Model year

2004 Keystone Tail-Gator

Trailer, Not Applicable, built in United States. Owner complaints on file from Mar 13, 2009 to Mar 13, 2009.

Recalls (4)Complaints (1)Investigations (0)Bulletins (0)

Recall campaigns covering this model year41.5M vehicles or units across those campaigns

Owner complaints1Below the median 2004 trailer

Severity index0.02004 trailers average 5.4

First 24 months0Complaints in its first two years

Complaints over time

Complaints about the 2004 Keystone Tail-Gator peaked in 2009, with 1 filed

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

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

Components

100% of complaints about the 2004 Keystone Tail-Gator name structure

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

Structure

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

Recalls

4 recall campaigns cover the 2004 Keystone Tail-Gator

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 2004 Keystone Tail-Gator
Campaign	Filed	Subject	Component	Vehicles	Remedy
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	1,205,997	Part replacement
08V-325	Jul 17, 2008	Refrigerator may have a defect in the boiler tube	Equipment	161,250	Repair or modification
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	122,162	Repair or modification
06V-192	Jun 6, 2006	On certain recreational vehicles equipped with a 9 volt battery operated carbon monoxide (co) detector, if the battery in the detector goes dead…	Equipment	9,486	Repair or modification

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.

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Owner complaints

What owners reported about the 2004 Keystone Tail-Gator

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.

1 complaint on file, page 1 of 1.

Filed Mar 13, 2009Failure May 25, 2008Show LOW, AZFrame and members
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KEYSTONE TAIL-GATOR HAULER TRAILER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE LATERAL CROSS- BRACES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ALERTED OF THE FAILURE BY AN OPPOSING DRIVER TRAVELING ON THE ROAD. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND INSPECTED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED WHILE PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE POLYBUTYLENE BLADDER LIQUID WAS EMPTIED BEFORE THE THREE CROSS-BRACES WERE WELDED SECURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION AND WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO IMPROPER BRACING INSTALLATION THAT FAILED TO MEET THE MANUFACTURER STANDARDS. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE OTHER TWO CROSS- BRACES. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNAVAILABLE.
NHTSA complaint 10261756

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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