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-05	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-06	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-07	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-08	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-09	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-10	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-11	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-12	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-01	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-02	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-03	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-04	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-05	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-06	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-07	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-08	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-09	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-10 (partial)	None	No examples available for this selection.

Emerging complaint spikes

Complete months in the latest six months with at least 10 complaints, at least twice the preceding 12-month average, and at least three square-root deviations above that average.

This is a descriptive screening rule, not a statistical defect finding. Publicity and reporting changes can increase submissions.

No complete months meet the spike thresholds for this selection.

Equal-age model-year comparison

Model-wide cumulative reports during the first three or five calendar years, starting with the model year (age 0). Only fully elapsed windows are compared.

Observation windowFirst model yearSecond model year

1999: 2 complaints · 2000: 0 complaints

Equal observation windows
Model year	Through age 0	Through age 1	Through age 2
1999	2	2	2
2000	0	0	0

Date coverage across each selected cohort

Date basis for all complaints in selected model years
Year	Incident dates used	Filing date fallbacks	Excluded dates
1999	1	1	0
2000	1	0	1

Incident date is preferred when valid and no later than filing; otherwise filing date is used. Model year approximates age. Equal observation time does not adjust for sales, distance driven or reporting delays. One complaint linked to multiple model years can appear in each cohort.

Components reported together

Each cell counts unique complaints naming both components. Open a nonzero cell for examples.

Component co-occurrence matrix
Component	Suspension	Air Bags	Engine And Engine Cooling:Cooling System:Hoses/Lines/Piping/Fittings	Exterior Lighting:Brake Lights	Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings	Parking Brake	Power Train:Automatic Transmission:Cooling Unit And Lines	Service Brakes
Suspension	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Air Bags	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0
Engine And Engine Cooling:Cooling System:Hoses/Lines/Piping/Fittings	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
Exterior Lighting:Brake Lights	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0
Parking Brake	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Power Train:Automatic Transmission:Cooling Unit And Lines	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Service Brakes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—

Co-reporting does not establish that one component caused another concern.

Recurring narrative patterns

Specific keyword mentions beyond broad component labels. Matching includes negations and comparisons and does not confirm a diagnosis.

Search patterns

2 patterns with matching reports.

Brake response concerns

1 mentions · 6.7% of complaints

Median mileage: 40,000 mi (1 usable records).

ODI 10667870 · 40,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DOLPHIN MOTOR HOME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO COME TO A STOP. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. UPDATED 3/17/15*CN UPDATED 8/18/2015*JS

Look up ODI 10667870 at NHTSA ↗

Matching rule

Warning lights and dashboard alerts

1 mentions · 6.7% of complaints

Median mileage: 40,000 mi (1 usable records).

ODI 10667870 · 40,000 mi

Look up ODI 10667870 at NHTSA ↗

Matching rule

\b(warning light\w*|check engine|dashboard warning\w*|malfunction indicator)\b