2000 Safari Coach CHEETAH: complaints, problems and recalls

2003 SAFARI SAFARI CHEETAH MOTORHOME. RECALL CONCERNING THE TRAILING ARM*CW THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER WAS PURCHASED BY ANOTHER COMPANY AND NO ONE WANTS TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIRS, LEAVING THE CONSUMER TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, EVEN THOUGH A RECALL WAS ISSUED. *JB

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SAFARI COACH CHEETAH. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE REAR TRAILING ARMS FAILED, WHICH TEMPORARILY DISABLED VEHICLE CONTROL. HE WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE TRAILING ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT AN EXPENSE OF $1500.00. HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL# 05V05300(SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY). UPON CONTACT A REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ACCORDING TO THE RECALL, HE WAS INELIGIBLE …

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TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEETAH SAFARI MONACO ROAD MASTER NIVA STAR. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A THUMPING SOUND. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TWO REPAIRS SHOPS AND WAS INFORMED AT THE SECOND SHOP THAT THE CHASSIS WAS CRACKED ON BOTH SIDES. THE CONTACT HAD NOT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING RECALL 05V053000 (REAR SUSPENSION: SPRING LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,500. UPDATED 07/02/10.*LJ UPDATED 10/12/10

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THIS COMPLAINT IS IN REGARD TO A SAFARI TREK 31 MOTORHOME MANUFACTURED BY MONACO COACH CORP VIN # [XXX]. THE COACH IS ON A WORKHORSE 22 CHASSIS MANUFACTURED BY WORKHORSE CUSTOM CHASSIS LLC. THE PROBLEM IS THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROVIDE UNSAFE HANDLING. THE COACH "RABBIT HUNTS", BOUNDS, SWAYS, AND ROCKS FROM SIDE TO SIDE TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS NEARLY UNCONTROLLABLE. TO DATE I HAVE ADDED A TRUE CENTER STEERING CONTROL SYSTEM MADE BY BLUE OX. THIS HELPED THE STEERING PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT CORRECT IT OR THE OTHER UNSAFE HANDLING CHA…

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WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN I26 TO CHARLESTON, SC WHEN THE STEERING SEEMED TO BE PULLING TO THE LEFT. A TRUCK TOWING A CAR SIGNALED FOR ME TO PULL OVER. HE PULLED OVER ALSO AND LET ME KNOW I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD CROOKED. I HAD ONE INCH OF CLEARANCE BETWEEN MY CURB REAR WHEEL AND THE BACK OF THE WHEEL WELL. I HAD A BROKEN TRAILING ARM. IF IT WOULD HAVE COLLAPSED I WOULD HAVE HAD A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT INJURING US AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD. THE PART WAS PARTIALLY BROKEN FOR SOME TIME DUE TO THE RUST ON THE BRAKE.*TR

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RECALL REGARDING 2004 SAFARI CHEETAH'S FRONT SUSPENSION.*MR THE DEALER NEVER DISCLOSED THE RECALL AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE RECALL WAS FOR THE I-BEAM LEAF IMITATOR IN THE FRONT AXLE SUSPENSION AND THE REAR AXLE PANARD BAR. THE RECALL STATED THAT THEY HAD FAULTY WELDS THAT COULD CRACK AND CAUSE THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR REPAIRS HAD BEEN DONE BUT THE FRONT HAD NOT. THE MECHANIC ASSURED THE CONSUMER THAT THE WELDS WERE HOLDING AND NO CRACKS WERE VISUALL…

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DT: THE CONSUMER STATED ON 2004 SAFARI CHEETAH MOTOR HOME MONACO THE GENERATOR ROLLED OUT OF ITS LATCHES. IT ROLLED FORWARD TO THE END OF THE STOP. THE GENERATOR WAS ON RAILS AND LATCHES DOWN. THERE WERE BOLTS ON EACH SIDE THAT WERE SUPPOSE TO HOLD THE GENERATOR IN PLACE. THE BOLTS BROKE AND THE GENERATOR ROLLED. THE CONSUMER TALKED TO THE FACTORY REPAIR CENTER, AND HAD THE PROBLEM FIXED. THE CONSUMER WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THIS WAS REPORTED. *AK

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SAFARI COACH CHEETAH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES WERE STRUCTURALLY UNSOUND AND VISIBILITY WAS POOR FOR THE LOW BEAM, HIGH BEAM, AND DAY TIME RUNNING LAMPS. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO FIND AN AUTHORIZED FACILITY TO PROVIDE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

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THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE HEAD LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON, THEY WERE SO FAR OUT OF ALIGNMENT, HE WAS UNABLE TO SEE WHILE DRIVING. *AK WHEN THE CONSUMER RECEIVED THE MOTORHOME BACK THE HEAD LIGHTS WERE STICKING OUT FROM THE FRONT OF THE COACH AND NOT SECURE. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE HEADLIGHTS BACK AND FORTH, UP AND DOWN NO MORE THAN AN INCH EACH WAY. *JB

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THIS COMPLAINT IS IN REGARD TO A SAFARI TREK 31 MOTORHOME MANUFACTURED BY MONACO COACH CORP VIN # [XXX]. THE COACH IS ON A WORKHORSE 22 CHASSIS MANUFACTURED BY WORKHORSE CUSTOM CHASSIS LLC. THE PROBLEM IS THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROVIDE UNSAFE HANDLING. THE COACH "RABBIT HUNTS", BOUNDS, SWAYS, AND ROCKS FROM SIDE TO SIDE TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS NEARLY UNCONTROLLABLE. TO DATE I HAVE ADDED A TRUE CENTER STEERING CONTROL SYSTEM MADE BY BLUE OX. THIS HELPED THE STEERING PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT CORRECT IT OR THE OTHER UNSAFE HANDLING CHA…

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WE PURCHASED THIS MOTORHOME IN OCTOBER 2005 FROM LAZYDAYS RV CENTER IN SEFFNER, FL AND THE RECALL 05V053000 WAS DONE. ON APRIL 27, 2007 WE TOOK THE COACH TO MONACO COACH CORPORATION FOR SERVICE BECAUSE WE HAD RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE SAME AS ABOVE. ON 04/17/07 MONACO CHECKED FOR RECALL AND SAID IT WAS DONE. ON 08/09/2007 WE WERE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE IN THE STATE OF OR AND THE RV STARTED TO SWAY AND FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO TURN OVER. WE WERE GOING SLOW ENOUGH TO GAIN CONTROL AND STOP THE VEHICLE. ON 08/10/2007 HENDERSON'S LINE UP DIAG…

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