DUTCHMEN Complaints

DUTCHMAN MODEL 27B BOUGHT NEW IN SPRING OF 2007. REVIVED RECALL NOTICE 9/2013, HAVE4 REGISTER WITH WESCO ON THERE WEB PAGE CAN NOT REACH ANYONE TO GET THIS RESOLVE PHONE NUMBER NOT WORKING. I NEED MY R/V REPAIRED SO AS MY FAMILY IS NOT IN DANGER DUTCHMAN SAYS IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM THAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH WESCO, WESCO SISTER COMPANY SAY THEY ONLY DEAL WITH ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. I NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE. 2007 DUTCHMAN LITE MODE,L 27B, NHTSA RECALL # 13E039. *TR

ON A RETURN TRIP FROM ALASKA WE STOPPED IN MANITOBA, CANADA AT A REST AREA. A PERSON TOLD US THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE CAMPER. I OPENED THE DOOR AND HOT AIR AND SMOKE FORCED ME BACK OUTSIDE. I UNHOOKED THE TRUCK AND REMOVED THE PROPANE TANKS AND MOVED THEM AWAY FROM THE BURNING HULK. IN FEW MINUTES THE CAMPER WAS TOTALLY BURNED. A CANADIAN POLICEMAN CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY PUT OUT THE FIRE. WE HAD NOT EXPERIENCED ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CAMPER UP TO THE POINT OF THE FIRE. THE REFRIGERATOR WAS BEING OPERATED ON PROPANE IN TRANSIT. OUR INSURANCE COMPANY INFORMED US THAT THERE WERE RECALLS ON CAMPERS OF THIS TYPE; HOWEVER WE HAD NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTIFICATIONS FROM THE SELLER. *TR

I HAVE HAD FIVE TIRE SEPARATIONS WITH THE COMMODORE TIRES. THE DEALER HAS CHECKED TIRE PRESSURES AND THE ALIGNMENT OF THE TANDEM AXLES HAS BEEN CHECKED. THE SEPARATIONS SEEM TO OCCUR AFTER SLIGHT IMPACTS SUCH AS POTHOLES ON THE FREEWAYS OR ROADS. *TR

TIRES ON MY GRAND JUNCTION 5TH WHEEL. TIRE BRAND IS POWER TOURING TRAIL EXPRESS MADE BY LIONSHEAD SPECIALTY TIRE AND WHEEL, LTD TIRE SIDEWALLS DISNTEGRATING ON ALL FOUR TIRES AFTER LESS THAN 5000 MILES(2 YEARS) OF USE. SEARCH OF INTERNET SHOW THIS TO BE VERY, VERY COMMON. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED FROM A BLOWOUT ACCIDENTS. THESE TIRES ARE EVIDENTLY ORIGINAL ON SEVERAL BRANDS OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. IF YOU LOOK ON THE INTERNET YOU WILL SEE MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT BLOWOUTS OF THESE TIRES WITH VERY LOW MILEAGE. THIS IS A TRAGEDY WAITING TO HAPPEN. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. *TR

2009 DUTCHMEN DENALI. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AXLE ASSEMBLY ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER LEARNED THE TIRES WERE FILLED WITH NITROGEN, RATHER THAN REGULAR AIR. IN NOVEMEBR 2010, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE TIRES WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF EXCESSIVE WEAR AFTER HAVING DRIVEN LESS THAN 1800 MILES. LOOKING AT ALL FOUR TIRES, HE NOTICED THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD THE MOST EXCESSIVE WEAR, THAN THE OTHERS ON THE INSIDE. SO MUCH, THAT THE CORD COULD BE SEEN. HE LATER DISCOVERED THE WHEEL HAD BEEN WELDED CROOKED ON THE AXLE. HE CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE WITH HIS GAUGE AND TO HIS SURPRISE, EVEN THE SPARE, STILL MOUNTED UNDER THE TRAILER WERE UNDER THE RECOMMENDED PSI. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE TRAILER TO A CERTIFIED NITROGEN CENTER, WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THE REASON FOR THE EXTREME WEAR, WAS DUE TO THE TIRES BEING UNDER-INFLATED. THE TIRES WERE PROMPTLY FILLED WITH THE CORRECT PRESSURE OF 65 PSI. THE CONSUMER THEN LEARNED, THE TIRES WERE TOO SMALL FOR THE RV. ALL THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. ON SATURDAY APRIL 30, 2011 WHILE DRIVING, THE RIGHT AXLE HIT THE DIRT, AND SOON AFTER THE CONSUMER WAS ALERTED BY ANOTHER MOTORIST, THE REAR WHEEL HAD FALLEN OFF. THE ENTIRE WHEEL HAD BLOWN OFF THE AXLE, LEAVING THE HUB NUT IN PLACE AND THE RAKE WIRES DANGLING AND THE MOTOR SWITCH FOR THE STABILIZER LEGS WERE TORN OUT. WHEN THE WHEEL FLEW OFF, IT RIPPED A GAPING HOLE IN THE RIGHT REAR OF THE RV AND RIPPED THE LICENSE PLATE FROM THE RV. ON APRIL 13, 2013, THE SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED AGAIN WITH THE WHEEL COMING OFF. THE CONSUMER HAD BEEN DRIVING ON ONE WHEEL FOR AT LEAST THREE MILES, BEFORE HE WAS ALERTED. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE AXLES WERE TWO DIFFERENT SIZES. WHEN THE RV ARRIVED AT THE DEALER, THE SERVICE PERSONNEL STATED, THE RV SHOULD HAVE NEVER LEFT THE FACTORY, AS THE WHEELS, SPRINGS, SHACKLES AND AXLES WERE ALL UNDER-RATED FOR THE SIZE OF THE TRAILER. PER THE LABEL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TRAILER, THE TRAILER WEIGHED 12,192. HOWEVER, ALL THE COMPONENTS ON THE RV WERE RATED FOR 8000-9000 LBS.

WE FILLED OUR WATER HOLDING TANK FOR THE FIRST TIME SO WE COULD TRAVEL.WE WERE TOLD TO PUT A CAP FULL OF BLEACH IN IT PER CAMPWORLD AND DRIVE WITH THE BLEACH AND WATER IN IT SO IT WOULD KILL ANY GERMS IN THE TANK AND THEN TO PULL OVER A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILES FROM OUR DESTINATION AND OPEN THE DRAIN .SO ABOUT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILES FROM OUR DESTINATION I CRAWLED UNDER THE CAMPER I REACHED UP. MY ARM AND UPPERBODY WAS BETWEEN THE AXEL AND THE WATER HOLDING TANK WHEN I OPENED THE DRAIN TO THE TANK THE TANK COLLAPSED PINNING ME BETWEEN THE WATER HOLDING TANK AND AXEL. MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO HELP ME GET OUT BUT I GOT HURT. THIS WAS A BRANDNEW CAMPER IT WAS A 2012 COLEMAN CT265BHS 26FT .THE FRAME THAT HOLDS THE WATER HOLDING TANK WAS BENT AS WELL AS THE FRAME TO THE CAMPER THE TANK BOWED IT ALL AND IT FELL OUT. *TR

PURCHASED 2 BCT HI RUN TIRES ST235/80 R16 LOAD RANGE E ON 8/19/2012. MAJOR BLOW OUT ON 5TH WHEEL TRAILER OCCURRED ON FIRST TIRE ON 4/29/2013 WHEN DRIVING I-10. CAUSED APPROXIMATELY 400.00 DAMAGE TO 5TH WHEEL FENDER SKIRT. SECOND TIRE MAJOR BLOW OUT ON 5TH WHEEL ON INTERSTATE 10 ON 8/19/2013. BOTH INCIDENTS WERE STRICTLY TIRE RELATED (TREAD SEPARATION). SECOND BLOW OUT CAUSED APPROXIMATELY 1,500.00 + DAMAGE TO FENDER AND FENDER SKIRT. MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO COMPENSATE. THEY CLAIM BOTH TIRES WERE IMPACT SEPARATION. IMPOSSIBLE....TRUCK PULLING 5TH WHEEL HAD NO TIRE OR VEHICLE DAMAGE. HAD TO PURCHASE 2 NEW TIRES TO BE ABLE TO GET HOME ON BOTH OCCASIONS. TIRES HAD APPROXIMATELY 9/32 TIRE TREAD DEPTH WHEN THEY BLEW. (CHECKED BY TIRE DEALER.) *TR

2005 KODIAK 30BHSL TRAVEL TRAILER I FIRST NOTICED THE COUNTERTOP HAD A CRACK NEAR THE BACK OF THE STOVE. GRADUALLY GETTING WORSE AND EVENTUALLY BREAKING, I ALSO NOTICED CABINET DOORS NOT LINED UP TO CLOSE,THE CABINET PULLING AWAY FROM THE WALL,THE FLOOR WAS STARTING TO BUCKLE AND THE STOVE WAS GRADUALLY SINKING INTO THE COUNTER TOP AND SEPARATING FROM IT.I HAD READ ONLINE ABOUT OTHERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AND NOTED FRAME BOWING OR BENDING.I NOTICED NOW MY REAR BUMPER WAS SAGGING ON ONE SIDE AND THE WINDOW BEHIND THE SINK WAS LOWER THAN THE COUNTER TOP.I LOOKED UNDER THE CAMPER AND, AS MENTIONED BY OTHERS, THE FRAME WAS IN FACT BENT AND BOWED OUT JUST BEHIND THE RIGHT WHEEL(DIRECTLY BELOW THE STOVE /COUNTERTOP AREA AFFECTED INSIDE). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DUTCHMEN ASPEN TRAIL RV EQUIPPED WITH WESTLAKE ST TIRES, SIZE: 202/75/R14 (N/A). THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE SIDEWALL TREAD SEPARATED AND CAUSED A BLOW OUT. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE OFF THE ROADWAY AND INSTALL THE SPARE TIRE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE TIRE TO A DEALER, WHO TOOK PICTURES OF THE TIRES AND FORWARDED THEM TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CALL THE TIRE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE WAS 380. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

NOTICED THAT THE COUNTER TOP CRACKED AND SEPARATED AND THE STOVE AND REFRIGERATOR HAS LIFTED AND THE WINDOW IN FRONT OF THE SINK HAS DROPPED BELOW THE COUNTER TOP. ALL THE PANELS ON THAT SIDE HAVE EITHER CRACKED OR SEPARATED. CALLED THE COLLISION SHOP AT CAMPING WORLD AND THEY TOLD ME NOT TO PULL THE CAMPER BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE FRAME EITHER BENT OR CAME APART OR BOTH AND THAT IT WOULD BE UNSAFE TO PULL DOWN THE ROAD. CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY BUT THEY ARE NOT SURE IF THEY ARE GOING TO COVER IT SINCE THEY FEEL IT'S A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. *TR