HOLIDAY RAMBLER Complaints

PROCEDING ALONG INTERSTATE HWY APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN TIRE BLOWS. NO OBSTRUCTION IN ROADWAY TO CAUSE TIRE FAILURE. SIDEWALL ON TIRE WAS SPLIT APROX. 8 INCHES IN LENGTH.*AK

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

MICHELIN XRV, SIZE 255/80R-22.5, DOT#B6H6AA3+1200. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. ALSO, REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. OWNER CONTACTED THE MOTOR HOME MANUFACTURER, WHO INDICATED THAT THE TIRES WERE GAUGED FOR THIS PARTICULAR MOTOR HOME, AND THAT THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. MICHELIN INDICATED THAT THE MOTOR WAS OVER LOADED. CONSUMER DISPUTED THE ACCUSATION. THE TIRES HAD LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON THEM. *AK

I OWN A 1998 HOLIDAY RAMBLER, CLASS A MOTORHOME, PURCHASED NEW, BUILT ON A CHEVROLET CHASSIS. ON A RECENT TRIP I EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE WHILE TRAVELING. HIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CATASTROPHIC SITUATION, BUT FORTUNATELY DID NOT. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC WHO REPAIRED THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE FLUID OVERHEATED. I BELIEVE THAT THE PLACEMENT OF THE BRAKE FLUID RESEVOIR HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO THE FAILURE. ON THIS VEHICLE THE RESEVOIR IS INBOARD OF THE DRIVER-SIDE FRONT WHEEL, BETWEEN THE CHASSIS AND THE ENGINE, WHERE HEAT FROM THE ENGINE CAN AFFECT IT.*AK

MICHELIN TIRES 235/80R-XRV TIRES...THREE BLOWOUTS, BLOW AWAY A SIDE PANEL OF MOTORHOME. NO RESPONSE FROM ANY MANUFACTURER MONACO AND/OR MICHELIN. ONLY CHECK YOUR PRESSURES. WELL STOPPING AT EACH AND EVERY REST AREA TO CHECK PRESSURES AND STILL EXPERIENCING BLOWOUTS. IN ONE TRIP. WANT TO SELL MOTORHOME AFRAID TO DRIVE DOWN TO GAS STATION TO FUEL UP TO TAKE TO DEALER TO SELL. NEED TO REPLACE ALL TIRES AND COST $2,000.00. HAVE OWNED MOTORHOMES FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND FIRST TIME HAVE EVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS. I CAN SEE HOW THE INDUSTRY REACTS WHEN, JUST LUCKY AND ONLY LUCK THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED, INCLUDING THE BUSY TRAFFIC AROUND US AS WE WERE ON I-75 WHEN ALL OF THESE OCCURRED.*AK

REAR OUTER DUEL TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, AND THE TIRE BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE MOTOR HOME, AND PULLED OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. THE IS A CURRENT INVESTIGATION ON THIS ISSUE, DP-04-004. *AK *SC

EXITING EISENHOWER TUNNEL WEST BOUND ON I-70, SPEED INCREASED TO THE POINT THAT PAC-BRAKE CAUSED ENGINE SPEED TO APPROACH GOVERNED LIMIT, HARD APPLICATION OF BRAKES (ABOUT 4-5 SECONDS) TO SLOW TO LESS THAN GOVERNED SPEED APPARENTLY CAUSED EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILD UP IN LEFT REAR BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSING ABS SENSOR TO FALL OUT OF BACKING PLATE AND ABS WARNING LIGHT TO BE DISPLAYED ON DASHBOARD. THIS TENDED TO CAUSE ERRATIC BRAKE OPERATION WITH A GREAT DEAL OF BRAKE NOISE. THE UNIT IS PRESENTLY (6/16/2004) AT TULSA SPRING BEING REPAIRED AND I WILL REQUIRE RETENTION OF FAILED PARTS, VIN AND OTHER DATA CAN BE SUPPLIED I, DON'T HAVE IT AT HAND.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. THIS CAUSED CONSUMER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, AND CHANGE THE TIRE. CONSUMER STATED THAT TWO TIRES BLEW OUT WITHIN A TWO MONTH TIME FRAME. GOODYEAR, MARATHON , TIRE SIZE 275/75R/15. *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