FaultScore

FaultScore report

1995 Holiday Rambler Aluma Lite problems

Owners have filed 10 complaints about the 1995 Holiday Rambler Aluma Lite with NHTSA between 1995 and 2016. The largest single group is the tires. Across this model's run it ranks 3 of 3 worst.

B

FaultScore 26/100

Higher is worse. Measured against the other years of the Holiday Rambler Aluma Lite.

How this is worked out

The numbers

10

Complaints

0

Crashes reported

0

Fires reported

0

Injuries reported

What kind of bad

The letter says how bad. This says what kind — whether this year drew an unusual number of complaints, unusually dangerous ones, or failures that arrived unusually early.

Complaint volume 41 vs 50 Severity 0 vs 50 Early failure not reported
The dashed ring is 50 — the national norm. Further out is worse.
Complaint volume — 41
Against the median year of the Holiday Rambler Aluma Lite. 50 means typical for this model; 100 means roughly double.
Severity — 0
0% of these complaints involved a crash, fire, injury or death, against a national rate of 9.7%.
Early failure — not reported
Too few complaints recorded a mileage to measure this.

How 1995 compares with every other Holiday Rambler Aluma Lite

Click any bar to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks on a 1995 Holiday Rambler Aluma Lite

Every complaint is filed against a part. Follow any row for the complaints about that part alone.

Tires 6 60.0%
Suspension 3 30.0%
Body & Structure 1 10.0%

When owners complained

A spike years after the car went on sale usually means a part wearing out on schedule across the whole fleet — the kind of pattern no single owner can see from inside their own car.

Oct 1995 peak 1 Feb 2016

NHTSA investigations into the 1995 Holiday Rambler Aluma Lite

An investigation is the step before a recall: the agency has seen enough complaints to look into a pattern itself. An open one means it thinks something may be wrong and nothing has been fixed yet.

1 investigation is still open.

RQ99014 Opened 16 Jun 1999 Still open STRUCTURE

TRAILER INSTABILITY

ON AUGUST 16, 1995, HOLIDAY RAMBLER CONDUCTED A SAFETY RECALL , 95V-154, ON 7831994-95 35-FOOT AND 1995 31-FOOT ALUMA-LITE TRAILERS.THESE TRAILERS HAVE A FRESH WATER TANK AND A STORAGE COMPARTMENT AT THE REAR OF THE UNIT THAT CAN POTENTIALLY BE OVERLOADED.AS A RESULT, THESE TRAILERS CAN EXHIBIT REDUCED STABILITY WHILE BEING TOWED.THE REMEDY INVOLVED (1) PLACEMENT OF A LABEL ON THE STORAGE COMPARTMENT AT THE REAR OF ALL TRAVEL TRAILER MODELS INDICATING THE MAXIMUM STORAGE WEIGHT CAPACITY, (2) RELOCATING THE FRESH WATER TANK FROM THE REAR OF THE TRAVEL TRAILER TO AN AREA ABOVE THE SUSPENSION ON...

Recalls on the 1995 Holiday Rambler Aluma Lite

A complaint is one owner's allegation. A recall is the point at which the manufacturer or a regulator agreed the defect is real and dangerous enough to fix for free — however old the car is.

Canada — Transport Canada

Canada runs its own recall programme, and its campaigns do not always mirror the American ones.

Recall 2007289 91 units in Canada

Other

On certain motorhomes, conventional travel trailers and fifth wheel travel trailers equipped with a Dometic Corporation refrigerator, a fatigue crack can develop in the boiler tube. This could allow the release of pressurized coolant solution into an area where an ignition source is present, which could result in a fire. Correction: Dealers will replace the refrigerator's boiler tube assembly.

Recalls cover specific build ranges, so check your own vehicle by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls or, in Canada, Transport Canada.

The most recent complaints

In the owners' own words, exactly as filed with NHTSA.

Kansas City, MO

TIRES

WHILE TRAVELING WEST ON MO-7 APPROX 2 MILES EAST OF GARDEN CITY, THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT ON OUR BUMPER TOW 1995 HOLIDAY RAMBLER TRAVEL TRAILER WITH TANDEM TIRES. THE TIRE WAS LESS THAN 4 YEARS OLD, AND HAD LESS THAN 3,000 MILES ON IT ON THIS TEMPERATE FALL DAY, WHEN THE TREAD SEPARATED AND THE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE APPROX. 6 FT LONG LOOSE TREAD FLAILED THE WHEEL WELL AND SEVERELY DAMAGED THE WHEEL WELL, TRAILER SIDE AND THE WASTE WATER TANK DRAIN LINES, VALVES, AND VALVE CONTROLS. VEHICLE SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 58 MILES PER HOUR ON AN EXCELLENT ASPHALT ROAD SURFACE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY ROAD HAZARDS.. THE TIRE PRESSURE HAD BEEN CHECKED IN THE LAST 48 HOURS AND HAD BEEN DRIVEN LESS THAN 200 MILES. THE TRAILER WAS IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER, AND THE WHEEL WAS CHANGED WITH THE SPARE TIRE, THE TRAILER WAS TOWED BACK TO CLINTON, MO, WHERE REPAIR ESTIMATE WAS OVER $6,000. THE INSURANCE COMPANY JUDGED IT TO BE A TOTAL LOSS.

NHTSA complaint #10838606 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Texarkana, TX

SUSPENSION

(LAWYER ON BEHALF OF PLANTIFFS)...THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ABOUT A RECALL ISSUED ON SAID VEHICLE. THE PARTS USED FOR RECALL REPAIR FOR TRAILER INSTABILITY WAS A CHEAP REMEDY TO APPEASE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ALSO DUE TO THE LACK OF STABILITY OF THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE, THERE HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTS, DUE TO THE MANUFACTURER NOT WILLING TO USE THE CORRECT PARTS.

NHTSA complaint #564373 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Texarkana, TX

SUSPENSION

(LAWYER ON BEHALF OF PLANTIFFS)...THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ABOUT A RECALL ISSUED ON SAID VEHICLE. THE PARTS USED FOR RECALL REPAIR FOR TRAILER INSTABILITY WAS A CHEAP REMEDY TO APPEASE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ALSO DUE TO THE LACK OF STABILITY OF THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE, THERE HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTS, DUE TO THE MANUFACTURER NOT WILLING TO USE THE CORRECT PARTS.

NHTSA complaint #564373 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Danville, IN

TIRES

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THREE BLOWOUTS, NO CRASH OCCURED, THE DRIVER LOSS TEMPORARY CONTROL OF THE TRAILER AND TOW VEHICLE BUT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL( GENERAL TIRES ST225/75R15D, DOT # DOTADHH1DL345, TIRE NAME: AMERI-TRAILER ST). NLM

NHTSA complaint #785545 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Meadow Lands, PA

TIRES:TREAD/BELT

GOODYEAR TIRES (P225 75 R15) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRAVEL TRAILER. *SLC

NHTSA complaint #557191 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

MEL Rose, LA

TIRES

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE TIRES ON TRAVEL TRAILER BEGAN TO PEAL, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RIDE ROUGH. CONSUMER PULLED TO THE SIDE, GOT OUT TO NOTICE THAT THE REST OF THE TIRES WERE BUBBLED UP LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO POP. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.

NHTSA complaint #849905 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Jessievill, AR

TIRES:TREAD/BELT

GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRE TREAD ON ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE BLOWN IN THE PAST YEAR, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.

NHTSA complaint #530220 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Baker, LA

STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

THE SPRING HANGER BRACKET WHICH IS WELDED TO THE FRAME BROKE, CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGED TO TIRES/SHOCKS AND RIGHT SIDE OF PANELLING. PROBLEM NOT CORRECTED.

NHTSA complaint #813847 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Madeira, OH

TIRES

SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE ALL (4) TIRES HAVE BLOWN OUT. (3) WHILE DRIVING AND (1) WHILE STOPPED. FIRST TIME IN MAY 96, (2) TIMES IN JULY OF 96, (1) TIME IN AUGUST OF 96.

NHTSA complaint #803020 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Victoria, TX

SUSPENSION:REAR

TRAVEL TRAILER WENT OUT OF CONTROL WHILE PULLING IT WITH A VEHICLE. TT

NHTSA complaint #974160 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.