ITASCA Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH LEFT REAR INSIDE TIRE SEPARATED FROM TREAD. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON WINNABAGO, ITASCA, 2000.*AK FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S, 225/75R16 E. *MJ

WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FORCE TO PEDAL TO STOP. IT RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION.*AK

DRIVING ON FLAT,DRY,INTERSTATE 70MPH, APPROX. 60DEGREES, DRIVERS SIDE INSIDE DUALLY TIRE TREAD PEELED OFF. TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE AND FLAPPED AGAINST UNDERSIDE OF RV. ACCORDING TO TRUCK SVC STATION, LOOKED JUST LIKE WILDERNESS AT ISSUE. DAMAGED UNDERSIDE OF RV DENTING FUEL LINE, BREAKING OFF FUEL CAP, CRACKING FULE CAP ASSEMBLY, THE MUD FLAP AND WELDED SUPPORT METAL BROKEN OFF. FLAPPING NOISE AT 70MPH OF TREAD AGAINST WHEEL WELLS SOUNDED LIKE THE RV WAS DRAGGING SIDEWAYS DOWN THE HIGHWAY. NOTHING ON ROADWAY, NO IMPACT. I LOOKED ALL OVER HIGHWAY FOR STONES, WOOD OR ANY CAUSE. NOTHING FOUND. THANK GOD IT WASN'T A FRONT TIRE YET. WITH SPARE, GOT RV HOME (APPROX 150MI) AND PARKED FOR SEASON FOR SPRING REPAIR AND TIRE REPLACEMENT. REPLACING ALL FIRESTONES WITH MICHELIN IN SPRING. SPARE HAS FULL TREAD VS OTHER ON THAT SIDE OF AXLE. I ALSO REFUSE TO JEAPRODIZE MY FAMILY ON FIRESTONE TIRES. I WILL ALSO LOOK TO MY RV INSURANCE, FIRESTONE, AND DEALER FOR HELP TO RECOVER COST OF NEW TIRES AND REPAIRS TO THE UNDERSIDE OF RV NEEDED. (DOT NUMBER: VD1L1XD078 TIRESIZE: 225/75R16)

CONTACTED MANUFACTURER - REFUSED TO COVER UNDER WARRANTY - CLAIMS INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE - CLAIMS ROOF MUST BE INSPECTED EVERY SIX MONTHS TO INSURE THAT SEALS ARE ADEQUATE - EXTREME DANGER IF ROOF COMES COMPLETELY OFF MOTORHOME AND COMES IN CONTACT WITH TRAILING VEHICLE - DANGER TO MOTORHOME OCCUPANTS DUE TO NEED TO PERFORM EMERGENCY REPAIRS ON INTERSTATE SO THAT MOTORHOME CAN PROCEED TO EXIT INTERSTATE AT NEAREST RAMP - DISCUSSIONS WITH DEALER INDICATE THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST SUCH INCIDENT WITH ITASCA PRODUCTS - SINCE MANY MOTORHOME OWNERS ARE SENIOR CITIZENS, DANGER ON ALL COUNTS IS EXACERBATED.*AK

WHEN DRIVING UPHILL AT SLOW SPEEDS, 25-40 MPH VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER. CONSUMER APPLIED ACCELERATOR, BUT VEHICLE ONLY SLOWED DOWN. DEALER ROAD TESTED VEHICLE ON FLAT ROAD, AND STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. *AK *ET

VEHICLE IS LEAKING PROPANE DUE TO "FLARES" THAT CARRY FUEL BREAKING. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE TWICE PRIOR TO RECENT LEAK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WITH ONLY 7242 MILES ON A NEW WINNEBAGO ITSCA SUNCRUISER MOTOR HOME, WE HAD A DOUBLE BLOW OUT. AN ENTIRE CIRCLE OF RUBBER CAME OFF OF OUTSIDE TIRE AND THEN REST OF TIRE BLEW OUT, SOMETHING POKED A HOLE IN THE TIRE BEHIND THE BLOWN OUT TIRE AND IT WENT FLAT TOO. GOODYEAR HAS DENIED CLAIM STATING WE DROVE WITH UNDERINFLATED TIRES FOR AN UNDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME. WE HAD TIRES CHECKED BEFORE WE DEPARTED ON 7/6/01 AND HAD NO APPARENT TROUBLE UNTIL BLOWOUT OCCURRED. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IN THIS MOTOR HOME FAILED ENTIRELY WHEN WE GOT IT. IT WAS REPLACED. THEN WE HAD TO HAVE SPEEDOMETER REPAIRED AGAIN.*AK (TIRESIZE: 245/70R19)

RUBBER HOSE CONNECTING FUEL FILL LINE TO MAIN GAS TANK WAS CRACKED. COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE WITH MAIN FUEL TANK. NOTED WHEN FILLING TANK WITH GAS AND REPAIRED. BUT COMPANY HAS NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION REQUIRING REGULAR CHECKS FOR THIS AREA. SIMPLE FIX FOR $12.00, WHICH COULD LEAD TO MAJOR FIRE IF NOT NOTICED.

COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION AT HIGHWAY SPEED. FELT VIBRATION, STOPPED TO CHECK, WITH NO VISIBLE PROBLEMS. CONTINUED FOR A FEW MILES AND VIBRATION STOPPED. ASSUMED TO BE CAUSED BE THE ROAD. A COUPLE MILES FURTHER AND HEARD A BANG, SMELLED RUBBER BURN AND SAW TREAD FLYING OUT FROM UNDER RV. ABLE TO PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD TO DISCOVER THE CORDS TO BE INTACT, SIDEWALLS REMAINING, ALL TREAD MISSING. TIRE STILL HOLDING AIR. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VD1L1XD279 TIRESIZE: LT22575R16)

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SUDDENDLY BROKE FROM THE FLOOR SUPPORT RESULTING IN A SUDDEN AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER, PLASTIC HOLLOW PIN , WHICH SECURES THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR BROKE, OWNER FIXED THE FAILURE BY DRILLING OUT THE PLASTIC PIN AND INSERTING A 1/4 X 3 1/2 INCH BOLT THROUGH THE PIN, PEDAL AND FLOOR SUPPORT. CJ