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Ultimate Advantage

Every Ultimate Advantage model year on file, 1996 to 2004. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years101 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years91996 to 2004
Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins5Summed across model years
By model year

The 1998 model year drew the most complaints, 6, 60% of the model's total

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

02461996199719986199920002001200220032004
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Tires leads the Ultimate Advantage complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Tires
4
Suspension
3
Electrical system
1
Visibility and wipers
1
Equipment
1
Fuel system
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Ultimate Advantage 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.

Ultimate Advantage by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2004Not decoded20.0200100
2003Other10.050001
2002Not decoded0NoneNone100
2001Not decoded0NoneNone100
2000Not decoded0NoneNone301
1999Not decoded0NoneNone100
1998Other616.7200202
1997Not decoded10.0100201
1996Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Ultimate Advantage

  • 04V-018 Jan 6, 2004
    On certain motorhomes built on spartan chassis, the angle of the hoses from the hydraulic pump could contact the positive stud on the starter
    Steering · 21 vehicles
  • 02V-276-006 Dec 3, 2002
    Certain motor homes equipped with norcold refrigerator cooling units model numbers 442, 443, 452, ev452, 453, 462, ev462, 463, ev463, 482, ev482,…
    Equipment · 631 vehicles
  • 02V-184 Jul 12, 2002
    On certain motor homes, the hydraulic lines for the bedroom slideout may be routed adjacent to the engine exhaust
    Other or unknown · 32 vehicles
  • 01V-128-004 Apr 30, 2001
    Vehicle description: class a motor homes equipped with safety belt assemblies built by am-safe
    Seat belts · 4,370 vehicles
  • 00V-378 Dec 4, 2000
    Vehicle description: motor homes
    Suspension · 87 vehicles
  • 00V-273-004 Oct 13, 2000
    Vehicle description: class a motor homes equipped with safety belt assemblies built by am-safe
    Seat belts · 6,550 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.