06 Owner-reported problems
Owners have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA about this line for model years 2005 on. The earliest was filed 26 Jul 2017 and the most recent 10 Jan 2023. The breakdown below is what those owners actually reported, grouped by the component NHTSA assigned.
What gets reported
| Component group | Reports | Share |
|---|
| Suspension | 2 | 67% |
| Wheels | 1 | 33% |
Most recent reports
The 3 owner reports filed on this line, newest first. Wording is NHTSA’s summary of what the owner described.
| Filed | Component | Miles | What the owner reported |
|---|
| 10 Jan 2023 | Suspension | — | I purchased a brand new 2022 Gulfstream travel trailer from Optimum RV in Pottstown PA. When I arrived home a neighbor noticed the wheels were not straight. Looking under I saw there were 2 shackles missing from the spring. The tire was rubbing on the wheel well. We could have been killed driving… |
| 18 May 2021 | Wheels | 12,000 | THE CONTACT OWNS A 2021 GULF STREAM VINTAGE CRUISER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HAULING THE ONE AXLE TRAILER, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGERâS SIDE TIRE AIR PRESSURE WAS VERY LOW. THE TIRE AND WHEEL WERE LATER TAKEN TO THE LOCAL TIRE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE WHEEL WAS FAULTY, CAUSING THE… |
| 26 Jul 2017 | Suspension | — | The certification label on our 2018 Gulf Stream vintage cruiser lists the GVWR as 7480 lbs. (2 axles with a stated weight rating of 3500 each and a tongue weight of 480 lbs). In a safety recall, Gulf Stream acknowledged that the certification label was incorrect; the actual weight rating for each… |
How this count is drawn. A report is counted here only when NHTSA’s own model field names this line. What the owner typed in the description is never used to attribute a report: our line names are ordinary English words, and an owner writing “imagine my surprise when the axle went” or naming the state of Montana is not reporting a Grand Design Imagine or a Keystone Montana.
Read these as reports, not as findings. Complaints are submitted by owners and NHTSA does not verify them; no complaint here has been confirmed as a defect, and none of them is a recall. The sample is also self-selected — only owners motivated to file appear in it — so a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Use the pattern, not the total: a component that keeps recurring is worth inspecting on any used unit. File or search complaints at NHTSA.