National RV Dolphin: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 6 recall campaigns for the National RV Dolphin, model years 1978 to 2008. NHTSA has 36 complaints on file for this model line. 5 of the 21 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19781
- 19791
- 19801
- 19811
- 19821
- 19831
- 19841
- 19852
- 19861
- 19960
- 19971
- 19981
- 19991
- 20001
- 20012
- 20022
- 20031
- 20050
- 20062
- 20072
- 20081
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 National RV Dolphin NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1,150 |
| 2007 National RV Dolphin | 2 | 2 | 117% | 2,474 |
| 2006 National RV Dolphin | 2 | 3 | 175% | 2,474 |
| 2005 National RV Dolphin NHTSA page | 0 | 5 | 292% | |
| 2003 National RV Dolphin NHTSA page | 1 | 9 | 525% | 21,326 |
| 2002 National RV Dolphin | 2 | 2 | 117% | 24,087 |
| 2001 National RV Dolphin | 2 | 2 | 117% | 24,087 |
| 2000 National RV Dolphin NHTSA page | 1 | 4 | 233% | 21,326 |
| 1999 National RV Dolphin NHTSA page | 1 | 2 | 117% | 21,326 |
| 1998 National RV Dolphin NHTSA page | 1 | 3 | 175% | 21,326 |
| 1997 National RV Dolphin NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 58% | 21,326 |
| 1996 National RV Dolphin NHTSA page | 0 | 3 | 175% | |
| 1986 National RV Dolphin NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 8,000 |
| 1985 National RV Dolphin | 2 | 0 | 0% | 9,692 |
| 1984 National RV Dolphin NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 8,000 |
| 1983 National RV Dolphin NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 8,000 |
| 1982 National RV Dolphin NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 8,000 |
| 1981 National RV Dolphin NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 8,000 |
| 1980 National RV Dolphin NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 8,000 |
| 1979 National RV Dolphin NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 8,000 |
| 1978 National RV Dolphin NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 8,000 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
42 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 333.3 | 14 |
| Exterior Lighting | 95.2 | 4 |
| Tires | 71.4 | 3 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 47.6 | 2 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 47.6 | 2 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 47.6 | 2 |
| Structure | 47.6 | 2 |
| Visibility | 47.6 | 2 |
| Power Train | 47.6 | 2 |
| Equipment | 47.6 | 2 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Sea Breeze6 campaigns
- Tropi-CAL5 campaigns
- Marlin2 campaigns
- Seabreeze3 campaigns
- Rage'n4 campaigns
- Tradewinds5 campaigns
- Palisades2 campaigns
- Surfside2 campaigns
- Dolphin LX4 campaigns
- Islander5 campaigns
- Blaze'n5 campaigns
- Surf Side2 campaigns
- Ragen2 campaigns
- Pacifica2 campaigns
National RV: all 15 model lines
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. National RV Dolphin: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/national-rv/dolphin/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- NATIONAL RV, INC.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which National RV Dolphin model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2007 with 2, 2006 with 2, 2002 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which National RV Dolphin model year has the most complaints?
- The 2003 model year, with 9 of the 36 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the National RV Dolphin name?
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 14 component mentions. Exterior Lighting: 4 component mentions. Tires: 3 component mentions.