HOLIDAY RAMBLER Complaints

PREVIOUS COMPLAINT, ODI ID NUMBER 10041849, REGARDING SAFETY RECALL MONACO CAMPAIGN NO. 03V-104. COMPLAINT: VEHICLE DRIVEN MORE THAN 25,000 MILES WITH UNDER-INFLATED FRONT TIRES, & FIRST 13,500 MILES WERE DRIVEN WITH COACH SEVERELY OUT OF ALIGNMENT DUE TO FACTORY ERROR. DOES THIS MEAN FRONT TIRES ARE UNSAFE? THIS COMPLAINT: RIGHT REAR OUTSIDE TIRE THREW CENTER TREAD RESULTING IN BLOWOUT AND MINOR DAMAGE TO RV & TOW VEHICLE. THIS TIRE WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE RV.*AK

WIRING BURNED INSIDE SWITCH BOX AND MELTED SWITCH BOX ENCLOSURE DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT. *PH THE CONSUEMR BELIEVES THE TRANSFER SWITCH WAS INFERIOR IN QUALITY AND CHEAPLY DESIGNED. *NM

WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO SEE THE INSTRUMENTS ON THE DASHBOARD DUE TO POOR DESIGN AND THE WAY IT REFLECTS IN THE WINDOW. DEALER URGES CONSUMER NOT TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. *AK *MR

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR IS HANGING OFF THE HINGES. CONSUMER MANAGED TO TEMPORARILY REPAIR THE DOOR IN ORDER TO TRANSPORT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO FLOOR. DRIVER TOOK THE MOTOR HOME TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

1992 HOLIDAY RAMBLER CLASS A MOTOR HOME HAS RECURRING TIRE FAILURES. THE TIRE DEALER SAYS THE WHEELS AND TIRES ARE TOO SMALL FOR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS HAD 18 TIRE FAILURES IN 56,000 MILES. THE HIGHEST RATED TIRE AVAILABLE IS A LT235/80R 16 WHICH WAS OEM. *NLM

I HAVE A 2001 HOLIDAY RAMBLER 26' FIFTH WHEEL RV,ON THIS DATE NUMEROUS FRAME CRACKS AND BROKEN WELDS WERE FOUND WHICH CAUSED THE AXLES TO MOVE LATERALLY ABOUT 6 INCHES RESULTING IN 1 BLOWOUT AT HIGHWAY SPEED. IT APPEARS THE OPTIONAL ADJUSTABLE SUSPENSION WAS NOT PROPERLY STRENGTHENED TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE FLEXING OF THE FRAME. RV WAS INSPECTED BY A CERTIFIED WELDER OF TRAILERS SENT TO US BY THE MANUFACTURER,AND HE NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER THAT THERE WAS NO WAY HE COULD MAKE THE RV ROAD WORTHY. THE RV WAS LEFT IN KNOXVILLE,TENN. AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY FLATBED TRUCK BACK TO THE FACTORY FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR IF POSSIBLE. SEPARATION OF THE AXLE FROM THE RV AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC TO SAY THE LEAST. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT IF WE HAD CONTINUED DRIVING THAT SEPARATION OF THE AXLE WOULD HAVE OCCURRED. *LA

PROBLEMS WITH MICHELIN TIRE EQUIPMENT.*MR THE FRONT OF THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE WAS OVERWEIGHT BECAUSE THE TIRES WERE NOT COMPATIBLE. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A TIRE BLOW DUE THE VEHICLE BEING OVERWEIGHT. *JB

TIRES HAVE SEPARATED FROM SIDEWALL CAUSING A BLOWOUT AND LOSS OF CONTROL. THE OF THE FOUR TIRE HAVE FAILED. *AK *NLM

SAFETY RECALL FEDERAL CERTIFICATION LABELS-INCORRECT PSI. *MR THE CERTIFICATION LABEL STATED THE PSI SHOULD BE 105. THE CORRECTION WAS 115 PSI FOR FRONT AXLE TIRES. FAILURE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM COULD RESULT IN PREMATURE TIRE FAILURE, BLOW OUT, OR LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE MOTORHOME. THE REMEDY WOULD INVOLVE THE INSTALLATION OF THE CORRECT FEDERAL CERTIFICATION LABEL. THE CONSUMER INQUIRED WHETHER OR NOT THE FRONT TIRES WERE UNSAFE AND IF SO, WOULD THE DEALER REPLACE THEM WITHOUT ANY CHARGE TO THE CONSUMER. *PH *JB *SC