2003 Thor California Tahoe problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Tires (2) · Trailer Hitches (1) · Tires:tread/Belt (1)
Safety recalls (0)
No recalls on record for this model year (campaigns announced since 2010).
What owners report
2006-07-30 · Tires“we were driving to spokane washington from phelan calif. when we had a tire tread come off passenger front of dual axle thore transport 5th wheel trailer. ripping off fender skirt. i put spare on and 28 miles later passenger rear tire had a blow out. tires had maybe 1500 miles on them. this happened in redding cali. i was not going to take any more…”
2004-12-05 · Tires · 1,200 mi“contacted carlilse tire on 8/11/04 opened claim on tires delaminating. on 9/5/04 two tires did blowout causing major damage to my rv. 10/5/04 received five new tires from carlilse tire. i do not want these tires on my rv and i seem to be stuck with them. its going to cost over one thosand dollars to replace these tires with another brand. *ak…”
2004-08-20 · Tires:tread/Belt · 3,000 mi“in june 2002 i bought new from the factory a thor tahoe transport 33' fifth wheel. the vehicle was equipped with merit all country radials size, lt235/85r16 e. up until the failure i had put about 3000 miles on the tires, typically traveling about 150 miles per trip, one way. the vehicle is rated at 11400 gvw. i run about 10200 lbs total weight. on…”
2004-03-24 · Trailer Hitches · 500 mi · 💥 crash“2003 thor tahoe travel trailer tongue/coupler failed on february 14, 2004. the trailer had less than 500 miles on it. it was purchased new from marjon rv in riverside in april 2003. the trailer was attached to our 2000 ford excursion with a weight distributing hitch that was installed by marjon rv. the accident would have been catastrophic at …”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.