FOUR WINDS Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH A LOSS OF 12 VOLTS COMPLETELY LED TO ENGINE FAILURE. THE BRAKES FAILED. IT TOTALLY LEFT THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. *AK....CONSUMER CONTACTED FOUR WIND AND WAS TOLD THAT A SOLENOID WENT BAD, AN DHAD TO FIND OUT WHICH ON EIT IS. ALSO, THEY CLAIMED THIS HAPPENED BEFORE. COST FOR SOLENOID REPLACEMENT IS $39.00- $6.OO FREIGHT, TOTAL $45.00. CONSUMER INSTALLED IT BY HIMSELF. *AK

REC"D RECALL, DEALER HAS NO PARTS TO REPAIR. DRIVING ON FREEWAY CAR SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER. *BF RECALL NUMBER: 03V455000 CONSUMER STATED THAT ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SUMMARY: ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE CIRCUIT BOARD FOR THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR MAY HAVE AN IMPROPER SOLDER JOINT DUE TO SOLDER DEFORMATION CAUSED BY HEAT STRESS ACCELERATED BY THE EXISTENCE OF FLUX RESIDUE DURING THE SOLDERING PROCESS. CONSEQUENCE: THIS COULD CAUSE THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" WARNING LIGHT TO COME ON, CREATE A NO START CONDITION, CAUSE REDUCED ENGINE POWER, OR CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING DURING VEHICLE OPERATION, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. *TC

MADE MOTOR HOME TRIP FROM SAN DIEGO TO SANTA BARBARA WHEN I DISCOVERED MELTED RUBBER IN BOTH REAR WHEEL WELLS. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, FOUND THE COACH FRAME WAS RUBBING BOTH REAR INSIDE TIRES AND HAD CUT DEEP GROOVES IN BOTH. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD TO DRIVE SLOWLY AND TAKE COACH BACK TO SAN DIEGO. UPON ARRIVAL CALLED MANUFACTURER AND REPORTED MH UNSAFE TO DRIVE. MANUFACTURER HAD THE COACH TRUCKED TO REPAIR FACILITY. THE COACH FRAME WAS CUT AWAY FROM THE TIRES AND NEW TIRES INSTALLED. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT DUE TO FRAME BEING CUT. SAME TRIP, WHILE IN TRANSIT, THE OVERHEAD STEREO CABINET DOOR WAS PUSHED OPEN BY ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT NOT BEING SECURED AND THE EQUIPMENT FELL IN PASSENGER'S LAP. GLASS FELL OUT OF DOOR AND HIT DASH, CUTTING A HOLE. THE PASSENGER BARELY ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURY. *JB

SIGNAL LIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THAT IF YOU TAP ON THE LIGHT COVER OR THE SIDE WALL NEAR THE LIGHT THIS WILL CAUSE THE LIGHT TO START WORKING AGAIN BUT NOT SURE FOR HOW LONG. *TC

THE RIGHT REAR INNER TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. *JB THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THESE TIRES NEED TO BE RECALLED. *NM

THE WINDSHIELD IS POPPING OUT OF IT'S GROVE ON THE LOWER LEFT BOTTOM AND THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD CAN COME COMPLETELY OUT OF IT'S HOUSING IF THE MOTOR HOME DRIVE OVER THE SLIGHTEST IMPERFECTION IN THE ROAD. THE MOTOR HOME IS MANUFACTURED IN A WAY THAT IT'S NOT BALANCED;WHEN WEIGHED THE DRIVER'S SIDE IS 1000 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS PUTS PRESSURE ON THE HOUSING RESULTING IN THE WINDSHIELD POPPING OUT. TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THE MOTOR HOME HAS TO BE TAKEN APART, BALANCED AND LEVELED.

THE CONSUMER FOUND A 4 INCH SPLIT IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE RIGHT INNER TIRE. *NM THE CONSUMER HAD THE TIRE REPLACED AND PUT AIR IN ALL THE TIRES, HOWEVER WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER ALL OF A SUDDEN FELT A VIBRATION AND DISCOVERED THE TREAD CAME OFF THE RIGHT REAR OUTSIDE TIRE. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE A USED FIRESTONE TIRE, HOWEVER WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE RIGHT REAR INNER TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT THE SIDE WALL THAT FACED THE INSIDE OF THE OUTER TIRES. THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL THE TIRES WITH BF GOODRICH. *JB

WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SPARE TIRE RACK BOLT BROKE, CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL INTO TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

A SERIOUS TIRE BLOW OUT ALMOST CAUSED A MOTORHOME TO OVER TURN. THIS HAS BEEN THE THIRD BLOW OUT WITH THE SAME TIRES. STEELTEX RADIAL R4S, LT225/75R16, LOAD RANGE E M/S. WHILE REPLACING THE BLOWN OUT TIME THE WE DISCOVERED THREE MORE OF THE IDENTICAL TIRES WERE WITHIN MILES OF BLOWING OUT. *NM

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING ON THE ROAD PINK OIL SPRAYED ALL OVER THE WINDSHIELD. THEY HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER IN PA. AT DEALER MOTOR HOME WAS CHECKED, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS OIL IN TRANSMISSION FUEL. CONSUMER STATED THAT OIL AND WATER WAS COMING OUT OF THE OIL DIP STICK HOLDER. MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED, AND THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED, BUT IT COST CONSUMER $1100.00 TO BE TOWED FROM ONE STATE TO ANOTHER STATE. MANUFACTURER AUTHORIZED THE DEALER TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER OBTAINED A NEW MOTOR HOME WITH A REBUILD TRANSMISSION. *AK CONSUMER ALSO HAD DIFFICULTY IN STEERING, AND DEALER REPLACED PITMAN ARM TO STABILIZE STEERING. ALSO, CLOTHING BAR COLLAPSED WHILE DRIVING AS WELL AS THE REAR-VIEW CAMERA SCREEN ON THE DASH. STOVE COVER WAS MISALIGNED AND THE DINETTE BENCH FELL. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT COPPER TUBING WAS BROKEN, WHICH LOST 3/4 OF PROPANE. *LA