HOLIDAY RAMBLER Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ENDEAVOR. AFTER RETURNING FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, THE CONTACT'S SON IN-LAW NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. HE OPENED THE SIDE COMPARTMENT AND FLAMES APPEARED. A FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS USED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY ADVISED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE ALPINHAUS RV DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET A TECHNICIAN TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER CALLED THE CONTACT AND STATED THAT ALL THE REPAIRS WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 3,046. UPDATED 10/03/08 *BF THE THERMOSTAT IN THE REFRIGERATOR WAS REPLACED TWICE, THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT SWITCH FOR THE RECLINER WOULD STICK, THE SPEAKERS IN THE BEDROOM WAS MAKING A CRACKLING SOUND, THE VENT IN THE TOILET DID NOT WORK AUTOMATICALLY, THE ENTRY DOOR WAS BROKEN, THE BREAKER SWITCHES WERE BROKEN, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS OFF CENTER AND THE BATHROOM DOOR SQUEAKED. UPDATED 10/07/08. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 ALUMLINE MOTORCYLE TRAILER (NA). THE AXLE IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE TRAILER WHEN IT SHOULD BE LOCATED CLOSER TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER SENT CABINETS TO ADD WEIGHT TO THE TRAILER. IN ADDITION, THE TONGUE WEIGHT IS THREE PERCENT INSTEAD OF TEN PERCENT. THE TRAILER SWAYS WHENEVER IT IS USED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 2,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ALUMASCAPE. THE CONTACT NOTICED HAIRLINE FRACTURES (STRESS FRACTURES) WITHIN THE STEEL FRAME, FROM FRONT TO BACK. THERE WERE ALSO WELDED BRACKETS, WHICH WOULD GIVE THE FRAME MORE STRENGTH; HOWEVER, WELDS WERE FRACTURED ON THE BRACE PIECES AS WELL. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BOX WOULD SWAY. IN ADDITION, THE TRAILER ALIGNMENT WAS OFF AND CREATED THE ILLUSION THAT THE TIRES WERE OFFSET FROM THE TRAILER. THE TIRES ACTUALLY STRUCK THE FRAME DUE TO THE SWAYING. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V483000 (STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS), WHICH DESCRIBED THE SAME FAILURE SHE WAS EXPERIENCING. BOTH THE FRAME MANUFACTURER AND THE TRAILER MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE RECALL APPLIED TO LARGER MODELS, AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

PURCHASE A MONACO 2005 PRESIDENTIAL WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE REAR AXLES CAME OFF TWICE, ONE IN SLC UTAH AND ONE IN TEXAS. THEY WERE REWELDED IN THE FIELD. WE HAVE PICTURES SHOWING THE AXLE WAS NOT WELDED PROPERLY FROM THE FACTORY TO BEGIN WITH. WE BLEW TWO SETS OF TIRES DUE TO THE AXLES DROPPING WHICH CAUSED THE REAR TIRES TO RUB THUS CAUSING SMOKE. WE TOOK THE RV TO A FACTORY DEALER IN DRAPER UTAH WHO REFUSED TO TOUCH HE AXLE DUE TO LIABILITY. WE HIRED A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR WHO GOT MONACO TO COME OUT AND SUPPOSEDLY RE DO ALL THE WELDS AND PLACE AN UPGRADE TO STABILIZE THE RIG. WE TOOK THE RIG TO BUY NEW TIRES AND WERE TOLD WE HAD A HUGE PROBLEM BY THE TIRE EXPERTS. WE TOOK THE RIG TO A SPECIALIZED ALIGNMENT SHOP WHO POINTED OUT NUMEROUS INFERIOR WELDS THAT HAD BEEN DONE BY THE FACTORY GENTLEMAN. THEY DEEMED THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT HIGH SPEEDS. THEY ALIGNED IT, AND WE HIRED AN ENGINEER TO CHECK THE VEHICLE FOR STRESS AND TO INSPECT THE WELDS. HE DEEMED THEM UNSATISFACTORY AND NOT SAFE. THEY MUST BE ALL REDONE TO MEET AMERICAN SOCIETY OF WELDERS CODES. HE ALSO STATED NUMEROUS OTHER VIOLATIONS IN HIS DOC'S WE DON'T HAVE SPACE HERE TO WRITE. WE FOUND OUT TODAY THAT THE RIG IS UNDER A NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 04V483000 AND MONACO RECALL R02233. IN OUR CONVERSATION TODAY WITH THE MONACO EXECUTIVE HE TOLD OUR INVESTIGATOR AND US THIS RECALL IS ALL WRONG AND MONACO WILL DO NOTHING MORE. " THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER HELPED US", THEY SHOULD HAVE LEFT US ALONE AND NEVER SENT OUR THERE MAN TO HELP. NOW WE HAVE AN UNSAFE FIFTH WHEEL HE CLAIMS "HE DOES NOT CARE WHAT THE WELDS LOOK LIKE" AND MONACO HAS NO RECALL. WE CALLED NHTSA TO VERIFY AND WE ARE LOST AND NEED YOUR HELP. *TR UPDATED 07/23/08. *KB THE WELD ON THE REAR BRACE OF THE REAR AXLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BROKE OFF TWICE. UPDATED 07/23/08

BRAKE FAILURE, ALL FOUR WHEELS ON 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER NEPTUNE, AS ACCORDING TO NHTSA#02V278000L. REPLACED ALL FOUR CALIPERS AND ONE HYDR DISC ONE BRAKE PAD 2 SEAL 2 SCOTSEAL 2GASKETS. *TR

FRONT DRIVER & PASSENGER WINDOWS ARE DOUBLE PANE AND THEIR SEAL HAS BROKEN ALLOWING MOISTURE TO ENTER THE WINDOW. THE MOISTURE CONDENSES INSIDE THE PANES AND CANNOT BE REMOVED. THE CONDENSATION OBSCURES VISION OF TRAFFIC, INCLUDING THE SIDE REAR VIEW MIRRORS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION. HOLIDAY RAMBLER (NOW MONACO) PARTS PERSON ACKNOWLEDGED ALOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BUT H.R. IS/HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER VACATIONER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES ARE STICKING AND OVERHEATING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ABS FAILED. IN FEBRUARY OF 2008, THE BRAKES OVERHEATED, WHICH CAUSED THE ABS TO FAIL AND HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE BRAKES LOCK AND CAUSE THEM TO OVERHEAT, STICK, AND DRAG. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP AND THREE SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 02V278000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: FOUNDATION COMPONENTS) WAS REFERENCED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HOLIDAY RAMBLER IMPERIAL. IN 25 BELOW DEGREE WEATHER, THE CONTACT WOULD START HIS VEHICLE AND THE ROTORS WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM THE BRAKE PADS. THIS CREATED A DRAGGING EFFECT. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN A MILE, THE ROTORS WOULD HEAT UP AND SMOKE WOULD APPEAR FROM THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE BRAKE CHAMBER AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS FULL OF WATER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,500. UPDATED 04/23/08. *LJ A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE FRONT AXLE AND THE FRONT DISC BRAKES. WHEN THE MECHANIC PULLED THE AIR CHAMBER OFF THE CALIBER ASSEMBLY, HE FOUND THE ACTUATOR CHAMBERS COMPLETELY FULL OF WATER. UPON FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF THE CALIBER ASSEMBLIES, HE FOUND THE WATER TO BE ROAD WATER AND THE MIGRATION ROUTE WAS THROUGH THE SILICONE SEALANT USED TO SEAL THE ASSEMBLY IN PLACE OF A GASKET. THE OVERHEATING CONDITIONS WERE CAUSED FROM ICE IN THE ASSEMBLY. AFTER ENOUGH HEAT WAS GENERATED TO MELT THE ICE, THE BRAKE WOULD FINALLY RELEASE. UPDATED.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE, BUT HAD ALREADY TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE NOTICE. THE ABS SENSOR WAS REPLACED TWICE AND ALL OF THE BRAKING COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED ON MAY 12, 2003 UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 02V278000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS). THE BRAKE ASSEMBLIES EXHIBITED ELEVATED TEMPERATURES THAT COULD LEAD TO CATASTROPHIC DETERIORATION OF THE WHEEL END COMPONENTS SUCH AS THE BEARINGS, RACES, SPINDLES, KNUCKLES, SEALS, HUBS, ROTORS, PATCH BOLTS, CALIPERS, BRAKE PADS, AND ABS SENSORS. ON MARCH 28, 2008, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE COMPONENTS FAILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,411 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,896. UPDATED 04/23/08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED 2ND FAILURE WAS ON 03/08 @ 51,896 R/REAR LOCKED COMPLETELY REBUILT AND REAR BRAKE. UPDATED 04/23/08 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR. WHILE 55 MPH, THE CALIPERS WOULD LOCK THE BRAKES, WHICH CAUSED THE WHEELS TO OVERHEAT. IN ADDITION, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL BEARINGS, SEALS, BRAKE PADS ALSO FAILED. THE DEALER MADE THE REPAIR HOWEVER; THE ABS WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 24,000.