GEORGIE BOY Complaints

THE MOTORHOME EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE INSIDE TREAD WEAR ON BOTH TIRES. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE AIR BAGS IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION SPRINGS WERE DEFLATED AND THE FRONT SPRINGS WERE COMPRESSED CAUSING THE CHASSIS TO LOSE HEIGHT RESULTING IN MISALIGNMENT. *YH

THE BELL HOUSING IS CRACKED FROM THE STARTER MOTOR TO THE TOP OF THE TRANSMISSION IF THIS WAS TO CRACK ALL THE WAY THE MOTOR. TRANSMISSION OR DRIVE SHAFT WOULD DROP OUT. IS THIS A KNOWN PROBLEM OR WAS THERE A RECALL ON THIS. IS IT SOMTHING THAT HAS BEEN ON GOING AND DO YOU KNOW OF A FIX. THANK YOU MR

WHILE IN MOTION, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT. THE LEFT FRONT INNER WHEEL BEARING MELTED AND SEIZED TO THE SPINDLE DUE TO THE FACT THE CHASSIS LEFT THE ASSEMBLY LINE WITH UNGREASED WHEEL BEARINGS. REPAIRS WERE DONE TO THE DEFT FRONT SPINDLE THE WHEEL BEARINGS WERE REPACKED. CONSUMER FOUND OUT THERE WAS AN OWNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM #01B65 THAT ADDRESSED THE FRONT INNER WHEEL BEARING. CONSUMER FEELS THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT FOR MONIES PAID. *JG

98 V 310 000/GAS LINE: PROPANE GAS LINE IS CRIMPED BY THE ARM ATTACHED TO IT. *AK

WAS HAVING THE TIRES REPLACED AFTER TWO PREVIOUS BLOWOUTS WITH FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIALS LT225 75 R16 AND WAS SHOWN A THIRD TIRE THAT HAD SIDEWALL SEPERATION AND WOULD HAVE BLOWN OUT ALSO IF I HAD CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE MOTORHOME. THIS IS THREE TIRES OF SEVEN THAT WERE DEFECTIVE AND ALL SEVEN WERE MADE IN THE DECATUR PLANT. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VD1L1XD TIRESIZE: LT22575R16)

THIS IS A 2001 GEORGIE BOY MOTOR HOME THAT HAS A SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE REAREND AND A SWAY THAT IS AT TIMES ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE. IT HAS BEEN TO FORD 3 TIMES FOR REPAIRS (NOT FIXED). IT HAS A DANA 80 REAREND THAT IS RATED A 11,000 LBS. FORD WEIGHED THE COACH EMPTY AND THE REAR AXLE WEIGHED 9,960 LBS. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE 75 GALLONS OF GAS(472LBS) ,63 GALLONS OF WATER (523LBS), PEOPLE-4 @ 150LBS(600), PROVISIONS OR CAMPING GEAR. FORD IS SAYING THIS IS A GEORGIE BOY PROBLEM AND GEORGIEBOY IS SAYING IT'S A FORD PROBLEM. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY PROBLEM. FORD HAS TO DATE PUT ON 3 SETS OF TIRES (OUT OF ROUND) 5 RIMS (BENT) AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT GOING AWAY. DANA OFFERS A S135 REAR AXLE RATED AT 13,500LBS FOR THIS CHASSIS WHICH MAY BE MORE SUITED TO THIS COACH. ALL OF THE SPECIFICATIONS ARE POSTED ON WWW.FLEET.FORD.COM/PRODUCTS_SERVICES/SPECIALTY_VEHICLES/MOTORHOME_CLASS_A_SPECS. THIS IS THE SAME SITUATION AS A CASE POSTED ON YOUR SITE.NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 99V013000 FOR FLEETWOOD. OUR COACH IS A 33 FOOT THE FLEETWOOD WAS A 32 FOOT. ANY HELP IN THIS MATTER WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.*AK

VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE AT 70MPH WITH OUT WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *SLC

INSIDE OF VEHICLE FILLS UP WITH AN EXHAUST ODOR. DEALER STATED THAT ORIGINAL EXHAUST MANIFOLD DOESN'T PERMIT FOR PROPER EXPANSION. WHEN PART HEATS UP BOLTS BREAK, PERMITTING EXHAUST TO ENTER CABIN. *AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT 2 BOLTS WERE SHEARED AT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND THAT THESE BOLTS NEEDED TO BE TAPPED OUT, CONSUMER HAS FILED A CIVIL COMPLAINT REGARDING THIS MATTER. *SLC

FIRESTONE TIRES (P225/75R16) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATIONS NUMEROUS TIMES, CAUSING VIBRATION AND NOISE, ALSO CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

PE00-040; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH MAVERICK 1997 MOTOR HOME. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED 3 BLOWOUTS OUT OF 6 SIX FIRESTONE TIRES(P22575R16) WITHIN 30,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING. RUBBER SEPARATED FROM TIRE, AND ONE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT . *AK DOT# V01L1XA146, ONE OF THE TIRE FAILURES CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *SLC