NHTSA vehicle safety data

2005 Alfa Gold Recalls & Complaints

The 2005 Alfa Gold has 1 NHTSA recall campaign and 1 owner complaint on file as of November 3, 2026. Recall repairs are usually free at an authorized Alfa dealer.

NHTSA recall and complaint data for the 2005 Alfa Gold. Recall data is refreshed daily from NHTSA.

2005 Alfa Gold owner complaints

Owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA about the 2005 Alfa Gold, describing incidents dated May 15, 2005.

Most-cited components

Service Brakes 1 complaint

Newest complaints

ODI #10134812 · Filed August 30, 2005
DAD: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 ALFA LEISURE INCORPORATED MODEL 303 FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER. HE OWNED THIS TRAILER FOR 120 DAYS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE INADEQUATE. THE TRAILER WEIGHED 18,500 POUNDS. WHEN THE BRAKES BECAME HOT THEY DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE CONSUMER ALMOST HAD THREE…

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STEERING GEAR SPACER/FREIGHTLINER/ZF

NHTSA #08V016000 · Steering — Gear Box (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) · NHTSA notice

Reported January 10, 2008 · ALFA LEISURE,INC.

Potentially affected: 602 vehicles

Vehicles built May 1, 2004 – May 31, 2005 (per NHTSA) · Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

Defect description

CERTAIN MOTOR HOME CHASSIS BUILT ON FREIGHTLINER CHASSIS AND EQUIPPED WITH ZF MODEL 8018 STEERING GEARS, THESE GEARS MAY HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED WITH THE INCORRECT RECIRCULATING BALL SPACER. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY ALLOW THE RECIRCULATING BALLS TO ESCAPE FROM THE RECIRCULATING BALL CIRCUIT RESULTING IN A LOSS OF STEERING.

Safety consequence

THE OPERATOR MAY NOTICE HIGHER REQUIRED STEERING WHEEL INPUTS, OR THE NEED FOR MORE STEERING WHEEL ADJUSTMENTS WHILE DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE IN COMBINATION WITH METALLIC CRACKING NOISES PRIOR TO A LOSS OF STEERING. LOSS OF STEERING COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

ALFA LEISURE IS WORKING WITH FREIGHTLINER AND ZF TO REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR FREE OF CHARGE (PLEASE SEE 07V343 AND 07E049). OWNERS MAY CONTACT FREIGHTLINER AT 1-800-547-0712 OR ALFA LEISURE AT 1-800-373-3372.

Notes

CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.

try.vin has no NCAP crash-test rating on file for the 2005 Alfa Gold. NHTSA rates some vehicles by body style — pickups by cab, vans by roof height — so check nhtsa.gov/ratings.

1 owner complaint has been filed with NHTSA for the 2005 Alfa Gold.

Service Brakes, Electric

ODI #10134812

Incident: May 15, 2005 · Filed: August 30, 2005

DAD: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 ALFA LEISURE INCORPORATED MODEL 303 FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER. HE OWNED THIS TRAILER FOR 120 DAYS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE INADEQUATE. THE TRAILER WEIGHED 18,500 POUNDS. WHEN THE BRAKES BECAME HOT THEY DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE CONSUMER ALMOST HAD THREE ACCIDENTS WITHIN THE LAST 90 DAYS. IT OCCURRED WHILE ON VACATION AND DRIVING AT 25 MPH. THE CONSUMERS FRIEND WAS PULLING A TRAILER BEHIND HIM AND THE BRAKES WERE SMOKING/GETTING HOT AND WERE ABOUT TO MALFUNCTION, THE CONSUMER HAS ANOTHER FRIEND THAT PURCHASED A SIMILAR TRAILER AND THE BRAKES FAILED BECAUSE THEY OVERHEATED. THIS PROBLEM DID NOT OCCUR ON LEVEL GROUND, BUT HAD TO WORK THE BRAKES HARD WHILE COMING DOWN A HILL FOR A PERIOD. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT PUT IN BIG ENOUGH BRAKES FOR THIS TRAILER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND DID NOT WANT TO FIX THIS TRAILER BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO FIX ALL TRAILERS. THE HEAD OF THE WARRANTY DEPARTMENT TOLD THE CONTACT THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO SET A PRECEDENT BY REPAIRING THESE TRAILERS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE LIABLE. THERE ARE THREE AXLES UNDER THIS TRAILER WEIGHING 6000 POUNDS.*AK THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THE BRAKES WERE TOO SMALL FOR THE RV. *JB

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