COACHMEN Complaints

TRAVELING DOWN HIGHWAY PULLING CAMPER. STOPPED IN REST AREA AND OBSERVED THAT REAR AXLE HAD BENT AND RIGHT SIDE TIRE WAS AT APPROX 20-25DEGREE ANGLE. AFTER THAT HAD BEEN REPAIRED. 2 DAYS LATER THE LEAF SPRING ON RIGHT SIDE IN FRONT OF FRONT AXLE SNAPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS LESS THAN 1 YEAR OLD. THE AXLE MANUFACTURER EVENTUALLY SENT HEAVIER DUTY AXLES TO WARRANTY THEM, REFUSED TO COVER DAMAGE CAUSED BY THEIR BENT AND DEFECTIVE AXLE. WHEN THE MANUFACTURER OF THE CAMPER WAS CONTACTED, IT WAS REFERRED BACK TO THE AXLE MANUFACTURER AND DOING NOTHING FOR THE CRACKED SPRING, WHICH WAS REPAIRED AT MY EXPENSE, EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS STILL COVERED UNDER THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY. *KB

CPSC# I1150333A . 2007 COACHMEN LEPRECHAUN. CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HER APOLLO 1/2 TIME TOP GAS STOVE/BOTTOM COMBINATION MICROWAVE AND CONVECTION OVEN. IT WAS ONLY USED TWICE. *LN THE CONSUMER STATED SHE SET THE TIMER FOR THE CONVECTION OVEN AND STEPPED OUTSIDE, WHEN SHE OPENED THE DOOR, ROLLING BLACK SMOKE FILLED THE RV. THE OVEN WAS RUNNING, BUT THERE WAS NO TIME RUNNING AND THE LIGHTS ON THE ENTIRE DISPLAY PANEL WERE FLASHING. SHE TURNED OFF THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND PULLED THE BURNED FOOD OUT OF THE OVEN. THE INSIDE OF THE OVEN WAS BROWN. LAST WEEK, THE CONSUMER PUT SOMETHING IN THE MICROWAVE FOR FOUR MINUTES AND IT BEGAN FLASHING AGAIN AND SMOKE BEGAN EMITTING FROM THE MICROWAVE. THE CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER TO CONTACT A SUPPLY STORE. THE SUPPLY STORE INFORMED THE CONSUMER ABOUT A CONNECTION AT THE TOP OF THE OVEN THAT COULD DISLODGE AND CAUSE THE UNIT TO ACT ERRATIC. *JB

WE WERE DRIVING HOME ON HIGHWAY 81 FROM YANKTON, SD INTO NEBRASKA. WE NOTICED DEBRIS FLYING OFF THE TIRE & THEN THE HUB CAP FLEW OFF OF OUR 2006 COACHMEN VELOCITY TRAVEL TRAILER. WE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY & NOTICED THERE WERE FLAMES BETWEEN THE 2 TIRES ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. WITHIN MINUTES, THE ENTIRE CAMPER WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. LUCKILY SOME PEOPLE ASSISTED IN UNHOOKING THE PROPANE TANKS AND TRUCK FROM THE CAMPER. IF NOT FOR THAT, OR IF WE HAD NOT NOTICED THE FLYING DEBRIS, THIS COULD HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE EVEN WORSE OF A TRAGEDY. IT SEEMS ODD THAT A BLOWN TIRE WOULD CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 COACHMEN CATALINA EQUIPPED WITH A DOMETIC RM2652. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REFRIGERATOR WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08E032000 (EQUIPMENT). AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THE CONTACT OF THE REPAIR PROCEDURES. THE CONTACT DECLINED TO HAVE THE REFRIGERATOR REPAIRED BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED THE REPAIRS WERE INSUFFICIENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REPAIRS WOULD NOT PREVENT THE FAILURE FROM OCCURRING, BUT ONLY CONTAIN THE POSSIBLE FIRE DAMAGE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE SITUATION, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 COACHMEN ROADMASTER-MM RV. THE CONTACT STATED HE HAD TO CHANGE THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE DEALERS POSSESSION TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER BECAME BANKRUPT AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS AN ORPHAN COACH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,300 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 COACHMAN CLIPPER SPIRIT RV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ROOF LIFT SYSTEM FAILED AND CAN COLLAPSE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT THEN LOCATED A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V364000 (EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER THAT THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER (COACHMAN) NO LONGER OWNED THE VEHICLE AND WOULD NOT COVER THE COST OR RECALL REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. UPDATED 03/31/11*LJ UPDATED 05/19/11

I HAD TWO CARLISLE TIRES BLOW OUT IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. THE TIRES WERE INSTALLED ALONG WITH 2 OTHERS ON MY 2004 COACHMEN CHAPAREL BY A TIRE DEALER IN NOVEMBER, 1907. THE TRAILER MANUFACTURER SPECIFIED ST 225/75R15, LOAD RATING D TIRES, BUT THE TIRES I PURCHASED ARE ST 225/75R15 LOAD RATING E. THE FIRST TIRE BLEW LAST FALL ON A TWO-LANE STATE HIGHWAY CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER. THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT OF THE TIRE BUT THE SIDEWALLS. THE SECOND TIRE BLEW THIS JANUARY, 2011 ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10, CAUSING SOME DAMAGE TO THE TRIM AT THE TIRE WELL. THE TIRE WAS INTACT WITH A LARGE HOLE IN THE SIDEWALL. THE REPAIRMAN SAID THE TIRE WAS FAULTY AND THE BLOW OUT WAS NOT CAUSED BY A ROAD HAZARD. IN BOTH OF THESE CASES THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED BEFORE THE TRIP AND HAD 80 PSI WHICH IS RECOMMENDED FOR 2830 LB LOAD AT 65 MPH. I WAS DRIVING 55-60 MPH IN BOTH CASES. I PULLED THIS TRAILER TO ALASKA IN 2004 (AROUND 12,000 MILES) AND TO NOVA SCOTIA IN 2007 (AROUND 5,000 MILES) AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH AMERICAN MADE TIRES. TRAILER TIRES MADE IN CHINA AND TAIWAN ARE THE ONLY ONES AVAILABLE, THESE ARE A HAZARD TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC, INCLUDING THOSE SHARING THE HIGHWAY AND THOSE IN THE TOWING VEHICLES. *TR

THREE BLOW OUTS DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING, FROM THREE DIFERENET TIRES SAME BRAND, SAME SIZE ETC. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 COACHMAN SANTARA RV EQUIPPED WITH A DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR, MODEL NUMBER RM2652. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR HAD BECOME INOPERABLE AND THERE WAS FIRE COMING FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE WHERE THE REFRIGERATOR WAS HOUSED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AND CONTACTED AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE CONTACT WAS THEN ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A GAS LEAK COMING FROM THE REFRIGERATOR AND HAD CAUSED THE FIRE. THE REFRIGERATOR WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 COACHMAN FREELANDER 3150 SS-F RV. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED HE NOTICED THAT THE HIDEAWAY BED BLOCKED THE EXIT DOOR WHEN IT WAS OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NEED TO AUTHORIZED THE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THE HIDEAWAY BED. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO REPLACE OR REPAIR THE BED AND STATED THAT IT WAS HOW THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,000.