2003 GULF STREAM MOTORHOME Complaints

THE SIZE IS LT235/75/16 THE MAKE IS DELTA ESSENTIAL .PREMATURE TIRE FAILURE , UNABLE TO HANDLE LOAD . PURCH. 6 TIRES AT THE SAME TIME ALL SIMULAR DATE OF PRODUCTION 2012. 3 OF SIX FAILED THIS SUMMER WITHIN 1,700 MILES OF EACHOTHER. ALL FAILURES WERE ON REAR PART OF A DUAL WHEEL SET. PROPERLY INFLATED COLD TO MAX AIR PRESSURE. ALL TIRES HAD 75% OR MORE TREAD LIFE. FAILURE INDICATED BY BAD VIBRATION THEN CROWNING OF TREAD AND EXCESSIVE HEAT FROM TIRE. ALL 3 STILL HAD AIR IN THEM. OPON REMOVAL INNER LAYER SEPERATING FROM TREAD. I STILL HAVE ONE DEFET AND HAVE REMOVED THE OTHER (GOOD) 3 TIRES FROM HHE VEHICLE. I DID WEIGH VEHICLE AND IT IS NOT OVER WEIGHT.AT 2670LBS THE 4 SHOULD CARRY 10680 THAT ARE ON THE REAR. I BELIVE MANY MORE HAVE ALREADY FAILED AND MORE COULD FAIL. THIS IS A BAD PRODUCT.

VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH GULF STREAM COACH MODEL 6280. *MR WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAD PLENTY OF OIL AND COOLANT AND WAS RUNNING SMOOTHLY. THE CONSUMER THEN TRIED A HIGHER GRADE OF GAS. THE ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME BACK ON, BUT THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE RV WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL PUMP RELAY WAS BAD. THE FOLLOWING WEEK THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALER AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM THIS TIME WAS THE 02 SENSOR. THE LEFT SPEAKER DID NOT WORK AND THE RIGHT SPEAKER BECAME EXTREMELY HOT. THE CRUISE CONTROL BRAKE LIGHTS, BACK UP LIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. *JB THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. (GULF STREAM COACH MODEL# 6280 SN 29643) *SC *JB

RECEIVED RECAL 03V329000 CONCERNING T-1CIRCUIT BREAKER. THE CONSUMER AND A DEALER HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER GULF STREAM TO GET THE PARTS FOR THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT RESPONDING TO THEIR REQUESTS. GULF STREAM BT CRUISER 2003. *AK

PARTIAL LISTING: IMPROPERLY SECURED PASSENGER RESTRAINTS IN BELTED, SEATED POSITIONS; IMPROPER TIE DOWN OF THE SEAT MECHANISMS IN BELTED SEATED POSITIONS; LEAKS IN THE LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS SYSTEM AT TIME OF DELIVERY; INSTALLATION OF CABINET WORK OF SUFFICIENT WEIGHT TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY IN AN OVERHEAD AREA WITHOUT PROPERLY SECURING IT; FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SECURE WITH PROPER BOLTS OR STRAPPING THE FIBERGLASS CAP WHICH SERVES AS THE EXTERIOR COVERING OF THE COACH'S FRONT END ABOVE THE DRIVER'S CAB - SAFETY AND STRUCTURAL ISSUES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED. INCIDENT DATE IS PURCHASE DATE.*JB