FOUR WINDS Complaints

TIRES ON 98 FORD CHASSIS/98 FOURWINDS 31N MOTORHOME: WAS DRIVING 58-60MPH & FELT SLIGHT VIBRATION & THEN HEARD A LOUD NOISE. NOTICE IN RIGHT SIDE MIRROR TREAD IN THE ROAD. VEHICLE CONTROLLABLE. RIGHT REAR INSIDE TIRE HAD LOST TREAD & WENT FLAT. CONTACT ROAD SIDE SERVICE & HAD TIRE EXCHANGE WITH SAME TYPE. WAS SOME DAMAGE TO MOTORHOME. THE 2ND TIRE BLEW SHORT TIME LATER. TREAD WAS LOOSE BUT STILL INTACT. FIRESTONE STEELTEX LT225/75R16 BOTH TIRES HAD 28,000 MILES. 1ST DOT VD1L1XD447; 2ND VD111XD447. *SLC

WHILE CHECKING UNDERNEATH THE MOTOR HOME OWNER NOTICED THAT THERE WERE TWO CRACKS IN THE FUEL LINE. BOTH CRACKS WENT FROM FILLER TUBE TO THE TANK. EVENTUALLY FUEL WILL BEGIN TO LEAK FROM THESE CRACKS. FOUR WINDS AND A FORD DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

PREVIOUS TRACKING #719403. THIS IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THIS COMPLIANT. OUR INSURANCE COMPANY HIRED A WELL RESPECTED FIRE INVESTIGATION COMPANY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THEIR INITIAL REPORT DETERMINED THE STARTING POINT OF THE FIRE IS A BOX LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CHASSIS. THEY ALSO LIST THIS BOX AS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO DETERMINE THE EXACT NAME AND FUNCTION OF THIS BOX. THE BOX IS LOCATED ON THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE COACH UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT AND HAS WIRES RUNNING INTO IT. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS OFFICIALLY DETERMINED BY THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR TO BE PRODUCT FAILURE OF THIS BOX. A ENGINEER HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO DETERMINE THE EXACT NAME AND FUNCTION OF THIS BOX. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO FIND OUT THE FUNCTION AND NAME OF THIS BOX AND THEY COULDN'T GIVE ME AN EXACT NAME, BUT SAID IT PROBABLY WAS A JUNCTION BOX CONTROLLING THE WIRING FOR THE CHASSIS. THE FIRE INVESTIGATION COMPANY PLANS TO OBTAIN THE WIRING SCEMATICS FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE LOSS IS LISTED AS A PRODUCT DEFECT. THE INVESTIGATOR MENTIONED THE PLACEMENT OF THIS BOX WAS VERY POOR DESIGN. ITS ON THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE CHASIS WHERE ROAD DIRT, MUD AND WATER CAN GET TO ALL THE ELECTRICAL WIRES RUNNING INTO IT WITH NO PROVISIONS FOR PROTECTING IT AGAINST THE ELEMENTS. *AK

VEHICLE FOUR WINDS INFINITY MOTOR HOME EXPERIENCES CONTINUED EXTREME VIBRATION DUE TO POSSIBLE INADEQUATE (LIGHT) FRAME, THIS CONDITION HAS LED TO NUMEROUS PROBLEMS AND FAILURES WITHIN THE SUSPENSION/STEERING SYSTEM AND STRUCTURE, NO REMEDY AT THIS TIME. *MJS

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID LINES GOING FROM TRANSMISSION TO RADIATOR ARE RUBBING AGAINTS EACH OTHER, WHICH DEVELOPED A HOLE CAUSING LEAKAGE OF FLUIDS. TT

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE BRAKE HEAT UP AND SMOKE WILL COME FROM THE BRAKES. TT