2017 GRAND DESIGN REFLECTION Complaints

3 OF 4 WHEELS HAD GREASE LEAKING FROM THE INNER HUB SEAL ONTO THE BRAKE SHOES AND DRUMS, WITH LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. ALL BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED.

THE AXLES/BRAKE ASSEMBLIES HAD DEFECTIVE INTERIOR SEALS. THE SEALS FAILED AND CONTAMINATED THREE OUT OF FOUR BRAKES WITH GREASE. THIS NEARLY CAUSED ME TO HAVE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT DUE TO UNABLE TO STOP THE TRAILER TO AVOID VEHICLE THAT PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD TO RUN OFF ROAD TO AVOID ACCIDENT. THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE WITH LIPPERT COMPONENTS THAT THEY CONTINUE TO TRY TO DENY. I ATTACHED TWO PHOTOS OF WHAT I FOUND IN THREE OUT OF FOUR BRAKE HUBS UPON INSPECTION.

WHEEL BEARING GREASE TOO THIN AND LEAKS PAST SEALS CONTAMINATING BRAKE MAGNETS AND BRAKES. MANY CUSTOMERS IMPACTED BASED ON FACEBOOK GROUP POSTS.

AXLE SEAL LEAKED CAUSING GREASE TO LEAK ONTO BRAKE FRICTION SURFACE, GREATLY REDUCING BRAKING ABILITY. PROBLEM WAS FOUND DURING OWNERS SELF INSPECTION. THIS PROBLEM WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION FROM THE GRAND DESIGN OWNERS FORUM. "HTTP://WWW.GRANDDESIGNOWNERS.COM/FORUM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP/8531-POLL-HOW-MANY-OF-YOU-HAVE-HAD-YOUR-GREASE-SEALS-FAIL "

TRAILER HAS LEAKING GREASE SEALS WHICH CONTAMINATED THE BRAKE SHOES. THIS IS A NEW TRAILER AND ARRIVED FROM DEALER IN THIS CONDITION. THIS IS A 2 AXLE TRAILER.

WITH LESS THAN 3000 MILES, THE WHEEL GREASE SEALS HAVE LEAKED CONTAMINATING THE TRAILER BRAKES. RESULTED IN REDUCED BRAKING ABILITY. POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM REDUCING TRAILER BRAKES EFFECTIVE STOPPING POWER.

WE WERE ON A TRIP FROM CALIFORNIA TO TEXAS AND THE GREASE SEALS ON ALL 4 WHEELS FAILED AND CONTAMINATED THE BRAKES. I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR 1 MONTH AND IT HAD LESS THAN 1,200 MILES ON IT.

WHEEL GREASE SEALS ARE LEAKING ON THE NEW TRAILER (2 OF 4 SEALS). THIS IS A NEW TRAILER AND I HAVE ONLY PUT ON ABOUT 50 MILES. THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE WITH GRAND DESIGN TRAILERS.

LEAKING GREASE SEALS ON BOTH PASSENGER SIDE AXLES CONTAMINATING BRAKE SHOES. I HAD DEALER PULL THE BRAKE DRUMS PRIOR TO DELIVERY OF OUR NEW TRAILER AND WE FOUND GREASE CONTAMINATION. THE TRAILER ONLY HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED FROM INDIANA TO FLORIDA DEALER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 GRAND DESIGN REFLECTION RV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL PROPANE FUEL ODOR EMITTING FROM THE RV. THE RV WAS INSPECTED BY A SERVICE TECHNICIAN WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL LINE SHOWED EVIDENCE THAT A RODENT CHEWED THROUGH THE PROPANE FUEL LINE, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE RV WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60.