GULF STREAM Complaints

WATER LEAK IN LOWER STORAGE COMPARMENT, UNDER ROOM SLIDOUTS, WERE ELECTRICAL EQUIPT IS INSTALLED/WILL CAUSE EITHER FIRE OR POSSIBLE ELECTTROCUTION/REPAIR ATTEMPTS TO STOP WATER LEAKS HAVE BEEN MADE BY DEALER AND MAUFACTURER REP/HAVE NOT STOPPED WATER LEAKS. *NM MODEL IDENTIFIED AS BT CRUISER # 5291B.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON A HIGHWAY, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS A 2006 GULFSTREAM BT TOURING 5291B. *AK UPDATED 09/22/06. *JB

2003 GULF STREAM TIRE BLEWOUT. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, ALL SIX TIRES BLEW OUT. THE RV SUFFERED DAMAGED. (CARLISLE TIRE)*JB UPDATED *JB

TWO KUMHO TIRES FAILED THAT WERE MOUNTED AS DUALS OF THE RIGHT REAR AXLE OF MY 2002 GULFSTREAM MOTORHOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT OVERLOADED AND TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED (80 PSI). WE HAD JUST PURCHASED THE MOTORHOME, FIRST TRIP, AND WERE DRIVING BETWEEN 55 AND 60 MPH. THE HIGHWAY WAS DRY AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 90 DEGREES F. WE HAD DRIVEN ABOUT 175 MILES WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE TIRES WERE MADE BY KUMHO, SIZE LT225/75 R-16 LOAD RANGE E. IT APPEARS THE OUTSIDE DUAL SEPARATED CAUSING ABOUT $5,000 DAMAGE TO THE COACH, TO THE INSIDE DUAL CAUSING IT TO BLOWOUT AND SEVERING THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE LINE. NO INJURIES. THE DOT NUMBER ON THE INSIDE DUAL WAS H21LYD1P1004 AND THE TREAD DEPTH WAS 11. *NM

2 INCIDENTS SUNDAY JULY 2ND. I355 NORTHBOUND. RIGHT OUTER TIRE BLEW. PULLED OFF AT KIRCHOFF. CHECKED TIRE SECURED VEHICLE AND DROVE TO WOODFIELD MALL TO SEARS AND PURCHASED NEW TIRE. CALLED INSURANCE COMPANY DAMAGE FROM THE EXPLODING TIRE $2800.00 PLUS. 2 PEOPLE IN RV AND 4 DOGS. NO INJURIES. FRIDAY JULY 14TH. I88 WESTBOUND. LEFT INNER TIRE BLEW. PULLED OVER SECURED VEHICLE. WE WERE AT THE PEACE ROAD EXIT. TOOK SAME DROVE TO TIRE STORE THEY DID NOT HAVE A TIRE PROCEEDED ANOTHER 2 MILES TO FARM AND FLEET. PURCHASED 2 NEW TIRES. NOW HAVE ALL 4 NEW TIRES ON RV. CALLED INSURANCE COMPANY ESTIMATE PENDING AT THIS TIME. 3 PEOPLE IN RV AND 5 DOGS. NO INJURIES. THE TIRES THAT EXPLODED ARE FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R4S, DOT #VD1L1XD367, SIZE 225-75R16, MILES ON TIRES 33,300. WE HAVE THE DAMAGED TIRES. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE TREAD OF THESE TIRES SEPARATED LEAVING THE STEEL BELT EXPOSED. BOTH SERVICE FACILITIES, SEARS AND FARM AND FLEET INDICATED THAT THIS WAS AN UNUSUAL WAY FOR A TIRE TO COME APART. THE VEHICLE IS A 1998 FORD GULFSTREAM ULTRA [XXX]. THE TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH THE RV. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT WE STILL HAVE 2 OF THESE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE RV (FRONT TIRES) WE ARE OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED THAT THESE 2 WILL ALSO EXPLODE. CURRENTLY WE ARE NOT DRIVING THE RV AS IT IS IN THE SHOP AWAITING THE 2ND ESTIMATE. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEND AN INSPECTOR OUT AND VIEW THE RV AND THE DAMAGED TIRES. *NM UPDATED 07/12/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE IS WOOD AND SHEETS OF PLASTIC UNDER THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE WHICH SHOULD BE STEEL. THIS WAS CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE FLAMMABLE MATERIALS WERE USED TO CLOSE THE HOT TAIL PIPES, MUFFLER AND GAS TANK. THE SERVICE DEALER DETERMINED THIS WAS THE WAY THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGN. THE MODEL OF THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE IS SUN VOYAGER. UPDATED 7/31/2006 - THE CONSUMER IS RELUCTANT TO USE THE MOTORHOME BECAUSE OF FIRE HAZARD. *NM THE MOTOR HOME HAD A MAJOR HYDRAULIC LEAK. A NEW POWER GEAR HYDRAULIC PUMP WAS INSTALLED. THE FRONT DASH AIR WAS NOT COOLING ADEQUATELY. UPDATED 08/03/06. *JB UPDATED 8/14/2006 - THE LP GAS FURNACE COMPARTMENT ON THE INTERIOR OF THE COACH WHERE THE GAS FURNACE COMBUSTION CHAMBER IS LOOSELY LINED WITH NON FITTING PIECES OF DRYWALL. ELECTRICAL 110 VOLT LINE AND HEAVY COACH AMP LINE WAS EXPOSED AND LOOSELY PLACED UNDER THE COACHES WOOD FLOOR. THE PLACEMENT OF THE ELECTRICAL BREAKERS, FUSES, ALL MAIN ELECTRICAL LINE JUNCTION LOCATION ALONG WITH CONVERTER BOX WERE PLACED UNDER THE REAR BEDROOM BED. *NM UPDATED 08/14/06. 8JB

EXHAUST FUMES AND SOOT ENTERING REAR OF MOTOR COACH. FUMES ARE DETECTED WHILE RIDING DOWN HIGHWAY. SOOT IS IN CLOSET WHEN VEHICLE STOPS AFTER LONG TRIP. SEVERAL PEOPLE STATED THAT THEY SMELLED DIESEL FUMES FROM DECEMBER 2005 WHEN I PURCHASED COACH. I FINALLY LET SOMEONE ELSE DRIVE AND I WENT IN BACK AND COULD SMELL THE DIESEL FUMES. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE CLOSET WAS LEAKING DIESEL SOOT INTO THE CLOSET, IT IS BLACK ALL OVER INSIDE OF CLOSET. *NM

1997 GULFSTREAM CONQUEST 28' MOTORHOME. 6/29/06, HAD ALL 6 TIRES INSPECTED BY DEALER IN ANCHORAGE, AK. VERIFIED CORRECT TIRE PRESSURE. DROVE APPOX. 400 MILES, HEARD LOUD BANG, NO WARNING, NO VIBRATION. COMPLETE TIRE TREAD SEPARATION FROM FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R4S LT225/75R16 INSIDE RT REAR DUAL. REPLACED WITH SPARE OF UNFORTUNATELY SAME MANUFACTURE/SIZE. MILEAGE ON FAILED TIRE: 21,600. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM THAT OPENS THE DOOR REQUIRED AN EXTEND STRETCH TO CLOSE THE DOOR. THIS EXTENSION COULD RESULT IN THE OCCUPANT POSSIBLY FALLING FROM THE MOTOR HOME. ADDITIONALLY, THE BASEMENT DOORS HAVE SHARP EDGES THAT POSE RISK TO SMALL CHILDREN OR ADULTS WHO MAY NOT NOTICE THEM. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO SOLUTION OFFERED TO EITHER PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS A 2006 GULF STREAM, MODEL INDEPENDENCE LS.*AK

[XXX]. 2005 GULFSTREAM SUN VOYAGER 8377 MOTOR HOME PASSENGER SIDE VIEW MIRROR COVER (BLACK PLASTIC, MEASURING 18" LONG BY 8" HIGH BY 6" WIDE AND WEIGHING 27 OUNCES) FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING. INSPECTION OF THE PART REVEALED THE PLASTIC FRACTURED AT ITS TWO ATTACHMENT POINTS DUE TO NORMAL AIR PRESSURE WHILE DRIVING. THE SIDE VIEW MIRROR ARMS AND COVERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MOTOR HOME SHAKE A LOT IN THE WIND DURING NORMAL DRIVING. INSPECTION OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR COVER REVEALED PARTIAL PLASTIC FRACTURES AT THE SAME TWO ATTACHMENT POINTS, SO I REMOVED THE COVER TO AVOID ITS FALLING OFF. IF THIS FAILURE WERE TO OCCUR WHILE DRIVING ON A MULTI-LANE HIGHWAY THE LARGE MIRROR COVER COULD HEAD AT THE WINDSHIELD OF AN ADJACENT VEHICLE, PERHAPS CAUSING THE DRIVER TO SWERVE AND LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS ON A TWO LANE ROAD WHEN THE MIRROR COVER FELL OFF, SO IT LANDED IN THE GRASS ALONGSIDE THE ROAD. I HAVE DETAILED DIGITAL PHOTOS OF THE FAILED PART AND ITS ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE, AS WELL AS THE PART. *NM UPDATED 07/16/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)