Itasca Sunova Problems by year

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 itasca sunova equipped with a kidde fire extinguisher. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 17v782000 (equipment); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The contact had not experienced a failure. *Tt consumer stated first contacted on 2/12/2018 have contacted kidds 6 more times since. Usual respond "you should get replacement extinguishers in about 3weeks." No extinguishers yet. Updated 10/16/18*jb

Tire side wall blew out on interstate 95. Day was clear and sunny no road,hazards. Had tire replaced returned tire to goodyear they denied the claim claiming it as an impact break. No impact to inside dual had been driving for five hours on the instate when the tire blew and it was day two of a three day trip all on interstate roads. *Tr

While driving north on i-15 between hesperia and barstow, california, the fiberglass skin on the roof of our rv started blowing off. By the time we were able to safely pull to the side of the freeway, 80% of the roof skin had separated from the frame and large parts were flying through the air. Fortunately the wind was blowing towards the shoulder and most of the flying debris landed on the side of the road as we were in the lane closest to the shoulder. The debris included the lavatory exhaust fan, fiberglass...

Motor home shut down completely at 55 mph. Loss of brakes, steering and engine shut down-towed to service. Crank case sensor failure! This same situation occurred again yesterday after being repaired. This is a very serious safety problem! Workhorse 2002 itasca. Once a manufacturing defect! Twice is not! Someone will get hurt pending where they are at when this happens. I was lucky twice! *Tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 itasca sunova. While driving approximately 10 mph, the contact smelled a burning odor and noticed that the steering wheel was abnormally pulling to the left. In addition, the brake pedal began to stick. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The mechanic advised that the front and rear passenger side brakes were overheating, causing the calipers to stick and the hydro boost to stop functioning. The mechanic then advised that the brake system would have to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The vin was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 12,600.

While travelling in the slow lane of a 4 lane freeway the right front wheel arch panel literally blew off with no warning, it is a large enough fiberglass panel and could easily have killed a nearby motorcyclist or even the driver of a small car travelling alongside at freeway speed. I believe this is a manufacturer defect due to the poor method of attachment to the frame of the motorhome, as evidenced by the current state of the left side arch panel. Please help with getting this situation rectified, the manufacturer has rebuffed my attempts to get this problem fixed. Thanks