TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 COACHMEN MIRADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, HE WAS ALERTED BY FELLOW MOTORIST THAT LIGHT GRAY SMOKE WAS EMITTING FROM HIS VEHICLE. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND HAD ALL THE OCCUPANTS EXIT THE MOTOR HOME. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT SAW THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD OVERFLOWED ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPE WHICH HAD CAUSE A FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE CONTACT ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO COOL OFF AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED UNTIL HE REACHED HIS DESTINATION. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ORIFICE FOR THE TRANSMISSION FLUID TO FLOW TO THE ENGINE WAS TO SMALL; DUE TO THIS DESIGN FLAW, THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. COACHMEN HAD INITIALLY BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED HIM THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO FORD WHO WAS THE MAKER OF THE CHASITY. THE CONTACT REACHED OUT TO THE FORD MANUFACTURER WHERE HE FILED A CLAIM WITH FORD. THEY DECLINED TO ASSIST WAS THE REPAIR OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 41,000. *BF *AS

Source: NHTSA complaint ODI #11342322 · view all complaints for this vehicle at nhtsa.gov