HOLIDAY RAMBLER Complaints

TL* - THE CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL # 06E076000 CONCERNING RV, DOMETIC. NDR1062 DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR. THE CONTACT HAS NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH HOLIDAY RAMBLER TO DATE AND UNDERSTOOD THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE PRODUCTION NUMBER WAS921 14 60 83, AND THE MANUFACTURING DATE WAS 03 /31 /1999 . *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ANTILOCK BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THERE WAS AN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THAT DUE TO ELEVATED TEMPERATURES FROM THE BRAKES, THERE WAS CORROSION OF THE FOUNDATION BRAKING COMPONENTS SUCH AS THE CALIPERS, ROTORS, BRAKE PADS, BRAKE LINES, AND THE ABS SENSORS WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. A NHTSA RECALL, #02V278000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING, THE SERVICE BRAKE'S FOUNDATION COMPONENTS HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT OFFER A SECOND REPAIR UNDER THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH ON CLEAR DRY ROAD CONDITIONS, THE BRAKES LOCKED UP, AND THE ABS LIGHT ON THE DASH ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER, AND THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHO DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKES HAD OVERHEATED, AND BURNED OUT THE ABS SENSOR. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO LET THE VEHICLE COOL DOWN, BEFORE CONTINUING TO DRIVE. THE ABS SENSOR WAS REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED 4 MONTHS LATER WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH. THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED A THIRD TIME A COUPLE MONTHS LATER. ON 08/18/04, A NHTSA RECALL LETTER #02V278000 REGARDING SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: FOUNDATION COMPONENTS WAS RECEIVED. THE CALIPERS WERE NOT REPLACED, EVEN THOUGH THE RECALL STATED SO. THE VEHICLE'S BRAKED LOCKED UP TWO MORE TIMES AFTER THE RECALL WORK, AND THE ABS SENSOR WAS REPLACED BOTH TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND DETERMINED THAT THE COST OF THE CALIPERS WOULD BE COVERED, BUT NOT THE LABOR. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND DETERMINED THAT THE ABS SENSOR BURNED OUT BECAUSE THE DEFECTIVE CALIPERS WERE LOCKING UP. THIS WAS A HOLIDAY RAMBLER / AMBASSADOR .*AK THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR THE BRAKE REPAIRS WHICH WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. UPDATED 12/15/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BACK THE VEHICLE INTO A SHED, THE TWO REAR TIRES COLLIDED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO DETERMINED THERE WAS A CRACK WHERE THE REAR FRAME SHACKLE ATTACHED TO THE FRAME. UPDATED 12/5/2006 - THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND REFERENCED NHTSA RECALL 04V-483. THE RECALL WAS FOR HOLIDAY RAMBLER PRESIDENTIAL 5TH WHEELS 34 FEET AND ABOVE MANUFACTURED JUNE 15, 1998 THROUGH JULY 11, 2003. THE CONSUMER'S HOLIDAY RAMBLER EXPERIENCED THE VERY SAME FRAME FAILURE AS MENTIONED IN THE RECALL. *NM

MOISTURE BETWEEN INSULATED PIECES OF WINDOW GLASS BECAME INCREASINGLY WORSE UNTIL WE CAN NO LONGER SEE OUR MIRRORS. THIS IS ON A 1999 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ADMIRAL MOTOR HOME. WE TRIED TO DRY THE WINDOW WITH A HAIR DRYER WHICH DID NOT WORK.WE HAD TO REMOVE THE INSULATION SEAL BETWEEN THE PANES TO TRY TO REMOVE THE MOISTURE. THAT HAS LEFT A DRY SURFACE BUT WE CAN NOT SEE OUT THE WINDOW. WE HAVE TO KEEP THE WINDOW OPEN AND THE PASSENGER HAS TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW TO SAFELY MAKE LANE CHANGES OR TURNS. WE CONTACTED HOLIDAY RAMBLER TO GET THE WINDOW MFR. AND WERE TOLD THEY HAD GONE BANKRUPT. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THESE WINDOWS? IT IS THE FRONT SLIDER WINDOWS.

2002 HOLIDAY RAMBLER MOTORHOME - FRAME FAILURE WHERE TOW RECEIVER HITCH ATTACHES TO EXTENDED CHASSIS FRAME. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE TOWING AN ENCLOSED TRAILER WHICH MET ALL WEIGHT SPECIFICATIONS OF RV MANUFACTURER. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH ON A COUNTRY ROAD, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE ODOR OF SOMETHING BURNING WAS PRESENT. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, ELECTRICAL WIRES AROUND THE BRAKES AND REAR WHEELS WERE MELTED. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER WAS ALERTED, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO ALERTED. THE MOTOR HOME WAS A 2001 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE DRIFTED AND OVER STEERED AT THE SMALLEST ADJUSTMENT. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TRAILER THERE WAS AN OUTSIDE SAFETY LIGHT WHICH WAS INSTALLED ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE DOOR; NOT PROVIDING THE APPROPRIATE ILLUMINATION FOR VISIBILITY. THE CONTACT HAS OBSERVED MANY OTHER TRAILERS CONSTRUCTED THIS WAY WHICH CAUSED A PERSON TO FALL GETTING OUT OF THE TRAILER DUE TO THE LACK OF VISIBILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MANUFACTURER BUT NOT THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER DETERMINED THE TRAILER WAS MANUFACTURED THIS WAY AND WERE UNWILLING TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. THE VEHICLE IS NOT A DRIVABLE TRAILER, IT ATTACHES TO A VEHICLE. UPDATED 9/13/2006 - *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS ON BUMPY ROADS THE MOTOR HOME SWAYED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE REAR STABILIZER HOLDING BRACKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.