1998 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ENDEAVOR Complaints

PREMATURE TIRE DETERIATION BY CRACKS IN SIDEWALL.40000 MILES ON THIS TIRE OVER PERIOD OF 5 YEARS .MICHELIN RV HAVE HISTORY OF CRACKING EVEN THOUGH MAINTATNED PROPERLY AND DRIVEN PROPERLY ,LOADED PROPERLY AND DRIVEN REASONABILE MILAGE PR YEAR .I HAD PREVIOUS TROULBE WITH MICHELIN RV TIRES WITH 3 BLOW OUTS ,EVEN NO APARENT DEFECT SHOWING INCASING OF TIRE. THIS TIRE IS A XRV SERIES 12`PLY RV TIRE .IT HAS NOT B;LOWN OUT BUT WILL BE REPLACED DUE TO PREMATURE DEFECT IN SIDEWALL BY CRACKS SHOWING.MICHELIN SHOULD BE NOTIFIED OF INCIPIENT FAILURE IF CONTINUED IN SERVICE .MY EXPERIENCE WITH MICHELIN CORP.HAS NOT BEEN GOOD IN PAST ,THEY CLAIMING I DID NOT MAINTAIN TIRE PROPERLY .I CHANGED TO ANOTHER BRAND TIRE OTHER HOLIDAY RAMBLER I OWNED AND THSE TIRES DID NOT DETERIATE IN SIDEWALL OVER 6 YEARS USEAGE .I CONSIDER THESE MICHELIN RV TIRES A SAFETY HAZARD`AND VERY DANGEROUS TO BE USED ON RV UNITS .

DT: GOOD YEAR TIRES, FAILUR ON RIGHT REAR OUTSIDE DEUL, TREAD SEPERATION HAPPENED, DAMAGAE TO THE MOTOR HOME. LOOKING AT THE RIGHT FRONT TRIES, I FOUND BULDGES ON THE TREAD, SPARE TIRE ALSO HAD A BULDGE TYPE SPOT ON IT. I HAVE CALLED GOODYEAR, AND SAID THEY COULD PRO RATE FOR NEW ONES. DID TAKE TO THE PRODUCT DAMAGE DEPARTMENT. WAS NOT SATIFICED WITH THE RESPONCE AND THEY SAID NO SAFETY RECALL.

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. CONSUMER STATED THAT FRONT AXLE WAS OVERLOADED. *AK

THE GVWR OF THE MOTOR HOME IS GROSSLY INSUFFICIENT FOR THE INTENDED USE. I BELIEVE THIS VEHICLE IS A DANGER TO MY FAMILY AND OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. THE MOTOR HOME HAS A GVWR OF 19,400 POUNDS. THE FRONT AXLE RATING IS 6,000 POUNDS WITH THE REAR AXLES CARRYING THE BALANCE OF 13,400 POUNDS. THE VEHICLE WAS WEIGHED ON A CERTIFIED SCALE WITH EMPTY HOLDING TANKS, HALF A TANK OF GAS, < TANK OF WATER AND FULL PROPANE. THE FRONT AXLE, WITH A DRIVER, SCALED AT 5,800 POUNDS AND THE REAR WAS 13,120 POUNDS FOR A TOTAL CURB WEIGHT OF 18,920 POUNDS. I HAVE A NET CARRY CAPACITY OF 480 POUNDS. WITH A 200-POUND CAPACITY REMAINING ON THE FRONT AXLE THAT MEANS THAT WHEN I PUT MY FAMILY ON BOARD, THE FRONT AXLE IS SERIOUSLY OVERLOADED. THE ADDITION OF MY WIFE, TWO CHILDREN AND THE FAMILY DOG TAKE THE WEIGHT BEYOND GVWR. NO FOOD AND NO CLOTHING ARE ON BOARD. THE FUEL TANK IS HALF EMPTY. CONSUMERS NEED PROTECTION FROM THIS KIND OF DECEPTION AND/OR FRAUD. MANY LIVES ARE ENDANGERED WHEN THIS KIND OF IRRESPONSIBLE MANUFACTURING IS PERMITTED.

BRAKE SQUEALED REPEATEDLY AND FRONT BRAKE SHOES FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, AFTERWARD BRAKE DRUMS WERE UNFITTED. YH