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NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
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What owners actually said
1 reports
Mileage unknown · Jan 24, 2002
Equipment
CONSUMER WAS TOWING A 1990 JEEP CHEROKEE WITH A 1996 NATIONAL RV SEABREEZE. DURING A ROUTINE STOP HE NOTICED THE ATTACHMENT OF STOWMASTER HAD BROKEN ON PASSENGER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE, AND WAS DAMAGED ON DRIVER'S SIDE. STOWMASTER WAS INSTALLED AT AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP IN FEBRUARY OF 1998. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE BRAC…
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CONSUMER WAS TOWING A 1990 JEEP CHEROKEE WITH A 1996 NATIONAL RV SEABREEZE. DURING A ROUTINE STOP HE NOTICED THE ATTACHMENT OF STOWMASTER HAD BROKEN ON PASSENGER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE, AND WAS DAMAGED ON DRIVER'S SIDE. STOWMASTER WAS INSTALLED AT AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP IN FEBRUARY OF 1998. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE BRACKET AND BOLT HARDWARE WHICH CONNECTS THE STOW MASTER TOW BAR BETWEEN THE RV AND THE VEHICLE FAILED CAUSING, THE STOW MASTER?S BRACKET/BOLT ASSEMBLY TO RUPTURE (RIPPED APART) THE METAL ON THE VEHICLE FRAME ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. CONSUMER IS ASKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE EXPENSES. *YD
NHTSA ODI #8002764
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