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Keystone Challenger

Every Keystone Challenger model year on file, 2001 to 2010. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years120 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years102001 to 2010
Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

The 2007 model year drew the most complaints, 3, 25% of the model's total

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

012320012002200320042005200620073200820092010
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Tires leads the Keystone Challenger complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Tires
5
Equipment
3
Suspension
2
Brakes
1
Structure
1
Engine and cooling
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Keystone Challenger 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.

Keystone Challenger by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2010Not decoded0NoneNone300
2009Trailer20.0200400
2008Trailer10.0100300
2007Trailer30.0300400
2006Not decoded0NoneNone200
2005Not decoded10.0100100
2004Not decoded0NoneNone100
2003Trailer10.050310
2002Trailer20.0100100
2001Trailer20.0200100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Keystone Challenger

  • 17V-755 Nov 22, 2017
    List of the affected trailer models is available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2017/RMISC-17V755-5127.pdf
    Equipment · 1.21M vehicles
  • 15V-561 Sep 4, 2015
    These transfer switches, used in vehicles wired to be powered by a generator, may fail when exposed to elevated electrical loads and used in…
    Electrical system · 3,585 vehicles
  • 11V-577 Dec 8, 2011
    Keystone has revised their remedy process and is again recalling certain 2009-2011 vehicles with the “generator ready” option, or with standard…
    Electrical system · 6,101 vehicles
  • 10V-594 Nov 23, 2010
    If the transfer switch is not installed to the proper specifications, the elevated electrical loads associated with the recreational vehicle use…
    Electrical system · 6,297 vehicles
  • 08V-325 Jul 17, 2008
    Refrigerator may have a defect in the boiler tube
    Equipment · 161k vehicles
  • 07V-585 Dec 17, 2007
    On certain fifth wheel travel trailers, a liquid propane (lp) line for the slide room may be too close to the tire
    Equipment · 223 vehicles
  • 07V-286 Jun 25, 2007
    Certain fifth wheel trailers built with 16" steel wheels may leak at the valve stem during inflation or when checking the air pressure due to…
    Wheels · 995 vehicles
  • 07V-134 Mar 22, 2007
    Certain fifth wheel and travel trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, may have a defect in…
    Equipment · 122k vehicles
  • 03V-463 Nov 12, 2003
    On certain travel trailers equipped with samsung microwave ovens, these ovens were produced with a defective panel
    Equipment · 3,641 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.