GULF STREAM Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GULF STREAM SUN VOYAGER. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD COAST, IT BEGAN TO STOP AUTOMATICALLY AND MORE QUICKLY THAN USUAL. WHEN THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRES WERE EXTREMELY HOT AND THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES IN THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17,447 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,700.

WHILE TRAVELING WITH 5TH WHEEL TRAILER HAD 3 BLOW OUTS WITHIN A 150 MILE TRIP. TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE STEEL BELTS CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER. TRAILER IS A 2005 MODEL PURCHASED NEW IN MARCH 2005. TIRES HAD LESS THAN 5,000 MILES, TREAD IS AT 75% WITH NO WEATHER ROTTING. AIR PRESSURE WAS CHECKED PRIOR TO TRIP AND WAS AT AN ADEQUATE LEVEL. *TR

WENT OUT TO START THE MOTOR HOME ONE DAY AND THERE WAS A CLANKING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE. CALLED THE SHOP AND THEY TOWED THE VEHICLE IN. THEY REMOVED THE ENGINE AND FOUND THAT COOLANT OR FUEL HAD ENTERED THE CYLINDER AND CAUSED THE ROD TO BEND, THE PISTON TO BREAK, AND SCORED THE CYLINDER BLOCK. THE WHOLE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I PURCHASED A NEW GULFSTREAM BT CRUISER ON 2/26/08 - A 2006 MODEL. WHEN I HAD EXTENDED VALVE PUT ON MY REAR DUAL TIRES I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE INSIDE TIRES WERE "SUN CHECKED" DAMAGED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALL OF THE OUT SIDE TIRES ARE NEW - SO THE DEALER TOOK THE OUTSIDE REAR DUAL TIRES AND PLACED THEM ON THE INSIDE WHERE THEY COULD NOT BEEN SEEN. THE DEALER IS JC'S RV IN LIVERMORE, CA. I FEEL THAT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES AND FRAUD, BESIDES THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE PLACED MY LIFE IN DANGER WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A BLOWOUT FROM DAMAGED TIRES THAT I ASSUMED WERE NEW LIKE THE OTHER 4 TIRES. I DO NOT WANT TO DEAL WITH THE DEALERSHIP SINCE I CANNOT TRUST THEM. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THE MANUFACTURER GULF STREAM TO GET THE TIRES REPLACED WITH NO CHARGE TO ME. THIS SEEMS TO BE A LENGHTY PROCESS AND IN THE MEAN TIME I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE MOTORHOME FOR FEAR OF A BLOWOUT. MY GULFSTREAM MEMBER NUMBER IS #53-3678. MELISSA ELLINGSON. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GULF STREAM ULTRA SUPREME. THE VEHICLE HAS A DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR, MODEL RM2652. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND FILED A REPORT. PRIOR TO THE FIRE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REFRIGERATOR HAD STOPPED WORKING THE SAME DAY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 17,200. UPDATED 06/17/08. *LJ

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 GULF STREAM ENDS-BROOK SUPREME (NA). THE VEHICLE HAS FTS ULTRA CRT TIRES, SIZE ST/225/75/R15 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE STEEL BELT SEPARATED FROM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE, CAUSING THE TIRE TO COMPLETELY BLOW OUT. PRIOR TO OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE TIRE AND CONCLUDED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE AND TREAD WERE NORMAL. HE HAD A TECHNICIAN INSPECT THE TIRE, WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE STEEL BELT DETACHED FROM THE INTERIOR SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. THE CONTACT STILL HAS POSSESSION OF THE TIRE. THE VIN AND DOT NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 3,100.

2007 GULFSTREAM BT CRUISER WITH FRAME PROBLEMS. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE INSIDE TIRES ARE COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THE FRAME OF THE COACH. DAMAGE OCCURRED ON THE FRAME AND ON THE INSIDE TIRE WALLS. *KB UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FRAME WHICH WAS TAKING THE IMPACT WAS NOT THE FORD CHASSIS FRAME, AND WAS IN FACT THE FRAME OF THE COACH. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THEY MAY NEED TO MODIFY THE RV BY MOVING THE GENERATOR TO ANOTHER LOCATION BY CHANGING THE WHEEL WELL DIMENSIONS, OR POSSIBLY REPLACING THE FRAME THE COACH IS MOUNTED ON.

OUR CAMPER REFRIGERATOR HAD A RECALL ISSUED ON IT AND WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED. WE FOUND OUT THAT IT HAD BEEN RECALLED AFTER IT HAD BEEN AFFECTED AND NO LONGER WORKS. THE DAMAGE IS DUE TO WHAT HAD BEEN RECALLED. WE TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE AND THEY TOLD US ABOUT THE RECALL AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A YEAR (ONLY STOPPED PAYING FOR REPAIRS 3 WEEKS AGO) SINCE THEY MAILED OUT NOTICES. WE DID NOT GET A NOTICE. APPARENTLY NOT MUCH EFFORT WENT IN TO THE ATTEMPT FOR NOTIFICATION FOR REPAIRS. I FEEL THAT DOMETIC SHOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIRS TO MY REFRIGERATOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GULF STREAM SUN VOYAGER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V336000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) AND FORD RECALL NUMBER 05S28 IN AUGUST OF 2007. HE CALLED FORD ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THEY STATED THAT THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN MID'DECEMBER OF 2007 AND THEN IN JANUARY OF 2008. THE DEACTIVATION SWITCH HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,000. UPDATED 03/18/08. *LJ UPDATED 03/18/08 *TR

FORD RECALL 05S28, I CONTACTED SEVERAL FORD DEALERS LOCATED IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA DURING SEPTEMBER AFTER RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE AND THEY ALL INFORMED ME THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO EFFECT THE REPAIRS DETAILED IN THE RECALL. THEY ALSO REPORTED THAT PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN JAN 2008. I RECENTLY CONTACTED THE FORD DEALERS AGAIN AND NOW THEY TELL ME THAT PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN MARCH 2008. IT SEEMS THAT EITHER THE DEALERS DO NOT WANT TO COMPLETE THE RECALL REPAIRS OR THAT FORD HAS NOT MADE THE NECESSARY PARTS AVAILABLE. A FORD SERVICE REP INFORMED ME THAT THIS RECALL BEGAN OVER THREE YEARS AGO AND THAT MOTOR HOMES WERE INCLUDED IN MID 2007. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN LIGHT A FIRE UNDER FORD TO GET THE PARTS OR GET THE DEALERS TO AGREE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE NECESSARY TO MAKE THE MANDATED REPAIRS. *TR