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Thor Chateau

Every Thor Chateau model year on file, 1997 to 2005. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years60 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years91997 to 2005
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

The 2001 model year drew the most complaints, 3, 50% of the model's total

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

01231997199819992000200132002200320042005
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Tires leads the Thor Chateau complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Tires
3
Brakes
2
Equipment
2
Airbags
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Thor Chateau 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.

Thor Chateau by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2005Not decoded0NoneNone100
2004Not decoded0NoneNone200
2003Not decoded0NoneNone300
2002Trailer20.0100200
2001Not decoded30.0300200
2000Not decoded0NoneNone200
1999Not decoded10.0100200
1998Not decoded0NoneNone100
1997Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Thor Chateau

  • 08V-369 Jul 21, 2008
    Refrigerator may have a defect in the boiler tube
    Equipment · 2,700 vehicles
  • 07V-127 Mar 20, 2007
    Certain fifth wheel and travel trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, may have a defect in the…
    Equipment · 12k vehicles
  • 03V-384 Oct 13, 2003
    On certain travel trailers and fifth wheels equipped with samsung microwave ovens, these units were produced with a defective panel
    Equipment · 6,749 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.