GULF STREAM Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, THE INSIDE RIGHT DUEL TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. *AK *TS *JB

THE INSIDE TANDEM TIRES FAILED, AND BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. THE OWNER CHECKED THE TIRE INFLATION AND WEIGHT OF THE MOTORHOME LOADED AND UNLOADED. THE OWNER HAD (3) DIFFERENT TIRE MANUFACTURES AND BRANDS OF TIRES. THIS MOTORHOME HAD PROPANE LINES INSIDE THE WHEEL WELD. HE WAS TOLD BY GULFSTREAM TO USE A BIGGER TIRE. *TS *JB

TWO RIMS ON THE VEHICLE CRACKED ABOUT 8 INCHES IN DIFFERENT PLACES ON THE RIMS. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED BUT TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THEY GUARANTEE ONLY FOR ONE YEAR (MODEL "YELLOW STONE"). *NLM

THE VEHICLES PROPANE GAS LINES ARE LOCATED IN THE WHEEL WELL. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT IF THERE IS A TIRE BLOW OUT THE GAS LINE MAY RUPTURE AND CAUSE A FIRE. *NLM THE VEHICLES PROPANE GAS LINES ARE LOCATED IN THE WHEEL WELL. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT IF THERE IS A TIRE BLOW OUT THE GAS LINE MAY RUPTURE AND CAUSE A FIRE. *MR

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

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED APPLIED BRAKES AND WITHOUT WARNING BRAKES FAILED, VEHICLE HESITATED TO STOP. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND MECHANIC INDICATED THERE WAS A GLAZE ON BRAKE ROTORS THAT PREVENTED PROPER STOPPING DISTANCE. VEHICLE IS A 14,000 GVWR MOTOR HOME. *AKWHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY DO NOT RELEASE AND STILL RUB THE ROTORS. THE BRAKES BECAME SO HOT THEY BURNED THE RUBBER GUARDS. ON THE BRAKE PISTONS. ONE OF THE CALIPERS NEEDED REPLACING. *JG

RETURNED FROM TRIP. SET PARKING BRAKE. MOTORHOME WAS STILL IN GEAR AND WENT DOWN THE ROAD. I THOUGHT THE BRAKES NEEDED ADJUSTMENT. TOOK MOTORHOME TO A LICENSED TRUCK REPAIR FACILITY. MOTORHOME WAS CHECKED OUT BY A QUALIFIED BRAKE EXPERT. ONLY THING HE COULD FIND WRONG WAS THE MAXI BRAKE CHAMBERS WERE NOT BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD THE MOTORHOME. INSTALLED TWO BIGGER CHAMBERS AND THE PARKING BRAKE WORKS PROPERLY AND THE SERVICE BRAKES SEEM BETTER. CONTACTED THE CHASSIS BUILDER AND WAS TOLD THIS MORNING THAT THE MOTORHOME HAD THE INCORRECT CHAMBERS AND THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENTS. THEY CALLED ME BACK THIS AFTERNOON AND SAID THE SMALL CHAMBERS WERE CORRECT AND EVEN THOUGH THEY WOULD NOT HOLD THE MOTORHOME, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. IF THEY WERE THE PROPER BRAKE CHAMBERS, THEY SHOULD HOLD THE MOTORHOME. THEY DIDN'T AND THE REPAIR FACILITY COULD FIND NOTHING ELSE WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. THE BIGGER CHAMBERS WORK AS INTENDED.*JB

WHILE DRIVING THREE REAR TIRES BLEWOUT, CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. SIZE LTR22575R16, MODEL LTXM-S. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. *AK DOT # VDIL 1XD O58 DA 1080 F DO6 AND VDIL 1XD 058 DA 180 F 201L. *YH

1996 F3012LE MODEL. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT NOSE CONE FIBER GLASS IS PULLING AWAY FROM FRONT OF TRAILER. THERE IS A RECALL CAMPAIGN 98V283000. *TT

HEARD A BIG POP AND A COUPLE OF FLAPS, THEN THE MOTORHOME QUICKLEY VIERRED TO THE RIGHT WITH NO CONTROL, SMASHED INTO SEVERAL TREES , TOTALLING THE MOTORHOME. THE TREAD ON THE TIRE SEPERATED AND CAME OFF THE CORE OF THE TIRE.