COACHMEN Complaints

MICHELIN XRV 255/80R22.5 SIDE WALL FAILURE DOT# B6H6AK3 X 179 26000 MILES TOTAL, THREE BLOW OUT WITHIN 1200 MILES - TIRE PRESSURES WITHIN COACHMAN SPECS.*AK

FUEL PUMP FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS DURING STOP AND GO TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THE ENGINE WOULD QUIT AND IT WOULD BE HARD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER FIGURED IT WAS WATER IN THE GAS TANK. HE PURRED 6 CANS OF HEET INTO IT AND LATER IT STARTED FINE AND SOUNDED GREAT. CONSUMER TEST DROVE IT PUTTING 12 MILES ON IT AND CONCLUDED THAT IT SOUNDED GREAT. TWO DAYS LATER THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. THE CAMPER WAS TOWED. THE CONSUMER EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM AND THE SERVICE REP. RAN HIS VIN FOR RECALLS. CONSUMER LEARNED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH FORD F-53 CHASSIS FUEL PUMPS FAILING. HE ALSO STATED HIS SHOP CHANGED 6-8 MOTORHOME FUEL PUMPS IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. THE ENGINE WAS TESTED FOR PROBLEMS BUT RAN NORMAL. CONSUMER GAVE THE MECHANIC THE O.K. TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP WHEN THE PART CAME IN. THE MECHANIC SHOWED HIM THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FUEL PUMPS MANUFACTURED BY FORD. THE NEW ONE WAS ABOUT TWO INCHES LONG WITH A SPRING MECHANISM THAT WOULD ALLOW THE PUMP TO BOTTOM OUT THE GAS TANK. THE OLD PUMP WAS SUSPENDED FROM THE TOP OF THE GAS TANK. HE HAD TO LOWER THE 80K GALLON TANK TO DOWN ABOUT TWO FEET TO GET THE PUMP OUT. THERE WOULD BE 35-40 GALLONS OF GAS IN THE TANK WHILE HE DID THE WORK. CONSUMER PAID THE $1000.00 DOLLAR REPAIR BILL AND RETURNED HOME (1400 MILES) WITHOUT ANOTHER ENGINE FAILURE. CONSUMER FEELS FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAILURE. CONSUMER STATED HIS ENGINE HAD JUST A LITTLE OVER 20,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *PH

SANITARY BOOM ARM WAS TORN OFF BY A PIECE OF TIRE TREAD DEBRIS.*MR BOOM ARM CAUSED THE TAIL PIPE TO FLATEN.*TS

FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S TIRE SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING MY RV. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF TREAD LIFE AND NO REASON FOR THIS SEPARATION. I HAVE THE TIRE AND WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO LOOK AT IT.

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. *AK THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND CAUSED THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK. AS A RESULT WHEN THE BRAKE WERE APPLIED THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. *NLM

THERE WAS AN EXHAUST SMELL IN THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED THAT GASKET ON THE MANIFOLD BURNED OUT AND CAUSED A LEAK. THE GASKETS WERE REPLACED MORE THAN ONCE. *AK

VEHICLE'S FRAME DETACHED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH VEHICLE SUFFERED BLOW OUT RESULTING IN VEHICLE'S HITCH DETACHING FROM FRAME OF MOTORHOME.*MR

1998 COACHMEN SANTARA AWNING MADE BY DOMETIC A&E, MODEL 8500, BLEW OPEN WITH A GUST OF WIND. THE ENSUING VIBRATION CAUSED THE FRONT SUPPORT ARM TO DEPLOY AND DROP DOWN. HAD THERE BEEN ANOTHER VEHICLE NEXT TO US IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT TO THEM AND OUR MOTORHOME. THIS AWNING, AND OTHER MODELS LIKE IT,NOW HAVE A NEW MECHANISM TO PREVENT THIS DEPLOYMENT, BUT THERE ARE MANY THOUSANDS ON THE ROAD WITH THE OLD MECHANISM AND NO RECALL ISSUED BY THE COMPANY TO REPLACE THEM, AND THESE TENS OF THOUSANDS MOTORHOME OWNERS ARE AT RISK OF AN ACCIDENT. *PH

MOTOR HOME HAD THREE TIRE TREAD SEPARATINS. ON 6/20/2003, DEALER REPLACED ONE OF THE TIRES DUE TO TREAD WEAR. ON 7/3/2003, REAR INSIDE PASSENGER SIDE DUAL TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, AND ON 7/4/2003 REAR OUTSIDE PASSENGER SIDE DUAL TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH INSIDE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE JUST BLEWOUT WITHOUT RUNNING OVER ANYTHING. ABOUT ONE YEAR LATER, THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE INSIDE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE.*AK