FOUR WINDS Complaints

LOWER ARM THAT SUPPORTS SIDE VIEW MIRROR IS SHOWING STRESS CRACKS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER STATED THAT MIRROR MANUFACTURER DID NOT CRIMP METAL ON PASSENGER'S SIDE MIRROR. CONSUMER STATED THAT MIRROR MAY FLY OFF. *AK *SLC

THE LEFT REAR INSIDE TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE MOTORHOME, FLOOR BOARDS WERE BROKEN AND THE WASTE WATER TANK WAS SHATTERED (NO MAKE/MODEL OF THE TIRE PROVIDED ON THE OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MJS

WHENEVER FILLING MOTORHOME WITH FUEL AND REMOVING NOZZLE, FUEL BACKS OUT AND RUNS DOWN SIDE OF MOTORHOME TO GROUND. FUEL PIPE IS PARALLEL TO GROUND.*AK *SLC

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00V273000 NOTIFICATION REGARDING SAFETY BELTS. WHEN HE CONTACTED DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THIS DEFECT REPAIRED, HE WAS INFORMED THAT PARTS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR SOME TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

THE TRAILER HITCH AT THE BACK OF THE MOTORHOME IS 12 INCHES FROM THE GROUND, AND WHEN I DRIVE INTO DRIVEWAYS WITH MY TOWED VEHICLE HOOKED UP TO THE RECEIVER ASSY. THE HITCH ASSEMBLY. HITS THE PAVEMENT SO HARD THAT THE SAFETY CHAINS ALMOST SHEARED OFF, AND LIFTS THE MOTORHOME UP WHERE IT ALMOST LOSES TRACTION WITH THE TIRES FOR TRACTION.*AK

THREE OF THE FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S II TIRES (P225 75 R16) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, ALSO CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING A FULL REFUND FOR THE AMOUNT THAT WAS PAID TO REPLACE THE TIRES AND FOR THE 4 ADDITIONAL TIRES THAT WERE PURCHASED. *SLC

FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R4S TIRE (P225 75 R16) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, THE BLOWOUT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

THIS INFORMATION DID NOT GET INCLUDED ON FIRST REPORT. I JUST BOUGHT A NEW CLASS C MH WITH THE ABOVE LISTED TIRES IN IT. THESE TIRES ARE SUPPORTING A 16,000 POUND MH AND I AM SCARED TO DEATH WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF ONE OF THESE TIRES SHOULD PELL ITS TREAD AT 60 MPH THE NORMAL SPEED WE TRAVEL AT. WE ALSO TOW A SMALL SUZUKI BEHIND. ON OUR MOTOR HOME BEFORE THIS ONE A (CLASS A) WE HAD THREE MICHALIN TIRES PELL THE TREAD TWO OF THEM WITH IN 60 MILES OF EACH OTHER IN ALL THREE CASES I WAS ABLE TO STOP BUT NOT BEFORE ALOT OF DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE COACH IT THE (CLASS A) WEIGHTED 6,000 MORE POUNDS THAN THIS ONE. WE WILL NOT DRIVE THIS NEW MOTOR HOME UNTIL THE TIRES ON IT ARE REPLACED OR WE ARE TOLD THEY WILL NOT PEEL THE TREAD. OH MICHALIN DID REPLACE ALL 7 TIRES ON THE LAST MOTOR HOME. THOSE TIRES PEELED AT LESS THAN 25,000 MILES . HOPE TO HEAR SOON THANK YOU. *AK (TIRESIZE: 225/75R/16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225/75R/16 )

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: LT 225/75R)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT 225/75R )

FIRESTONE TIRES-WILDCAT, ABOUT 30,000 MILES ON TIRE WHEN LOSS OCCURRED-TIRE CAME APART & DAMAGE IV MOTORHOME (CLAIMS 43-R537-627) *MW