2015 KEYSTONE ALPINE Complaints

TWO TIRE FAILURES WITHIN 100 MILES, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF TRAVEL TRAILER. TIRES WERE ABOUT A YEAR OLD AND HAD WELL UNDER 5,000 MILES. TIRES WERE INFLATED TO MAX RECOMMENDED PSI AND TIRES/HUBS WERE INSPECTED A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE INCIDENTS OCCURRED. TRAILER WEIGHT WAS WELL UNDER MAX WEIGHT ALLOWED AND WELL WITHIN THE RATINGS OF THE TIRES. EACH FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 60MPH ON HIGHWAY. TREAD SUDDENLY SEPARATED. TREAD SLAPPED UNDERSIDE AND SIDE OF TRAILER, RIPPING OUT PLYWOOD, INSULATION, SKIRTING, RUBBER SEALS, WIRING, ETC. SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE.

I WAS TAKING MY FIFTH WHEEL FROM MY HOUSE AND PUTTING IT IN TO STORAGE, ABOUT 4 MILES AWAY. I NOTICED WHEN ARRIVING, MY FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER WAS LEANING TO THE RIGHT. I CHECKED UNDER THE CAMPER AND NOTICED THE RIGHT REAR LEAF SPRING WAS NOT IN THE REAR HANGER BRACKET AND WAS LODGED UP INSIDE THE FRAME. I ALSO NOTICED RUBBING TO THE RIGHT REAR TIRE DUE TO THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM / LEAF SPRING. I USED THE HYDRAULIC LEVELING SYSTEM AND A PRY BAR AND HAMMER TO GET THE LEAF SPRING BACK IN TO THE REAR HANGER BRACKET. I THEN INSTALLED A HIGH TENSION BOLT I PURCHASED FROM FASTENAL TO GET IT TO A RV DEALERSHIP ABOUT 15 MILES AWAY. THE RV DEALER SERVICE DEPT. INSTALLED A NEW LIPPERT BOLT. THE ROADS FROM MY HOUSE TO THE STORAGE UNIT ARE OF VERY GOOD CONDITION AND A FEW TURNS FROM STREET TO STREET. I WAS DRIVING NO MORE THAN 45 MPH. I AM WONDERING WHAT DAMAGE MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED IF I WERE ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED AND THIS LIPPERT BOLT OR ANOTHER OF THE ELEVEN HAPPENS TO SHEAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KEYSTONE ALPINE TRAILER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ROOF BEGAN TO DETACH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ADHESIVE ON THE VEHICLE TO KEEP THE ROOF ATTACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 11/07/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE ROOF STARTED FLAPPING . IT WAS DETERMINED IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. KEYSTONE COVERED THE COSTS. UPDATED 11/30/16.*JB