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Damon Escaper

Every Damon Escaper model year on file, 1984 to 2005. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years141 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years121984 to 2005
Recall campaigns12Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins5Summed across model years
By model year

The 2000 model year drew the most complaints, 3, 21% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

01231984198519921993199719992000320012002200320042005
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Tires leads the Damon Escaper complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Tires
4
Wheels
3
Powertrain
2
Electrical system
2
Structure
1
Engine and cooling
1
Brakes
1
Equipment
1
Suspension
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Damon Escaper model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Damon Escaper by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2005Not decoded0NoneNone300
2004Not decoded0NoneNone400
2003Not decoded0NoneNone200
2002Other20.0100203
2001Other20.0100201
2000Other30.0150501
1999Not decoded0NoneNone400
1997Trailer10.050000
1993Not decoded20.0200000
1992Not decoded250.0200000
1985Not decoded10.0100000
1984Other10.0100000
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Damon Escaper

  • 08V-534 Oct 9, 2008
    Refrigerator may have a defect in the boiler tube
    Equipment · 4,677 vehicles
  • 08V-289 Jul 2, 2008
    Fatigue failure in the section of the cooling unit which contains the refrigerant could allow the liquid solution to slowly leak
    Equipment · 804 vehicles
  • 08V-017 Jan 11, 2008
    On certain motor homes built on freightliner chassis and equipped with zf model 8018 steering gears, these gears may have been assembled with the…
    Steering · 73 vehicles
  • 07V-130 Mar 20, 2007
    Certain travel trailers and motor homes equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, may have a defect in the…
    Equipment · 25k vehicles
  • 07V-022 Jan 30, 2007
    Certain motor homes fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps reflective devices, and…
    Lighting · 2,618 vehicles
  • 03V-095 Mar 21, 2003
    During the winterization process on certain motor homes from november 5, 2002 through january 6, 2003, the rv antifreeze used may have been…
    Equipment · 125 vehicles
  • 02V-277-002 Oct 10, 2002
    Certain motor homes equipped with norcold refrigerator cooling units model numbers 1200lr and 1200rim with serial numbers between 700000 and…
    Equipment · 354 vehicles
  • 02V-018-008 Aug 15, 2002
    On certain motorhomes equipped with arvinmeritor wabco pneumatic anitlock brake system (abs) valve packages, the assembly bolts on these valve…
    Brakes · 17 vehicles
  • 00V-273-008 Mar 28, 2001
    Vehicle description: certain motor homes built on dodge van chassis and equipped with safety belt assemblies produced by am-safe between january…
    Seat belts · 494 vehicles
  • 01V-091-002 Mar 20, 2001
    Vehicle description: motor homes and travel trailers equipped with norcold refrigerator cooling units model numbers n841, n821, n641, and n621
    Equipment · 923 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.