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Holiday Rambler ADMIRAL problems and owner complaints

Explore the records behind recurring owner reports.

Key facts

17 owner complaints analyzed

23 distinct recall campaigns

15,050 mi median reported failure mileage

Scope: 1999 to 2026 model years. Data updated: 2026-09-30 (September 30, 2026). 10 complaints include usable failure mileage. View data status.

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

Owner-reported patterns

Most common problems

Structure is the most frequently named component, appearing in 2 of 17 complaints (11.8%). A complaint can name multiple components.

Recurring terms in complaint narratives
Topic	Matching reports	Share of complaints
Braking behavior	3	17.6%
Transmission and shifting	2	11.8%
Electrical and battery issues	1	5.9%
Steering behavior	1	5.9%

Topic matches use published keyword rules. They describe mentions, including negations or comparisons, and do not confirm a diagnosis. Read the matching rules.

Component breakdown

Number of unique complaints naming each component. Top eight shown.

Structure

Structure:Body

Structure:Frame And Members

Electrical System

Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings

Power Train:Automatic Transmission

Service Brakes, Hydraulic

Steering

Component breakdown data
Category	Count
Structure	2
Structure:Body	2
Structure:Frame And Members	2
Electrical System	1
Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings	1
Power Train:Automatic Transmission	1
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	1
Steering	1

Structure: 2; Structure:Body: 2; Structure:Frame And Members: 2; Electrical System: 1; Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings: 1; Power Train:Automatic Transmission: 1; Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 1; Steering: 1

Reported problems by failure mileage

Complaint counts in mileage bands. These are not failure rates per vehicle or mile.

Under 25,000

25,000 to 49,999

50,000 to 74,999

75,000 to 99,999

100,000 to 149,999

150,000 and above

Under 25,000: 7; 25,000 to 49,999: 3; 50,000 to 74,999: 0; 75,000 to 99,999: 0; 100,000 to 149,999: 0; 150,000 and above: 0

Under 25,000 miles has the most reports with usable mileage (7). 7 complaints have missing, zero or invalid mileage.

Complaints over time

Year the complaint was filed, not the vehicle model year or incident year. The snapshot year is partial.

2001

2002

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2012

2016

2026

2001: 1; 2002: 1; 2004: 3; 2005: 1; 2006: 1; 2007: 2; 2008: 2; 2009: 1; 2010: 1; 2012: 2; 2016: 1; 2026: 1

Pattern summary

Structure leads the component reports. Braking behavior appears in 3 complaint narratives. Transmission and shifting appears in 2 complaint narratives. Electrical and battery issues appears in 1 complaint narratives. Use these patterns to inspect individual reports and prepare questions for a mechanic.

Calculated from recorded counts. An AI narrative has not been published for this selection.

Complaint evidence

Examples provide context, not a representative sample or a verified diagnosis.

Owner report 10134563 · 2005-08-24 (August 24, 2005)

2000 ADMIRAL MOTOR HOME DEVELOPED VARIOUS PROBLEMS.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE PROBLEM ARE AS FOLLOWED: SLIDEOUT LEAKS, LEAK AT CO-PILOT SEAT, BEDROOM SLIDEOUT LEAKS, KITCHEN SLIDEOUT LEAKS, SHOWER LEAKS, ROOK LEAKS, SOFA LEAK (CONTINUOUS), LEAKS AT ALL SLIDEOUT POINTS, CRACKS IN THE FRAME, SEWER PROBLEM, CRACK IN FRAME THAT WAS WELDED, AND MULTIPLE CRACKS AND SEPARATIONS IN THE FRAME/TRUSSES. MOLD IS EXTREMELY PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLES INTERIOR ALONG WITH RUST STAINS IN THE CARPET. THERE WAS AN AREA THAT WAS FOUND NOT WELDED P…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10134563 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10194147 · 2007-06-25 (June 25, 2007)

TL*THE CONTACTS OWNS A 2007 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ADMIRAL FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT 1 MPH, THE TWO REAR WHEELS WERE RUBBING. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE BRACKET, WHICH WAS WELDED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME, HAD DETACHED FROM THE FRAME. A MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE OTHER THREE BRACKETS WERE CRACKED FROM THE FRAME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT RECALL # 04V483000 (STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS) IS THE EXACT SAME FAILURE SHE IS EXPERIENCING. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED ANY FAILURE REGARDING THE FRAME. THE CONTACT FOUND…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10194147 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 8008610 · 2002-04-25 (April 25, 2002)

TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WOULD NOT PERMIT VEHICLE TO MOVE. VEHICLE WAS GOING 20MPH AND 30 YARDS INTO TRAFFIC FLOW AND IT STARTED SLOWING DOWN. THEN STOPPED MOVING. ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED BY ALLISON 1000 COMPANY THAT MANUFACTURERED THEM. RV WAS A HOLIDAY RAMBLER 2002 WITH A 2001 WORKHORSE CHASSIS. *AK *YH

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 8008610 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10480786 · 2012-10-16 (October 16, 2012)

THE IOTA ENGINEERING ITS-50R INVERTER SHORTED OUT AND CAUSED A MINOR ELECTRICAL FIRE. *TR

Owner-reported narrative. 16,600 miles reported. Look up ODI 10480786 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 9004234 · 2001-09-24 (September 24, 2001)

STEERING WANDERS/WORSE AT HIGHWAY SPEED, PERFORMED COMPLETE STEERING INSPECTION, CHECKED ALL TIRE PRESSURE,TEST DROVE, RECOMMEND DAVIS TRUTRACK SYSTEM ON AIR HELPER SPRINGS TO LEVEL VEHICLE, MORE WEIGHT TRANSFERED TOWARD FRONT.

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 9004234 at NHTSA ↗

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.

2010

2011

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2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2010: 1; 2011: 1; 2016: 1; 2019: 5; 2020: 4; 2021: 5; 2022: 5; 2023: 6; 2024: 3; 2025: 3; 2026: 1

First model yearSecond model year

Year-by-year records

Holiday Rambler ADMIRAL model-year comparison
Model year	Complaints	Recalls	Change in recalls
1999	2	3	Not available
2000	1	6	+3
2001	2	7	+1
2002	4	6	-1
2003	1	0	-6
2007	3	2	Not available
2008	3	0	-2
2010	0	1	Not available
2011	0	1	0
2016	0	1	Not available
2019	0	5	Not available
2020	0	4	-1
2021	0	5	+1
2022	1	5	0
2023	0	6	+1
2024	0	3	-3
2025	0	3	0
2026	0	1	-2

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Vehicle analysis explorer

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

Data completeness

17 unique complaints in this selection. Analysis snapshot: 2026-09-30.

58.8%Usable mileage10 / 17 records

100.0%Valid incident date17 / 17 records

100.0%Valid filing date17 / 17 records

100.0%Ordered incident and filing dates17 / 17 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	2016	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Structure	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.
Structure:Body	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	1100.0% ODI 11709188 This is for a 2022 Holiday Rambler Admiral 28a motorhome. While driving my dashboard started to move and make a lot of noise. After I returned home I took it to have someone look at it. They informed me that the welds that hold the motorhome to the frame were all breaking and the steel was musrooming from the weight. I talked to REV which is the manufacturer and they told me they decline to participate in fixing this very serious issue. Basically the house part of the motorhome could detach from the frame causing serious injury or death to me … Look up ODI 11709188 at NHTSA ↗	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.
Structure:Frame And Members	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.
Electrical System	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.
Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.
Power Train:Automatic Transmission	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.
Steering	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable 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
Structure	Too few reports for a range	10,940 mi	1 (sparse)	ODI 10217950 · 10,940 mi I OWN A 2007 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ADMIRAL MOTORHOME WITH A CAREFREE ECLIPSE ELECTRICALLY OPERATED AWNING ON THE RIGHT SIDE. ON OUR TRIP OUT, WHILE DRIVING, I NOTICED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR THAT THE AWNING ARMS WERE SLIGHTLY AJAR. THEY WERE FULLY CLOSED EARLIER IN THE DAY. AFTER ARRIVING AT OUR DESTINATION, I OPENED THE AWNING. FROM THE ONE QUARTER OPEN POSITION IT SNAPPED QUICKLY TO THE FULL OPEN POSITION- I.E., NOT UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE ELECTRIC OPENING MOTOR. A VISUAL CHECK BY ME CONFIRMED THE GEAR MECHANISM WAS TURNING THE ROD ATTACHED TO… Look up ODI 10217950 at NHTSA ↗
Structure:Frame And Members	Too few reports for a range	21,722 mi	1 (sparse)	ODI 10202161 · 21,722 mi I WAS GOING TO FILL THE PROPANE TANK ON MY 2002 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ADMIRAL (MOTORHOME) WHEN I NOTICED THAT THE MOUNTING BRACKET THAT ATTACHES THE PROPANE CYLINDER TO THE MOTORHOME FRACTURED IN TWO PLACES. THE FRACTURES OCCUR AT THE BOLTING POINTS WHERE THE PROPANE CYLINDER ATTACHES TO THE ANGLE IRON MOUNTING BRACKETS. THERE WAS A FRACTURE IN THE ANGLE IRON AT THE FORWARD INBOARD AND REAR OUTBOARD LOCATIONS. HAD I BEEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HAD ONE MORE FAILURE THE PROPANE CYLINDER WOULD HAVE BEEN DRAGGING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I CALLED HOLIDAY… Look up ODI 10202161 at NHTSA ↗
Electrical System	Too few reports for a range	16,600 mi	1 (sparse)	ODI 10480786 · 16,600 mi THE IOTA ENGINEERING ITS-50R INVERTER SHORTED OUT AND CAUSED A MINOR ELECTRICAL FIRE. *TR Look up ODI 10480786 at NHTSA ↗
Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings	Too few reports for a range	3,700 mi	1 (sparse)	ODI 10068499 · 3,700 mi MAJOR GAS LEAK AT FUEL FILTER IN NOV 03 AND FEB 04 AT SAME LOCATION. FUEL WAS RUNNING OUT OF BRAIDED LINE NEXT TO FILTER. GAS WAS HITTING PLATE THAT IS ABOVE EXHAUST PIPE. IF THIS PLATE WAS NOT THERE, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR FIRE BOTH TIMES. SUPPOSEDLY THE PLATE IS DESIGNED FOR TO KEEP WIRES FROM HOT EXHAUST. WE HAD 3700 MILES ON FIRST LEAK AND 5200 AT SECOND LEAK. *AK Look up ODI 10068499 at NHTSA ↗
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	Too few reports for a range	5,500 mi	1 (sparse)	ODI 10275527 · 5,500 mi BRAKE ON PASSENGER SIDE REAR OF 2007 HOLIDAY RAMBLER MOTOR HOME HUNG UP AND BECAME VERY HOT. THE CHASSIS IS WORKHORSE AND COULD BE 2006. *TR Look up ODI 10275527 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	Complaints	Campaigns announced	Examples
2024-10	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2024-11	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2024-12	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-01	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-02	0	25V121000	No examples available for this selection.
2025-03	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-04	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-05	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-06	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-07	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-08	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-09	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-10	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-11	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-12	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-01	1	None	ODI 11709188 This is for a 2022 Holiday Rambler Admiral 28a motorhome. While driving my dashboard started to move and make a lot of noise. After I returned home I took it to have someone look at it. They informed me that the welds that hold the motorhome to the frame were all breaking and the steel was musrooming from the weight. I talked to REV which is the manufacturer and they told me they decline to participate in fixing this very serious issue. Basically the house part of the motorhome could detach from the frame causing serious injury or death to me … Look up ODI 11709188 at NHTSA ↗
2026-02	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-03	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-04	0	26V264000	No examples available for this selection.
2026-05	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-06	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-07	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-08	0	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-09 (partial)	0	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

2022: 0 complaints · 2023: 0 complaints

Equal observation windows
Model year	Through age 0	Through age 1	Through age 2
2022	0	0	0
2023	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
2022	1	0	0
2023	0	0	0

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	Structure	Structure:Body	Structure:Frame And Members	Electrical System	Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings	Power Train:Automatic Transmission	Service Brakes, Hydraulic	Steering
Structure	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Structure:Body	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0
Structure:Frame And Members	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
Electrical System	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0
Power Train:Automatic Transmission	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Steering	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

1 patterns with matching reports.

Fuel smell or leak mentions

1 mentions · 5.9% of complaints

Median mileage: 3,700 mi (1 usable records).

ODI 10068499 · 3,700 mi

MAJOR GAS LEAK AT FUEL FILTER IN NOV 03 AND FEB 04 AT SAME LOCATION. FUEL WAS RUNNING OUT OF BRAIDED LINE NEXT TO FILTER. GAS WAS HITTING PLATE THAT IS ABOVE EXHAUST PIPE. IF THIS PLATE WAS NOT THERE, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR FIRE BOTH TIMES. SUPPOSEDLY THE PLATE IS DESIGNED FOR TO KEEP WIRES FROM HOT EXHAUST. WE HAD 3700 MILES ON FIRST LEAK AND 5200 AT SECOND LEAK. *AK

Look up ODI 10068499 at NHTSA ↗

Matching rule

\b(fuel leak\w*|gas leak\w*|gas(?:oline)? smell|smell\w* (?:of )?(?:fuel|gas))\b