2005 GEORGIE BOY CRUISE MASTER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GEORGIE BOY CRUISE MASTER MOTOR HOME WITH A WORKHORSE CHASSIS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55-60 MPH WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL FELL ABNORMALLY FARTHER INTO THE FLOORBOARD THAN USUAL. ALL WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO HIS RESIDENCE AT RELATIVELY LOW SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS WERE REPLACED AND THE BRAKE FLUID WAS FLUSHED. THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHIN EIGHT MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AGAIN TO THE DEALER WHERE TWO REAR CALIPERS, WHEEL SENSORS, BRAKE PADS AND BRAKE FLUID WERE REPLACED. A BRAKE FLUSH WAS ALSO PERFORMED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V193000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: FLUID) BUT WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM IF HIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,500.

OUR DOGS STARTED TO BARK JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. MY HUSBAND WENT TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER A BEAR THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY RAMPAGED THROUGH THE GARBAGE CANS OUTSIDE THE MOTOR HOME WE LIVE IN HAD COME BACK. OUR MOTOR HOME, A 2005 GEORGIE BOY CRUISER MASTER 3640 TS, WAS PARKED IN A HOUSEHOLD DRIVEWAY THAT REQUIRES RAMPS FOR LEVELING AT THE TIME. HE FLIPPED THE SWITCHES NEAR THE DOOR TO TURN ON THE LIGHTS; UNFORTUNATELY THE SWITCH TO KEEP THE STEPS RETRACTED IS NEXT TO THE LIGHT SWITCHES AND HE FLIPPED THAT ONE INSTEAD. HE OPENED THE DOOR TO THE MOTOR HOME AND TRIED TO STEP OUT ONTO THE STEPS; HOWEVER, THE STEPS WERE NOT OUT AS EXPECTED EVEN THOUGH THE DOOR WAS OPEN AND HE FELL 3 FEET TO THE ASPHALT OF THE DRIVEWAY. HE FELL ON HIS LEFT SIDE PUTTING MOST OF THE WEIGHT OF HIS BODY ONTO HIS HAND, WRIST AND ARM. THE LARGE BONE IN HIS ARM BROKE AND RAMMED DOWN INTO HIS HAND AND WRIST PULVERIZING THE BONES. HE ALSO CUT HIS LEFT TEMPLE AND SEVERELY BRUISED HIS SHOULDER. WE TOOK HIM TO THE ER. THEY PUT THE ARM BONE BACK IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND USED DERMA BOND TO SEAL THE CUT ON HIS TEMPLE, BUT THEY COULD DO NOTHING FOR THE HAND AND WRIST. A SURGICAL OPERATION WAS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE ER NURSE TOLD US THIS WAS THE WORST BREAK HE HAS SEEN IN 25 YEARS. MY HUSBAND NOW HAS A SURGICALLY IMPLANTED PLATE WITH WIRES ATTACHED THAT THE SHATTERED BONE IN HIS WRIST AND HAND CAN ADHERE TO. THE DOCTOR DOES NOT KNOW IF HE WILL HAVE THE FULL USE OF HIS HAND IN THE FUTURE. OUR CONCERN IS DUE TO THE PLACEMENT OF THE LIGHT SWITCHES AND THE STEP SWITCH, THIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT COULD OCCUR WITH EVEN WORSE RESULTS LIKE FALLING HEAD FIRST OR SMALL CHILDREN FALLING. THE STEPS SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN MECHANIZED TO STAY RETRACTED IF THE MOTOR HOME DOOR IS OPENED. THERE SHOULD AT LEAST BE AN ALARM OR FLASHING LIGHT ON THE SWITCH TO ALERT US SO WE WOULD BE AWARE THAT THE STAIRS WERE RETRACTED. AT A MINIMUM, THE STEP SWITCH SHOULD BE PLACED AWAY FROM THE LIGHT SWITCHES. *TR

THE CONSUMER HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH HER GEORGIE BOY MOTORHOME. SOME OF THE PROBLEMS INCLUDE LOOSE DOOR LOCKS AND POP OUT WALL THAT WOULD NOT AUTOMATICALLY, ETC. *NM THE CONSUMER NOTICED GRAY WATER LEAKING FROM UNDER THE HOLDING TANK AND WAS FLOODING THE BACK BATHROOM. ON ONE OCCASION, THE MOTORHOME WOULD NOT START, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT 5 BATTERY CABLES WERE NOT SECURED PROPERLY. WHILE DRIVING, THE WASHER/DRYER FELL OUT FROM ITS HOLDING AREA AND DAMAGED THE INSIDE WALL. THE SHOWER WAS LEAKING. THE STEPS OF THE MORE HOME HAD FALLEN OUT AND DAMAGED A MOTORIST TRUCK. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS INOPERATIVE, THERE WAS EXCESSIVE AIR COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH PANEL. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATES WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE HE DISCOVERED THE FUEL LINE WAS RUBBING THE FLOOR OF THE RV. THE SHARP PART OF THE METAL FLOORING HAD BEGUN TO WEAR INTO THE FUEL LINE. HE DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. HE PERFORMED PREVENTIVE MEASURES BY CUTTING BACK THE FLOOR BOARD AND ADDED INSULATION TO THE FUEL HOUSING AS WELL AS A RUBBER COATING. THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER PROBLEMS SINCE THE REPAIR. THIS IS MANUFACTURED BY GEORGIE BOY AND THE MODEL IS A 2005 LANDOU LS. *NM