FOUR WINDS Complaints

CONSUMER HEARD A SCRAPING SOUND WHILE DRIVING, PULLED OVER AND SAW SPARE TIRE 1/4 OF A MILE BEHIND VEHICLE. RACK UNDERNEATH VEHICLE HAD BROKEN.*AK

FOUR WINDS HAD DETERMINED THAT A DEFECT MAY BE PRESENT ON CERTAIN 2002 MODEL WIND SPORT AND INFINITY MOTOR HOMES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN JULY, 2001 AND MAY, 2002. ALL MOTOR HOMES THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THIS DEFECT ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE LAST FIVE DIGITS OF THE SERIAL NUMBER WITHIN THE RANGE FROM 10200 THROUGH 11232. HOWEVER, NOT ALL OF THE MOTOR HOMES INCLUDED WITHIN THIS RANGE ARE COVERED BY THIS RECALL BECAUSE OTHER FOUR WIND MODELS THAT DO NOT CONTAIN THE DEFECT ALSO HAD THE LAST FIVE DIGITS OF THEIR SERIAL NUMBERS WITHIN THIS RANGE. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MOTOR HOMES SUBJECT TO THIS RECALL IS 356. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE CHASSIS FRAME AND THE MOTOR HOME BODY MAY CAUSE THE COPPER TUBING OR THE MANIFOLD PIPE TO SPLIT OR CRACK. (02V-157). *YH

FOURWINDS TRAILOR 2000. ORIGINAL TIRES ON CARLISLE ST 205/75714. CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH CONSUMER FELT A JERK. CONSUMER SAW BLUE SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLE, AND PIECES OF RUBBER FLYING EVERYWHERE. NLM CONSUMER STATES THAT THREE OUT OF THE FOUR ORIGINAL TIRES HAVE HAD TREAD SEPARATIONS IN A SIX-MONTH PERIOD (THIS IS A BOAT CARRIER) . *YD

THERE IS RUST UNDER THE COACH, CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT PROPANE TANKS, IF RUST GOES THROUGH TANK THERE MAY BE AN EXPLOSION. *AK *JB*JG

GENERAL LT225/75R16D. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE INSIDE LEFT DUAL TIRE WENT FLAT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC, THE OUTSIDE LEFT DUAL TIRE COLLAPSED LEAVING CONSUMER STRANDED. A TOW TRUCK RESPONDED AND REMOVED THE TWO LEFT TIRES WITH A SPARE. DEALER FOUND THAT THE INSIDE LEFT DUAL TIRE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED WITH A PATCH AND THAT THE OUTSIDE LEFT REAR HAD A COLLAPSED SIDEWALL DUE TO THE SUDDEN TRANSFER OF WEIGHT WHEN THE INSIDE TIRE WENT FLAT AND THAT THE D LOAD RATING WAS INSUFFICIENT FOR THE MOTORHOME GVWR. CONSUMER REPLACED ALL SIX OF THE MOTOR HOME TIRES WITH A FIRESTONE MODEL THAT CARRIED A CLASS E LOAD RATING. CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *TT

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY A FORD DEALERSHIP THE LOWER MIRROR ARM ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IS GOING TO BREAK LOOSE BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT HAS CAUSED TWO METAL STRESS CRACKS.*JB

TWO LEFT REAR GOODYEAR TIRES BLEWOUT, THE CAMPER BODY IS NOT EVENLY PLACED ON THE I-BEAM FRAME, THE WHEELS ARE NOT EVENLY SPACED FROM SIDE TO SIDE FROM THE I-BEAMS CREATING A RUB ON THE TWO DRIVER SIDE TIRES, AND THAT THE AXLES ARE NOT SQUARE TO THE I-BEAM FRAME. WHEN CONSUMER TURNED A/C ON, AIR WOULD NOT COME THROUGH THE VENTS, THE VENT OPENING FROM THE A/C HAD NEVER BEEN PROPERLY OPENED DURING INSTALLATION. CONSUMER INSTALLED AN ADDITIONAL SWAY BAR, HOWEVER VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SWAY. INDICATOR PANEL WAS FAULTY AND WAS REPLACED. WINDOWS LEAKED AND DID NOT OPEN AND CLOSE CORRECTLY. REGRIGERATOR DID NOT OPERATE WITH THE GENERATOR TURNED OFF. *SLC

WE HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THIS UNIT SINCE DAY ONE. WE HAVE 10 MORE INCIDENCES WITH UNIT VIBRATING, BRAKES GOING OUT 3 MORE TIMES, ROTORS, MASTER CYLINDER, TRANSMISSION FAILURE ONCE AGAIN , AND ON AUGUST 23, 2001 WE ARE NOW BEING TOWED TO JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI BECAUSE WE CANNOT KEEP OUR UNIT RUNNING. WE ALSO HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF OTHER THINGS BESIDES THE ENGINE AND BRAKES. DOORS NOT STAYING CLOSED, BACK WINDOWS LEAKING, BAD HEATER HOSES, RANGE HOOD VENT LEAKED, VANITY IN BATHROOM PULLING AWAY FROM WALL, FRONT WINDOWS LEAKING, FAULTY TAIL LIGHT WIRING, CHAIRS NEEDED REPLACING, HUB CAPS NOT STAYING ON, ETC. PLEASE CONTACT US. THANK YOU.

CONSUMER STATES WHEN HE PURCHASED THE MOTORHOME THE FRONT TIRE WAS OUT OF LINE, AND HE HAD IT REALIGNED AND REPLACED WITH A NEW TIRE, CONSUMER THEN REMOVED THE SPARE AND PUT IT ON THE LEFT FRONT, CONSUMER THEN POINTED OUT TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER THAT THE REAR TIRES WERE CRACKING ON THE SIDEWALLS, FOUR NEW TIRES WERE ORDERED FOR REPLACEMENT, CONSUMER RECEIVED A CALL FROM FIRESTONE INFORMING HIM THAT THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY, AS THE CRACKING WAS NORMAL, WHILE TRAVELING THREE OF THE REAR TIRES FAILED AT ABOUT 36,500 MILES, TWO OF THE TIRES PEELED THE TREAD DOWN TO THE CASING AND THE THIRD PARTIALLY PEELED 50% OF THE TREAD CASING, CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT TIRES ARE OF POOR RUBBER QUALITY.(FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R4S LT225/75R167 M/S LOAD RANGE E)*YH

GAS TANKS HAS TWO CRACKS LOCATED ON SEAMS AND RV IS LESS THAN 6 YEARS OLD IS THIS A DEFECT OF THE MANUFACTOR OR NORMAL WEAR OF A GASOLINE TANK. *AK