1999 FLEETWOOD JAMBOREE Complaints

I HAVE A 1999 JAMBOREE RV(CLASS C). I HAVE HAD SEVERAL INCIDENTS WITH FLAT TIRES ON THE INSIDE REAR TIRE. THESE FLATS HAVE RESULTED IN SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE COACH. IN THE PAST 18 MONTHS WE HAVE HAD FIVE FLAT TIRES ON THE INSIDE REAR. I HAVE INSTALLED TIRE INFLATORS THAT MAKE CHECKING THE PRESSURE AND MAINTAINING THE PRESSURE EASIER (THINKING THIS WAS THE PROBLEM). I CHECK THIS PRIOR TO EVERY USE. WE USE THE COACH OFTEN AND USUALLY STAY WITHIN A 80 MILE RADIUS. I HAVE GONE ON THREE TRIPS WHEN THE MILAGE HAS EXCEEDED 250 MILES ONE WAY. IT IS ON THESE TRIPS THAT I HAVE THE PROBLEMS. A FEW WEEKS AGO ON A TRIP TO PHENIOX AZ. I HAD THREE FLATS, ONE ON THE WAY AND TWO ON THE WAY BACK. THE TIRE BLOWS AND THE TREAD COMES OFF. THE WHIPPING OF THE TREAD AND THE VIOLENT SHAKING HAS DESTROYED OUR RV. I CONTACTED THE SALES PERSON AT THE DEALERSHIP WHO TOLD ME THAT THE JAMBOREE HAS A WEIGHT AND BALANCE AND/OR SUSPENSION PROBLEM. THE RESULT OF THIS DEFECT IS THE FLAT TIRES. HE SUGGESTED I CONTACT JAMBOREE WHO TELLS ME THAT THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND THE DEALER SAYS IT'S NOT THERE RESPONSIBILITY.*AK

TIRE PRESSURES WERE OK AY BEFORE THE TRIP 80 PSI IN REAR DUAL TIRES. ONE HOUR INTO THE TRIP, TIRE FAILED AND TREAD UNROLLED FROM THE BELTS. TIRES ARE FROM THE DECATUR IL PLANT.*AK

WE HAVE EXPERIENCED VIBRATION PROBLEMS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS SINCE THE DAY WE PURCHASED THE UNIT. DESPITE MY REQUESTS OF FLEETWOOD AND FORD TO REPLACE THE TIRES THEY WOULD ONLY REPLACE THE RIMS. THAT HELPED BUT A SLIGHT VIBRATION REMAINED. WE TOLERATED IT FOR OVER TWO YEARS. IN SEPTEMBER, 2001, WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH ON AN INTERSTATE, THE INSIDE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. FIRESTONE REPLACE THE TIRE AT NO COST TO ME. ON NOVEMBER 22, DESPITE THE FACT THAT I HAD THE TIRES INSPECTED AND PROPERLY INFLATED BY A FIRESTONE DEALER PRIOR TO LEAVING, WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH ON THE TURNPIKE, THE INSIDE RIGHT REAR TREAD SEPARATED. I WOULD NOT TRUST THE REMAINING TIRES TO GET ME HOME AND HAD ALL SEVEN TIRES REPLACED WITH ANOTHER BRAND AT MY COST AT A DEALER 200 MILES F ROM MY HOME. THE VIBRATION WE HAVE HAD FOR TWO YEARS IS GONE! THOSE FIRESTONE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES WERE OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE FROM THE START, AND I BELIEVE THAT I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF THE NEW TIRES BY EITHER FLEETWOOD, FORD, OR FIRESTONE.*AK (TIRESIZE: LT225R75/1)

FIRESTONE STEEL TEX, P22575R16, ON A 1999, MOTORHOME SUDDENLY EXPLODED ON THE REAR INSIDE, DUEL ON THE RIGHT SIDE. TREAD HAD SEPARATED. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH. FIRESTONE WAS CONTACTED. *AK TIRE FAILED A SECOND TIME, THIS TIME ON THE INSIDE DUEL ON LEFT SIDE, TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER PAID FULL PRICE FOR NEW TIRE, DOT VD1L1XD, TIRE FAILURE CAUSED DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *SLC