2000 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ENDEAVOR Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HOLIDAY RAMBLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES EMITTED INSIDE THE MOTOR HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED THAT NAILS USED TO CONSTRUCT THE KITCHEN AREA IN THE MOTOR HOME WERE TOO LONG AND CREATED EXPOSED SHARP POINTS THAT PUNCTURED THE PROPANE FUEL LINES TO THE GAS STOVE. THE FAILURE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. UPDATED 11/01/16*LJ UPDATED 08/28/2017*CT

I WENT TO CHECK STATUS OF MY MOTOR HOME PARK AT MY HOME AND FULLY HOOKED UP ,WHICH I DO AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK AS WEEK KEEP FOOD IN THE FREEZER. WHEN I ENTERED THE MOTOR HOME I SMELLED A STRANGE ODER AND THE REFRIGERATOR CONTROL WAS BEEPING AND FLASHING A CODE L1 OP . I CAME IN THE HOUSE TO CHECK THE CODE ON THE COMPUTER, AND FOUND IT WAS A COOLING UNIT SENSOR WAS BAD AND IT WAS ON RECALL FOR MY UNIT AND TO TURN EVERYTHING OFF AND UNPLUG REFRIGERATOR. I WENT OUT AND TOOK THE PANEL TO UNPLUG THE REFRIGERATOR . THAT WHEN I NOTICED THE COOLING UNIT WAS ON FIRE AND SMOLDERING. I UNPLUGGED THE REFRIGERATOR AND TORE OUT THE SMOLDERING INSULATION . IF I HAD NOT WENT OUT TO CHECK MY MOTOR HOME WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BURNT UP. I NOTIFIED NORCOLD AND SENT THEM A PICTURES AND MY CASE IS UNDER REVIEW CASE # 8188. MY UNIT # S 9322513 AND COOLING UNIT IS 12914586 AND IS A 1200LRIM MODEL.. THE RECALL IS FOR S/N 315525 TO 13088811 . EVERYONE SHOULD BE ALERTED BEFORE IT'S TO LATE

MONACO COACH HAD A FIRE IN THE SUMMER OF 2002. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE RECALL FOR THE NORCOLD COOLING UNIT IS SIX YEARS AFTER THE FACT. *NJ THE REFRIGERATOR WAS DESTROYED. *JB

WINDSHIELD IS NOT TIGHTLY SECURED BY GASKET AT UPPER LEFT CORNER. ON A DAILY BASIS, WHEN OPERATING VEHICLE, THE WINDSHIELD/GASKET WORKS ITS WAY OUT. I MUST CONTINUALLY STOP AND PULL THE GASKET & WINDSHIELD BACK INTO PLACE. ON OCCASION, THE GASKET HAS COME LOOSE UP TO 12 INCHES ON THE VERTICAL AND 18 INCHES ON THE HORIZONTAL. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS THE WINDSHIELD COULD COME OUT COMPLETELY ENDANGERING THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER. THE MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED SEVERAL TIMES AND INFORMED ME THAT THEY WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH THIS PROBLEM. NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. *JB

2000 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ENDEAVOR MICHELIN TIRE ALL BLEW OUT. *TS THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED EIGHT TIRE BLOW OUTS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED, AMD THE FIRST DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT. THE SECOND DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS A RESTRICTION , AND THEY STEAM CLEANED THE RADIATOR. NEITHER PROCEDURE CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. *AK

LRT REQUEST INVESTIGATION INTO FAILURE OF 3 THE 6 TIRES ON 2000 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ENDEAVOR MOTOR HOME. *BF WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT. THE TWO REAR CURB SIDE TIRES FAILED IN APRIL OF 2004. THE CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER BUT NEITHER PARTY WOULD TAKEN AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAILURE. THE CONSUMER REQUEST $2,100. FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF ALL 6 TIRES AND $1000. FOR ESTIMATED REPAIR OF DAMAGES TO THE CURB SIDE WHEEL WELL (DOT NUMBER OF THREE OF THE ORIGINAL TIRES INCLUDING ONE OF THE FAILED TIRES, DOT B6H6AK3X419, DOT B6H6AK3X429, DOT B6H6AK3X429). *NM

ZIPPER BLOWOUT ON MICHELIN 255 R80 22.5 XRV FRONT RIGHT AND FRONT LEFT TIRES AT TWO SEPARATE TIMES. FIRST ON 7/24/04 HWY I- 64, N.CAROLINA HOLIDAY RAMBLER (2000)ENDEAVOR 40' TVL SPEED ABOUT 60 MPH. OUTER SIDEWALL RUPTURED, 13,302 MILES. SECOND BLOWOUT, FRONT LEFT ON 8/10/04, HWY I-94, WISCONSIN, 14,498 MILES 60 MPH. CONFIRMED COACH WITHIN VEHICLE GVW, TIRE PRESSURE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AT CORRECT LEVEL ACCORDING TO MICHELIN PRODUCT BULLETIN REC'D IN 2000 (BEFORE WE BEGAN USING THE VEHICLE ON THE ROAD). MICHELIN ASKED TO COVER COST OF TIRE REPLACEMENTS. OFFERED TO PAY FOR FIRST BLOWOUT COST VERBALLY, GAVE 5 DAYS TO ACCEPT VERBAL OFFER UNLESS WE HAD VEHICLE WEIGHED ON CERT. SCALE. WE REQUESTED WRITTEN NOTICE, MICHELIN REP REFUSED TO PROVIDE INFO IN WRITING VIA THEIR LEGAL DEPT. AND REVOKED ANY FURTHER CONSIDERATION OVER AND ABOVE INITIAL OFFER TO PAY FOR 1ST TIRE COST THIS WAS AFTER WE HAD CERT.SCALE DOCUMENTATION. (WE WERE NOT OVERWEIGHT.) ALONG WITH COST OF TIRE REPLACEMENT, THE RIGHT WHEEL PANEL WAS BLOWN OFF, AND WE WILL HAVE TO PAY COST OF REPAIR/RESTORATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD AN EXPLOSION AND PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER. CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE REAR INSIDE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE BLEW OUT AT THE SIDEWALL. *AK

AFTER THE TIE ROD RECALL WAS PERFORMED, THE TRUCK'S FRONT END ALIGNMENT WAS OFF. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THEY ALIGNED THE FRONT END TO FACTORY SPEC. THE DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, INDICATING THAT BY LAW THEY ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO ALIGN BY FACTORY SETTING.*AK