BEAVER COACH Complaints

THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LINE WAS CUT BY THE HYDRAULIC JACK FOR THE LEVELING SYSTEM. ALL THE FLUID RAN OUT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, SO DRIVER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND DROVE FOR SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL IT WAS FOUND BY INSPECTION. APPARENTLY, THE FRONT BRAKES ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE REAR BRAKES, SO THE PEDAL REMAINED NORMAL WHEN APPLIED. *JB

WITH OUR NEW 2006 BEAVER MONTERY MOTOR COACH, THE FIRST TIME WE USED UNIT IN THE RAIN, THE WIPERS FAILED, WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE WIPER GOING OFF THE GLASS TO THE LEFT MOST POSITION OFF OF THE WINDSHIELD WHEN WE CALLED 24 HR SERVICE LINE, WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND CONTROL ARM AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. SINCE WE WERE ON HIGHWAY IN VERY HEAVY RAIN, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTINUE UNTIL RAIN STOPPED. IF THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL. *JB

TL * THE CONTACT HAD TWO FRONT TOYO TIRES 275/70 R 22.5. THE CONTACT STATES THAT THEREWAS A BIG BULGE IN FRONT TIRE AND THE TREAD WAS SEPARATING. THE CONTACT STATED THE MANUFACTURER RECALLED ALL OF THE COUNTRY COACH TIRES, SPECIFICALLY THE TOYO TIRES, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIRES HAVE ALSO BEEN DISCONTINUED. *AK

I HAVE 2002 BEAVER CONTESSA MOTORHOME WITH A 330 CATAPILLAR ENGINE. RECENTLY I EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH MY ALTERNATOR WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A BURNED WIRE IN THE WIRE HARNESS. THE WIRE CONNECTED FROM THE ALTERNATOR I TERMINAL TO THE STARTER RELAY. THE FIRE BURNED SEVERAL OTHER WIRES IN THE HARNESS AND SHORTED THE RADIO AND TWO GAUGES. THE WIRE COMPLETELY BURNED THROUGH BEFORE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS DONE. *JB

DRIVING FROM BULLHEAD CITY TO PALM DESERT ... LEFT HWY 10 AND WAS ON OLD ROUTE 66 WHEN FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW. THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES WERE 100 DEGREE PLUS AND THIS HAPPENED AROUND NOON. LUCKILY NO INJURY OR CRASH. TIRE BLEW OUT SIDE PANEL AND WADDED UP MUD FLAP. COULD HAVE BEEN BAD ACCIDENT. THIS BLOW OUT WAS ON A 2002 BEAVER PATRIOT THUNDER MOTORHOME W/455 CAT ENGINE .. TWO SLIDE OUT MODEL (GALLEY AND BEDROOM ON DRIVER SIDE). TIRE: TOYO HYPARADIAL 275/70R22.5 ...TIRES WERE DISPOSED OFF BECAUSE AT TIME COULDN'T FIND ANY RECALL INFO ON THEM...HAVE SINCE FOUND RECALLS BY COUNTRY COACH AND NATIONAL RV FOR INCIDENTS OF FRONT BLOW OUT WITH THIS TYPE TIRE DUE TO WEIGHT PROBLEM I BELIEVE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR JACK ON DRIVER SIDE DETACHED DURING AUTOMATIC LEVELING OF THE VEHICLE AND COLLIDED WITH THE DRIVE SHAFT. INSPECTORS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A RESULT OF THE SEPARATION OF THE MOUNTING BRACKET DUE TO SUPERFICIAL AND SPOTTY WELDING. THE MOUNTING BRACKET WAS OBSERVED TO HAVE ROUGH EDGES RESULTING IN POOR CONTACT WITH THE CHASSIS. THE REMAINING JACKS WERE OBSERVED TO BE IN THE SAME CONDITION DUE TO THE IDENTICAL WELDING OF THE DEFECTIVE PART. UPDATED 08/14/06*JB

PARKING BRAKE ON BEAVER PATRIOT THUNDER MOTOR HOME BECAME DETACHED CAUSING INABILITY TO KEEP VEHICLE FROM MOVING WHEN STOPPED FOR EMERGENCY OR PARKING. *JB

IN 2003, I PURCHASED A 2000 BEAVER PATRIOT FROM LA MESA RV IN SAN BERNARDINO. I WAS ASSURED THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS EXCEPT ONE! THE DASHBOARD RADIO AND THE BOSE SURROUND SOUND SYSTEM. I TOOK IT 4 OR 5 TIMES AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIX IT. THEY KNEW I HAD TO LEAVE FOR MICHIGAN AND THE SERVICE MANAGER, PAUL NEZ TOLD ME, "DON'T WORRY MR. BUSSEAR, WHEN YOU COME BACK IN THE FALL WE WILL FIX FOR YOU." ONE WEEK LATER, I STOPPED IN TO LA MESA RV IN COBERG, OREGON. THAT WAS WHEN THEIR SERVICE MANAGER IMMEDIATELY SPOTTED THE WINDOW PROBLEM. IT MEANT THAT EVERY WINDOW IN THE MOTORHOME HAD TO BE REPLACED! IT COST ME $1,952. SHE ALSO POINTED OUT WHAT LOOKED LIKE THE DELAMINATION. SHE SAID, "BEAVER GOT A BAD BATCH OF WINDOWS IN 2000 WHICH THEY INSTALLED INTO THE PATRIOTS. THESE COACHES ARE ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH DELAMINATION. IF IT GETS ANY WORSE BILL, BRING IT BACK AND BEAVER WILL FIX IT." I BELIEVE THAT LA MESA RV COMMITTED FRAUD! THERE WAS NO WAY THAT THEY COULD'VE SOLD THAT MOTORHOME TO ME WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THE SOUND SYSTEM HAD CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED, THE HURRICANE HEATER SYSTEM HAD CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED, AND DELAMINATION WAS BEGINNING! ALL THESE ARE MAJOR DEFECTS THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN PICKED UP AND BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BEFORE I SIGNED THE CONTRACT FOR MORE THAN $150,000! I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF I KNEW ABOUT THESE DEFECTS BEFORE SIGNING THE CONTRACT, I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED THE MOTORHOME! I HAVE ASKED TO LA MESA RV IN SAN BERNARDINO TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS. THEY SAY THAT THE DELAMINATION PROBLEM HAS TO BE REPAIRED IN THE FACTORY IN OREGON. THE FACTORY SAYS, "BECAUSE YOU ARE THE 4TH OWNER, YOUR WARRANTY IS NO LONGER VALID!" THAT WAS ANOTHER GREAT SURPRISE, I WAS TOLD BY EVERYONE AT LA MESA RV IN SAN BERNARDINO THAT I WAS THE 2ND OWNER. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 17,500 MILES ON IT. I NOW HAVE A $1,250 PAYMENT AND THE VEHICLE IS WORTH MUCH LESS! *NM

DT: HAVE HAD FOUR RADIATOR FAILURES. WHERE THE CORE PIPES THAT JOINS THE MANIFOLD LEAKS. DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE RADIATOR FOUR TIMES, THEY STILL CANNOT PINPOINT THE PROBLEM. JANUARY OF 2005 WAS THE LAST TIME IT WAS REPLACED. RADIATOR AS OF RIGHT NOW IS STILL WORKING BUT HAVE A DOCUMENT OF MY COMPLAINT. ITS A MOTOR HOME ITS A MONACO, KNIGHT 30J. *NM

THE FIBERGLAS ROOF PANEL WAS DEFECTIVE IN THAT PINHOLES BEGAN TO POP ALLOWING RAIN WATER TO ENTER THE COACH AND STAIN THE CEILING. FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK OF MY 38 FOOT LONG COACH THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 12 SEPARATE HOLES THAT SHOWED UP OVER A PERIOD OF 4 MONTHS.