Model year

2003 Sundowner Value Lite

Trailer, Not Applicable, built in United States. Owner complaints on file from Nov 18, 2008 to May 17, 2010.

Recalls (0)Complaints (3)Investigations (0)Bulletins (0)

Recall campaigns covering this model year0No recall campaign lists this model year

Owner complaints31.5 times the median 2003 trailer

Severity index0.02003 trailers average 8.5

First 24 months0Complaints in its first two years

Complaints over time

Complaints about the 2003 Sundowner Value Lite peaked in 2008, 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 2003 Sundowner Value Lite 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

No recall campaign lists the 2003 Sundowner Value Lite

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Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.

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Owner complaints

What owners reported about the 2003 Sundowner Value Lite

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.

3 complaints on file, page 1 of 1.

Filed May 17, 2010Failure Apr 27, 2010Exeter, RIFrame and members
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SUNDOWNER VALUE LITE TRAILER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT RUST HAD BUILT UP. THE FLOOR, AS THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE TRAILER, COULD BE WEAKEN BY THE RUST AND CAUSE A CRASH AND INJURY TO THE HORSE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER BUT WAS OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE.
NHTSA complaint 10330817
Filed Feb 12, 2009Failure Jul 23, 2008Okmulgee, OKFrame and members
NO INJURIES, H2003 HORSE TRAILER WITH SEVERE FRAME CORROSION. *TR
NHTSA complaint 10258443
Filed Nov 18, 2008Failure Nov 18, 2008Stratton, NHFrame and members
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SUNDOWNER VALUE LITE TRAILER. THE CONTACT WAS INSTRUCTED BY A MECHANIC WHO MADE APPROXIMATELY 75 REPAIRS TO THIS SAME TYPE OF TRAILER TO LOOK UNDER HER HORSE TRAILER TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS RUST FORMING UNDER THE FLOOR WHICH CARRIES THE HORSES. THE CONTACT CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS RUST UNDER THE FLOOR AND ON THE BEAMS OF THE TRAILER. THERE IS NO MILEAGE ON THIS TYPE OF TRAILER.
NHTSA complaint 10249079

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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