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Data through Oct 2026
Model year

2002 Four Winds Chateau

Other, gasoline, 4x2, built in United States. Owner complaints on file from May 26, 2004 to Jul 30, 2006.

Recalls (1)Complaints (2)Investigations (0)Bulletins (0)
Recall campaigns covering this model year113k vehicles or units across those campaigns
Owner complaints2Close to the median 2002 other
Severity index0.02002 others average 9.1
First 24 months0Complaints in its first two years
Complaints over time

Complaints about the 2002 Four Winds Chateau peaked in 2004, with 1 filed

Owner complaints about this model year, by the year they were filed with NHTSA.

00.250.50.7512004120062008201020122014201620182020202220242026
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file. The lighter column runs through October.
Components

100% of complaints about the 2002 Four Winds Chateau name tires

Owner complaints by component. Hover or focus a bar for the crash, fire, injury or death count.

Tires
2
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file. A complaint can name more than one component; it is counted under the first.
Recalls

One recall campaign covers the 2002 Four Winds Chateau

Check a specific vehicle by VIN on NHTSA's site: a campaign may cover only part of a model year's production.

Recall campaigns for the 2002 Four Winds Chateau
CampaignFiledSubjectComponentVehiclesRemedy
03V-449Nov 4, 2003On certain travel trailers equipped with samsung microwave ovens, these ovens were produced with a defective panelEquipment12,918Part replacement
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.
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Owner complaints

What owners reported about the 2002 Four Winds Chateau

The full text of every complaint filed with NHTSA about this model year, newest first. Complaints are filed by owners and are not verified by NHTSA; NHTSA removes personal details before publishing.

2 complaints on file, page 1 of 1.

  1. Filed Jul 30, 2006Failure Jul 26, 200614,945 milesOdessa, FLTread/belt

    GENERAL TIRE AMERI*550 AS LT225/75R16 M+S TREAD SEPARATION ON FREEWAY. RIGHT OUTSIDE REAR TIRE OF DUAL TIRE CONFIGURATION ON 2002 FOUR WINDS MOTORHOME. AIR PRESSURE WAS 65 COLD - NITROGEN FILLED. FELT VIBRATION AT FIRST, THEN THE TREAD RIPPED OFF WHILE TIRE STILL MAINTAINING AIR. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD, INSPECTED, AND LIMPED OFF THE FREEWAY. I CHANGED IT WITH A SPARE. THERE IS SOME DAMAGE UNDER THE MOTORHOME DUE TO FLYING PIECES OF RUBBER. THERE ARE 15K MILES ON THE TIRE AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. DON'T KNOW THE EXACT WEIGHT BUT NOWHERE CLOSE TO BEING OVERLOADED. OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS 90, APPROXIMATE TIME FROM COLD START TO SEPARATION WAS 45 MINUTES. TIME ON FREEWAY AT 65 MPH WAS 15 MINUTES. *JB

    NHTSA complaint 10163918
  2. Filed May 26, 2004Failure May 21, 200436,700 milesPortland, CTTires

    A SERIOUS TIRE BLOW OUT ALMOST CAUSED A MOTORHOME TO OVER TURN. THIS HAS BEEN THE THIRD BLOW OUT WITH THE SAME TIRES. STEELTEX RADIAL R4S, LT225/75R16, LOAD RANGE E M/S. WHILE REPLACING THE BLOWN OUT TIME THE WE DISCOVERED THREE MORE OF THE IDENTICAL TIRES WERE WITHIN MILES OF BLOWING OUT. *NM

    NHTSA complaint 10073198
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Investigations

NHTSA has not opened an investigation on this model year

Source: NHTSA ODI investigations file.
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Service bulletins

No manufacturer communications on file

Technical service bulletins and other notices the manufacturer sent to dealers. A bulletin is not a recall.

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications files.
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