COACHMEN Complaints

STEERING TIRE G670 RV UNISTEEL 245/70R19.5 LOAD RANGE G ON MY CLASS A MOTORHOME IS 'OUT OF ROUND' AND COULD NOT ALIGN PROPERLY BY PEACH STATE FREIGHTLINER IN JEFFERSON, GA I CONTACTED GOODYEAR OF PROBLEM/WARRANTY AND I HAVE YET TO FIND ANY FORD DEALER OR GOODYEAR REPRESENTATIVE WHO CAN ORDER THIS TIRE OR GET THIS TIRE OR SUPPLY ME ANY INFORMATION TO BUY OR WARRANTY THIS TIRE...FOREST RIVER THE MANUFACTURER SAYS CALL FORD...FORD SENDS YOU TO MOTORHOME ASSISTANCE CENTER WHO WILL GIVE YOU LOCAL AUTOMOTIVE (CAR) DEALERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO HELP OR ORDER THIS TIRE...I'M COMPLETELY BAFFLED AS IF I DON'T GET THIS FIXED IT WILL RUIN THE OTHER STEERING TIRE...LOCAL TRUCK STOP (PETRO) CAN'T EVEN HELP - WHAT IF I HAD A BLOW OUT ON THE FREEWAY AND THEY CAN'T EVEN GET ONE TIRE FROM GOODYEAR. I'VE CALLED RV DEALERS WITHIN 100 MILES OF MY HOME AND THEY CAN'T HELP. MAYBE THE PANDEMIC HAS CREATED THIS IN MANUFACTURING WHERE THEY ARE OVERWHELMED TO SUSTAIN INVENTORY BUT AT THIS MOMENT I CANNOT FIND ANYONE WHO CAN GET ME A TIRE TO PURCHASE WITHOUT EVEN CONSIDERING A WARRANTY.*DT

THE MAIN STRUCTURAL FRAME HAS FAILED (CRACKED) ON BOTH HORIZONTAL FRAME BEAMS. THIS HAS LED TO SIGNIFICANT SAGGING, WHICH HAS LED TO BODY/BOX DAMAGE OF THE TRAILER AS WELL. DOORS ARE EITHER STUCK, OR WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL. THE WHEELS ARE PERMANENTLY OUT OF ALIGNMENT. THE FRAME HAS FAILED AT A RIVET POINT ON BOTH SIDES AND APPEARS TO HAVE MADE THE UNIT UNSAFE TO USE AND/OR HAUL. THERE HAS BEEN NO "SIGNIFICANT" EVENT THAT CAN BE TRACED TO THIS FAILURE.

CASTLE ROCK TIRES, MANUFACTURED 04/17, SEVERE SIDE WALL DRY ROTTING UNDER MINIMUM DUTY CONDITIONS. 2018 COACHMAN FREEDOM EXPRESS 27BDHS TRAVEL TRAILER. NOTICED PRIOR TO CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 COACHMEN PRISM RV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, AN ABNORMALLY LOUD BANGING SOUND WAS HEARD ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE RV. AFTER STOPPING TO INSPECT THE RV, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE 12 FOOT MOTORIZED RETRACTABLE AWNING WAS UNSECURED, AND NEARLY DETACHED FROM THE RV. THE ROAD RANCHER WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE RV WAS LATER DRIVEN TO THE LOCAL RV REPAIR SHOP APPALACHIAN RV REPAIR LOCATED AT 5606 NC 226 S, MARION, NC 28752, HOWEVER, THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT YET DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT YET NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000. THE VIN WAS INVALID.*DT

PURCHASED 4.APEX 289TBSS, A COACHMEN/FOREST RIVER PRODUCT, NEW IN 29.2017 FOR $32,233 WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY. NOTICED TIRES NOT 'TRACKING' CORRECTLY'NOTIFIED COLRAIN RV (DEALER) 2017/2018: INFORMED THAT WERE INSTALLED UPSIDE DOWN, REPLACED. 2019/2020: CAMPER STILL NOT TRACKING CORRECTLY, UNEVEN TIRE WEAR, NOTIFIED COLRAIN AND MANUFACTURER. AXLES REPLACED WITH AXLES FROM ANOTHER CAMPER ON THE LOT UNTIL LARGER AXLES ARE DELIVERED. SUMMER 2020: LARGER AXLES AND NEW TIRES INSTALLED. NOVEMBER 17, 2020: CAMPER BACK TO COLRAIN FOR MINOR REPAIRS (INTERIOR LINOLEUM, SLIDE SPRING GUIDE). FEBRUARY 8, 2021: INFORMED WORK HAD BEEN DONE AND OK TO PICK UP. WENT TO COLRAIN TO PICK UP THE CAMPER AND UPON INSPECTION, THE WORK WAS NOT DONE. KELLEY (SERVICE ADVISOR), MARK BUCHS AWARE, APOLOGIZED AND RESCHEDULED PICK UP. MARCH 12, 2021: PICKED UP CAMPER MARCH 19, 2021: WENT TO LIBER STATE PARK WITH CAMPER MARCH 21, 2021: TIRE BLEW ON I70E ON WAY HOME. NOTICED THE SPRINGS WERE NOT CORRECT. MARCH 22, 2021: EMAILED COLRAIN MANAGEMENT AND APEX WITH PHOTOS AND WHAT HAPPENED. MARCH 25, 2021: SPOKE WITH BEN KRUIP AT APEX'HE STATED THAT THE LEAF SPRINGS ARE LIKELY THE WRONG SIZE. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE COLRAIN PICK UP CAMPER. MARCH 29, 2021: MARK BUCHS FROM COLRAIN PICKED UP CAMPER. I REQUESTED A MEETING THIS WEEK WITH GMS, SERVICE, AND APEX TO DISCUSS OPTIONS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 COACHMAN SHASTA RV . WHILE DRIVING OR PARKED THE REAR VIEW CAMERA WOULD NOT FUNCTION. THE CONTACT STATED IT ONLY WOULD ACTIVATE WHEN THE DIRECTIONAL FOR THE LEFT OR RIGHT TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATE . THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE LOCAL DEALER FINDLAY RV (4530 BOULDER HWY, LAS VEGAS, NV 89121) BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGONISED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFATURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.

2016 COACHMEN FREELANDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO NHTSA SAFETY RECALL 16V-552. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF COMPLETING THE RECALL REPAIR. *JS

2020 COACHMEN BEYOND. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AWNING SAFETY RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER WAS UNAWARE OF THE SAFETY RECALL 20V479. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. *JS

2020 COACHMEN MIRANDA 35OS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO MISSING SCREW DOWN THE LINER OF SLIDE ENTRY DOOR. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE STRUCTURAL ISSUES. THE ENTRY DOOR NOT CLOSING PROPERLY AND THE KITCHEN SLIDE NOT GOING IN CORRECTLY ARE A SAFETY HAZARD. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO, UNSUCCESSFULY, ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE FAILURES. THE VIN IS REGISTERING AS A VEHICLE OF A DIFFERENT MAKE, MODEL, AND MODEL YEAR. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 COACHMEN FREELANDER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING IN HOT TEMPERATURES AND DRIVING UP-HILL AT 65 MPH, THE POWER REDUCED MODE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUED DRIVING TO HIS DESTINATION. THE CONTACT STATED HE HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE TWENTY-FIVE TIMES WITHIN A MONTH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SALINAS VALLEY TRUCK CENTER LOCATED AT 795 ELVEE DR, SALINAS, CA 93901, (831) 444-4485 HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10,000.