ITASCA Complaints

I AM A CERTIFIED LICENSED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN WITH 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE. I OWN MY OWN SHOP AND REPLACE GASKETS AND SEALS REGULARLY. I BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE ADHESIVE OR THE PROCESS THAT WAS USED TO BOND THE FIBER GLASS SIDES OF MY MOTOR HOME. I WAS TOLD BY THE WINNEBAGO FACTORY REP. THAT IT WAS MY FAULT THAT DELAMINATION WAS TAKING PLACE BECAUSE I DID NOT TAKE THE MOTOR HOME IN EVERY 6 MOS. TO THEIR FACILITY TO HAVE GASKETS AND SEALS INSPECTED OR RESEALED. I MAINTAIN THAT I HAVE DONE THE INSPECTIONS MYSELF AND ALL GASKETS AND SEALS ARE IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. I SEE NO WATER DAMAGE. *JB

COACH WAS FILLED WITH AN ACRID SMOKE. IT WAS FOUND THAT HYDRAULIC LINES MELTED, ALLOWING SLIDE OUTS TO MOVE DURING TRAVEL MELTED HYDRAULIC LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND INSTALLED HEAT SHIELDS-BY FRIEGHTLINER. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WASN'T CHASSIS, BUT IT WAS DUE TO THE COACH. CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *SCC....*AK

TAIL LIGHT LENSES AND MOUNTED BASE PLATE HAVE MELTED WITH CAUSE UNDETERMINED. THE OWNER DID REPLACE THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY TWICE WITH REPLACEMENTS SENT FROM THE MANUFACTURE, BUT THE PROBLEM DID REOCCUR. WINNEBAGO WILL NOT DISCUSS THE PROBLEM FURTHER SENDING THE OWNER A LETTER STATING THIS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. MR

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, T.V COAX CABLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. IT SHORTED OUT TO A UN-INSULATED 12 VOLT CIGARETTE PLUG-IN THE BEDROOM AREA.*AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE CENTER TERMINAL OF THE BEDROOM CIGARETTE LIGHTER RECEPTACLE WAS UN-INSULATED AND SHORTED TO A T.V COAX CABLE COUPLING. THIS RESULTED IN A SMALL FIRE THAT COMPLETELY BURNED THROUGH THE COAX CABLE. *YH

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE MOTORHOME KEPT OVERHAETING. CONSUMER TALKED TO A FREIGHTLINER REPRESENTATIVE WHO TOLD THEM THAT THE RADIATOR WAS IN FACT PLUGGED WITH OIL, DUST, AND DIRT BEHIND IT. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE OIL BREATHER TUBE WAS NOT LONG ENOUGH ENOUGH AND THE COOLAN FAN WOULD PICK UP THE OIL AND THROW IT ONTO THE RADIATOR.*SCC

BODY MOUNTS RIPPED OFF THE FRAME DUE TO BOLTS LOSENING WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON HIGHWAY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON JUNE 18, 2002, TREAD SEPARATION OCCURRED ON OUTSIDE DUALLY TIRE OF MOTOR HOME, RUINING ADJACENT TIRE AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO SIDE AND UNDER MOTOR HOME; JUST A LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS LATER, SAME THING HAPPENED ON OTHER SIDE, OUTSIDE TIRE SEPARATION CAUSED DAMAGE TO OUTSIDE TIRE. INSIDE TIRE BLEW 30 MILES AFTER PLACING SPARE ON OUTSIDE. DAMAGE TO SIDE AND UNDER MOTOR HOME.*AK

TREAD SEPARATION, TIRE BLEW OUT ON INSIDE, FLYING TREAD TORE REAR BRAKE LINE. 6 MORE OF THESE TIRES ON MOTORHOME. 1100 MILE ROUNDTRIP VACATION PLANNED ON AUGUST 5, 2002. HAVE GRAVE CONCERNS FOR MY FAMILY TRAVELLING ON THESE TIRES.*AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD OVERHEATED. ALSO, VEHICLE WILL SEIZE UP AND NOT STAY IN PARK. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK THERE WAS AN AUTO PARK BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO THE BRAKE CONTROL CABLE MOUNTED WITHIN ONE INCH OF THE EXHAUST PIPES. IT BURNED THROUGH THE CABLE CAUSING IT TO SEIZE UP AND THE PARKING BRAKE TO BE INOPERABLE. *JG

INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD OVERHEATED.ALSO, VEHICLE WILL SEIZE UP AND NOT STAY IN PARK. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK