2004 KEYSTONE COUGAR Problems & Recalls

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KEYSTONE COUGAR FIFTH WHEEL EQUIPPED WITH A DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REFRIGERATOR CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE EXTINGUISHED INDEPENDENTLY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. A TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE REFRIGERATOR NEEDED TO BE...

I HAVE A 2004 KEYSTONE TRAVEL TRAILER. THE REFRIGERATOR HAS A RECALL FROM DOMETIC. THE RECALL IS TO PREVENT FIRES IF THE REFRIGERATOR LEAKS FLAMMABLE COOLANT INTO THE PROPANE FLAME. MY COOLER HAS STARTED TO LEAK AND IS NO LONGER SAFE TO USE. DOMETIC WILL NOT REPLACE THE FAULTY COOLER. THEIR SOLUTION...

DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR MODEL# RM2662. *TR

MULTIPLE TIRE BLOW OUTS LESS THAN 5000 MILES WITH THE FIRST ONE, LESS THAN 80 MILES WITH THE REPLACEMENT (SPARE NEVER USED ALWAYS MAINTAINED) WHICH THEN CAUSED A THIRD TIRE TO STRIP. ALL OF THIS WITHIN ONE TRIP WITH OUR RV THAT IS JUST 5YRS OLD. WE PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW AND SINCE HE WAS A TRUCK D...

Mileage: 80

I HAVE A 2004 KEYSTONE COUGAR 31QBHS TRAVEL TRAILER. I BOUGHT IT USED ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. IT HAD NEW TIRES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT. ON OUR SECOND TRIP OUT (I CHECK AIR PRESSURE BEFORE LEAVING EACH TIME) I BLEW A TIRE. IT HAS THE DISCOUNT TIRE - CARLISLE MAXXUS TRAILER TIRE - HEAVIEST RATED TRAILER TIR...

OWN 2004 KEYSTONE / COUGAR 5 TH WHEEL CAMPER, IT HAS A DOMETIC REFRIGATORTHAT HAS BEEN RECALLED. MODEL #RM2652 S/N 32103795. THIS UNIT CAN HAVE FATIGUE CRACK IN THE BOILER TUBE WHICH CAN CAUSE A FIRE. THEY WANT TO INSTALL A PARTIAL FIX TO THE UNIT. THEY DO NOT WANT TO FIX THE BOILER TUBE IF IT IS O...

FAULTY SHACKLES AND 2 BENT AXLES ON 2004 KEYSTONE COUGAR FIFTH WHEEL CAUSED TIRES EXCESSIVE WEAR TO CORE. ONE TIRE BLEW OUT. LESS THAN 7000 LONG DISTANCE MILES ON CAMPER. WEIGHT WAS 2000 LBS UNDER LIMIT OF 10,000 LBS. KEYSTONE CLAIMS NO RECALL AND NO RESPONSIBILITY, WITH NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THI...

Mileage: 7,000

FAULTY SHACKLES AND 2 BENT AXLES ON 2004 KEYSTONE COUGAR FIFTH WHEEL CAUSED TIRES EXCESSIVE WEAR TO CORE. ONE TIRE BLEW OUT. LESS THAN 7000 LONG DISTANCE MILES ON CAMPER. WEIGHT WAS 2000 LBS UNDER LIMIT OF 10,000 LBS. KEYSTONE CLAIMS NO RECALL AND NO RESPONSIBILITY, WITH NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THI...

Mileage: 7,000

WHILE DRIVING ON I26 W, " MISSION" TIRE BLOWUP ON OUR RV CAUSING AN EXPENSIVE DAMAGE TO OUT 5TH WHEEL. DO TO RELATIVELY LOW SPEED AND WHERE IT HAPPENED THERE WAS NO SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR INJURIES. THE TIRES ON THE RV ARE PROPERLY INFLATED AND NEW WITH ONLY 2500 ON THEM. *TR

2004 COUGAR 5TH WHEEL HAD TIRE SEPARATION. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE TIRE SEPARATION HAS OCCURRED ON TWO OCCASIONS. CONTACT STATES HER HUSBAND COULD CONTROL THE VEHICLE WHEN IT HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS DRIVING. *KB THE SECOND TIRE FAILURE RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE UNDER CARRIAGE OF THE RV. ON BOTH TI...

WE PURCHASED OUR 2004 KEYSTONE COUGAR TRAVEL TRAILER IN FEB 2005 FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER WHO HAD ONLY USED IT ON A 200 MILE TRIP ONCE AS HIS WIFE HAD TAKEN ILL AND HE COULDN'T USE IT ANY LONGER. IN APR/MAY OF 2006 WE WENT ON A CROSS COUNTRY TRIP. WE HAD A BLOWOUT THE 1ST DAY OUT ON I-75 NEAR THE NOR...

WE PURCHASED OUR 2004 KEYSTONE COUGAR TRAVEL TRAILER IN FEB 2005 FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER WHO HAD ONLY USED IT ON A 200 MILE TRIP ONCE AS HIS WIFE HAD TAKEN ILL AND HE COULDN'T USE IT ANY LONGER. IN APR/MAY OF 2006 WE WENT ON A CROSS COUNTRY TRIP. WE HAD A BLOWOUT THE 1ST DAY OUT ON I-75 NEAR THE NOR...

I PURCHASED A 2004 COUGAR 5TH WHEEL MADE BY KEYSTONE RV IN APRIL OF 2005 FROM A LOCAL DEALER. SINCE THEN WE HAVE TAKEN TWO LONG TRIPS (OVER 500 MILES) AND EACH TIME HAVE HAD MULTIPLE BLOW-OUTS (2 ON THE FIRST TRIP AND 3 THIS LAST TRIP). THUS, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL FIVE TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE...

TIRE BLOWOUT. TREAD SEPARATION FROM PLY CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE TO OUR 5TH WHEEL CAMPER ON JULY 27 2007. TIRES HAD LESS THAN 8,000 MILES AND WERE PROPERLY INFLATED. (TIRE INFLATION AND WALK AROUND HAD BEEN COMPLETED 60 MILES PRIOR TO BLOW OUT) THIS WAS THE SECOND TIRE TO FAIL ON THIS CAMPER. THE FIR...

INCIDENT DESCRIPTION: WE PURCHASED A NEW 2004 KEYSTONE COUGAR TRAVEL TRAILER THAT I SAY HAVE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TIRES ON IT. WE HAD ONE BLOW OUT ON A LONG TRIP LAST YEAR, AND THIS FALL WE HAD TWO MORE BLOW OUT ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND ALL THREE DID (EACH CASE) ABOUT $1500.00 IN DAMAGE TO THE...

WHILE OPERATION OF THE LIPPERT SLIDEOUT IN OUR '04 KEYSTONE 285EFS FIFTH WHEEL, THE SLIDE STOPPED. UPON INVESTIGATION (FOLLOWING WIRES, CHECKING FUSE, CONTACTS, ETC.) I FOUND BURNT OUT AND MELTED WIRE NUTS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE FUSE PANEL LYING IN SAWDUST. THE WIRES ARE 10 GAUGE (30 AMP). ONE STRIPPED...

TIRECO (MISSION TIRES) CAME STOCK ON A NEW 2004 COUGAR RV TRAILER AND WE'VE HAD 4 BLOWOUTS OUT OF THE 5 STOCK TIRES WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. CURRENTLY FILING COMPLAINT WITH COMPANY - EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE RV AND EXTREME POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO LIVES. DURING INTERNET SEARCH, FOUND NUMEROUS SIMI...

ON A RECENT VACATION WE EXPERIENCED ONE INSTANCE OF TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SIDE OF OUR 2004 COUGAR BY KEYSTONE FIFTH WHEEL AND ANOTHER INCIDENT OF SIDEWALL BLOWOUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE. THE TIRES HAD BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND HAD 5000 MILES ON THEM. THEY WERE MISSIO...

DT: 2004 KEYSTONE COUGAR. MISSION TIRES, ST225/75R15. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE SEPARATED WITH LESS THAN 5,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH. THE TIRE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED TO SEE WHY THIS OCCURRED. MISSION WAS SENDING HIM A NEW TIRE. THIS HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 200...

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THAT 5TH WHEEL TRAILER TIRES COMPLETELY FELL APART ON THE ROAD. THE WHOLE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL. THE SPEED WAS 55-60 MPH. THESE ARE MISSION TIRES THAT ARE MANUFACTURED IN CHINA BY NANGKUNG RUBBER TIRE COMPANY. THE LOCATION ON THE TRAILER IS THE REAR PASSENGER...

Mileage: 3,000

DT: THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE HAD TWO TIRE BLOW OUTS IN TWO DAYS. THE FIRST ONE WAS ON 6-01-05, AND THE SECOND ONE ON 6-02-05; BOTH WHILE DRIVING ON I-45. THE CONTACT SENT 4 TIRES BACK TO THE TIRE COMPANY, AND THEY DETERMINED THERE WAS A DEFECT IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE TIRES. SHE DID NOT NOTICE ANY VIB...

WHILE TRAVELING W/B ON ROUTE 50 IN ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, WE EXPERIENCED A BLOWN PASSENGER SIDE TIRE ON OUR 2004 KEYSTONE COUGAR TRAVEL TRAILER. THIS BLOWN TIRE, CAUSED THE TRAILER TO FALL ON ITS SIDE, COME BACK UP AND JACK KNIFE INTO OUR SUBURBAN, CAUSING A TOTAL LOSS TO THE COUGAR AND OVER $11,000....

Mileage: 65

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. THE TRAILER TIRE VALVE STEMS ARE WEAK AT THE BASE OF THE STEM. THE FIRST VALVE WENT BAD WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD, LUCKILY HE FOUND IT BEFORE IT WENT TOTALLY FLAT. THE SECOND VALVE STEM WENT BAD WHILE THE TRAILER WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE THIRD VALV...

Mileage: 6,000

(3 MISSION TIRE FAILURES ON 04 KEYSTONE COUGAR RV)MAY 13, WEIGHED TRAILER AT 7660, AIR AT 60LBS, LEFT ON VACATION. BEFORE NOON TIRE EXPLODED. WAS FLAGGED OVER BY WITTNES WHO SAID TIRE WENT INTO A THOUSAND PIECES. ONLY TWO BEADS LEFT ON WHEEL.JULY 2, ON SHORT RUN OUT OF TOWN, TIRE AT 65LBS,BLEW BUT R...

DT: THE CONTACT STATED VEHICLE HAD TWO TIRE BLOW OUTS, DESTROYING THE TIRES AND DAMAGING VEHICLE. THE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT. NOTHING WAS LEFT EXCEPT THE RIM. THERE WAS LESS THAN 12,000 MILES ON BOTH TIRES LOCATED ON A BRAND NEW VEHICLE. THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY, AND THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL. DI...

Mileage: 12,000

DT: WHILE INSPECTING THE TIRES THE CONSUMER NOTICED A BUBBLE IN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER REPLACED THE TIRE FOR FREE. THE TIRE HAD ABOUT 500 MILES ON IT AT TIME OF THE BULGE. ANOTHER TIRE ON THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE WENT BAD, AND SHOWED TREAD SEPARATION. UPON INSPECTING THE TIRES...

THE ELECTRIC GLIDE OUT MECHANISM WAS LOCATED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRAME. THIS TAKES THE CLEARANCE FROM THE TIRES WHEN THE FIFTH WHEEL IS TURNING. THE TIRE RUBBED AGAINST THE MECHANISM AND CAUSED THEM TO WEAR PREMATURELY, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A BLOW OUT. ALSO, NO CHAINS CAN BE PUT ON TIRES BEC...

Mileage: 1,000

THE OUTER TREAD OF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE CAME LOOSE FROM THE TIRE AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL WELL AND OUTER SKIN OF THE TRAILER. *NM *JB