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2015 Starcraft RV FW Solstice

Body and fuel not decoded. Owner complaints on file from Nov 23, 2015 to Nov 23, 2015.

Recall campaigns covering this model year145 vehicles or units across those campaigns
Owner complaints1Close to the median 2015 vehicle
Severity index0.0Crash, fire, injury or death per 100
First 24 months1Complaints in its first two years
Complaints over time

Complaints about the 2015 Starcraft RV FW Solstice peaked in 2015, with 1 filed

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

00.250.50.7512015120162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file. The lighter column runs through October.
Components

100% of complaints about the 2015 Starcraft RV FW Solstice name wheels

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

Wheels
1
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 2015 Starcraft RV FW Solstice

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 2015 Starcraft RV FW Solstice
CampaignFiledSubjectComponentVehiclesRemedy
15V-856Dec 21, 2015Affected vehicles may be missing a caution label to inform the operator not to leave the drain valve open to prevent an escape of sewer gasEquipment45Label or owner notice
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.
Owner complaints

What owners reported about the 2015 Starcraft RV FW Solstice

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.

  1. Filed Nov 23, 2015Failure Aug 14, 20153,922 milesCalifornia City, CAWheels

    ON 14 AUG 2015, WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH ON CA14 THE FIRST BLOW-OUT OCCURRED WHEN WE HAD OWNED THE TRAILER 9 MONTHS, USED IT 3 TIMES AND ONLY PUT 3,922 MILES ON THE TRAILER. LUCKILY, NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE TRAILER. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, ON 11 OCT 2015, WE STARTED ON A SHORT 5-DAY VACATION WHEN A SECOND TIRE BLEW WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH ON I215, WITH 4,253 MILES TRAVELED ON THE TRAILER. THE SECOND TIRE HAD THE SAME MARKINGS AS THE FIRST, TOW MAX STR POWER KING ST 235/80R16, TIRE: DOT 8385 GPB, MANUFACTURED IN 4213. BOTH BLOW-OUTS WERE ON THE STREET SIDE TIRES, THE FIRST TIRE THE REAR AND THE SECOND TIRE WAS THE FRONT. THE TIRE PRESSURE OF EACH TIRE WAS CHECKED AFTER REPLACING THE 2ND BLOWN-OUT TIRE AND MEASURED 82 PSI FOR EACH TIRE. FIVE HOURS EARLIER, I HAD MADE SURE THE TIRE PRESSURE ON EACH ON-AXEL TIRE AND THE SPARE MEASURED 80 PSI. AT THE TIME OF THE BLOW-OUT, WE HAD TRAVELED 145 MILES WITH THE TEMPERATURE RISING ABOUT 20 DEGREES TO NEAR 100 DEGREES. ON THE RETURN TRIP, AS USUAL, AT THE START I INSPECTED THE TIRES AND ENSURED THE TRAILER TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED TO 80 PSI. AT A FUEL STOP ON US395 JUST OFF I15, 133 MILES INTO THE TRIP HOME, BEING VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT THE TIRES, I FOUND THE REAR CURBSIDE TRAILER TIRE'S TREAD WAS CROWNING. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS TIRE AND THE TWO THAT HAD BLOW-OUTS WAS THE MANUFACTURER'S DATE WAS 4313.

    NHTSA complaint 10806330
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Investigations

NHTSA has not opened an investigation on this model year

Source: NHTSA ODI investigations file.
Service bulletins

4 manufacturer communications cover this model year

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

  • Rtl16-008FIN Mar 1, 2016 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
    Change to orientation of the axles.
  • Drl16-008FIN Mar 1, 2016 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
    Change to orientation of the axles.
  • 16-008-Ins Mar 1, 2016 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
    Change the orientation of the axles.
  • TSB-15-012 Sep 1, 2015 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
    STARCRAFT RV: TSB CONTAINS AN OWNER'S NOTIFICATION LETTER. SELECT DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON BELOW. AN INSPECTION, ON CERTAIN RVS, REGARDING LOCATION OF LABEL ON PIN BOX TO ENSURE CORRECT GVRW (18,800 LBS) HAS BEEN NOTED. MODEL 2015-16 SOLSTICE. *PE
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications files.