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Safari Coach Zanzibar Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 5 owner complaints across 7 model years of the Safari Coach Zanzibar (1998–2004). The most-complained-about year is 2004.

4
safety recalls, all years
5
owner complaints, all years
2003
year with most recalls
2004
year with most complaints

Pick your Safari Coach Zanzibar model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2004 Safari Coach Zanzibar23
2003 Safari Coach Zanzibar30
2002 Safari Coach Zanzibar21
2001 Safari Coach Zanzibar10
2000 Safari Coach Zanzibar11
1999 Safari Coach Zanzibar10
1998 Safari Coach Zanzibar10

What Safari Coach Zanzibar owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA. The 2004 model year has the most, with 3.

All Safari Coach Zanzibar recalls (4)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Safari Coach Zanzibar, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 07V423000 Reported 3,463 vehicles potentially affected MONACO COACH CORPORATION

    On certain motor homes, fifth wheel and travel trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator manufactured by the dometic corporation, the refrigerator may have a defect in the boiler tube. Pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) is present.

    Remedy: Monaco will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06e076). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of…

    Model years: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

  2. Leaf spring assembly (suspension)

    NHTSA 05V053000 Reported 2,827 vehicles potentially affected MONACO COACH CORPORATION

    On certain class a motor homes, the spacer plate under the trailing arms had a transverse weld which creates a heat riser and cause the trailing arms to crack.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect the replace the trailing arms for cracks and replacing the trailing arms and u-bolts in the rear suspension of the motorhomes free of charge. The recall began on march 29, 2005. Owners may contact…

    Model years: 2002, 2003, 2004

  3. Suspension: front

    NHTSA 04V038000 Reported 2,156 vehicles potentially affected MONACO COACH CORPORATION

    On certain motorhomes, the i-beam leaf imitator in the front axle suspension could crack and break due to an inadequate welding process.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the original i-beam. Also, dealers will weld the stiffeners from the panard bar bracket to the center differential of the rear axle housing. Owner notification began march 1, 2004. Owners should…

    Model years: 2003, 2004

  4. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 03V166000 Reported MONACO COACH CORP.

    On certain motorhomes, fifth wheels and travel trailers equipped with norcold refrigerator cooling units model numbers 1200lr and 1200rim, these refrigerators can experience low cycle fatigue failure which can lead to the liquid solution slowly leaking from the sealed, pressurized cooling unit through a small crack.

    Remedy: Norcold will notify its customers and provide a replacement cooling unit free of charge. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a…

    Model years: 1998

Other Safari Coach models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.