2005 KEYSTONE MONTANA Complaints

TIRE TREADS STARTED SEPARATING AND BUBBLED UP INSIDE OF TIRE. SAW TREAD SEPARATION BEFORE ANY ACCIDENT OCCURRED AND REPLACED DEFECTIVE TIRE. WAS TOLD THE TIRE WOULD NOT HAVE LASTED ANOTHER 200 MILES.

THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN OVER THE PHONE BY BOWMAN AT ODI AND RECORDED AS A VOQ. AT AN RV PARK IN AMADO, NM, THIS OWNER OF THIS MY 2005 MONTANA WAS APPROACHED BY THE OWNER OF A 2007 MY KEYSTONE MONTANA WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED THE SEPARATION (DROP TO PAVEMENT) OF THE VEHICLE STABILIZER JACK CENTER BAR WHILE THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THIS PRIOR INCIDENT IS DESCRIBED IN VOQ 10437722. THE NEWLY-INFORMED OWNER OF THE 2005 MONTANA (REPRESENTED BY THIS VOQ) CHECKED HIS STABILIZER JACK AND DETERMINED THAT THE SCREWS INTENDED TO SECURE THE JACK CROSS MEMBER WERE NOT IN PLACE AND THE CROSS MEMBER HAD DISPLACED ITSELF LATERALLY FROM ITS INTENDED POSITION (BUT NOT TO POINT OF SEPARATION). UPDATED 03/06/12 *BF.....UPDATED 03/21/12 *BF UPDATED 03/23/12

2005 MONTANA 5TH WHEEL TRAILER WITH DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED, THE REFRIGERATOR STOPPED WORKING, DUE TO A FATIGUE CRACK IN THE BOILER TUBE WHICH CAUSED AMMONIA TO LEAK. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KEYSTONE MONTANA FIFTH WHEEL. THE VEHICLE HAS A DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR, MODEL RM2862. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AMMONIA SPRAYED FROM THE BACK OF THE REFRIGERATOR. A TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED A CRACK IN THE BACK OF THE UNIT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER REGARDING THIS SAME ISSUE. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER AND PART NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. UPDATED 11/6/08 *CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KEYSTONE MONTANA-MOUNTAINEER. THE CONTACT NOTICED YELLOW RESIDUE ON THE BACK OF THE REFRIGERATOR. HE SHUT OFF THE REFRIGERATOR AND CALLED DOMETIC. DOMETIC STATED THAT HIS SERIAL NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT WOULD LIKE THE RECALL EXPANDED TO INCLUDE HIS SERIAL NUMBER. NO OTHER VEHICLE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE. THE NAME OF THE DEALER WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 04/21/08 *BF RECALL# 074134000. UPDATED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KEYSTONE MONTANA. THE TRAILER WAS RAISED FOUR INCHES FROM THE TRUCK BED WHEN NORMALLY IT WAS RAISED EIGHT INCHES. THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE FRAME WORK BEING CRACKED. THE CAMPER WAS REPAIRED. HOWEVER, IT FAILED AGAIN, AND WAS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES AND REPAIR INVOICES. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.*AK THE CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW IF HIS INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED. UPDATED 06/19/07. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE IS ALSO KING PIN FRAME FAILURE ON THE RV. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED VARIOUS EMAILS PERTAINING TO THE CONTACT WITH THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS AND OF VARIOUS CONSUMERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WANTS TO REIMBURSED FOR REPAIRS THAT WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY HOWEVER THE DEALER STATED THAT NO REFUND WILL BE ISSUED;THE WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THE REPAIRS DUE TO THE FACT THE RV FRAME WAS ALTERED WHICH VOIDS THE WARRANTY. UPDATED 06/08/07 *TR THE CONSUMER STATED THAT A FRIEND NOTICED THAT THE PIN BOX WAS NOT LEVEL AND THAT THE LEFT SIDE WAS HIGHER THAN THE RIGHT SIDE. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED PICTURES OF THE DEFECT AND SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS FROM MONTANA OWNERS CLUB DISCUSSION FORUM. UPDATED 07/06/07 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 KEYSTONE MONTANA 3295RK 5TH WHEEL. THE WELDING MECHANIC STATED THAT OVER TIME THE SOLID TUBING THAT HAS AIR SPACE IN THE MIDDLE WORE OUT AND CAUSED CRACKS IN THE KING PIN BOX. THE MECHANIC OBSERVED ADDITIONAL STRESS FRACTURES, AND THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY WAITING TO BE REPAIRED. THE KING PIN BOX WAS ATTACHED TO THE HITCH AND WAS CONNECTED TO THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BEAM SHOULD BE 6 INCHES , BUT BECAUSE OF THE STRESS FRACTURES THE BEAM WAS 4 INCHES. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED KEYSTONE, AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THE REPAIR COSTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRAILER HAS NO MILEAGE, FUEL, ENGINE, OR CYLINDERS.*AK

DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR MOD# RM2862 SER# 42703351. I HAD A FAILURE OF MY REFRIGERATOR. STRONG AMMONIA SMELL INSIDE THE TRAILER, YELLOW STAIN NEAR BURNER TUBE AND GOT HOT ENOUGH TO BURN THE SURFACE OF THE SHEET METAL. MY REAL COMPLAINT IS THAT THE MFG KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM AND THE DANGERS AND HAS NOT NOTIFIED THE CONSUMERS. I HAD DONE SOME READING IN A OWNERS FORUM I AM IN AND A MEMBER LOST THEIR TRAILER AND ALL ITEMS INSIDE DUE TO THIS TYPE FAILURE. I HAVE HAD THE REFRIGERATOR IN TWICE ALREADY FOR FAILURES ALREADY AND CANNOT SEEM TO GET IT FIXED RIGHT. *JB

WE BOUGHT AN 2005 MONTANA 3650RK WE HAD SO PROBLEMS WITH THE FRIG. NOT COOLING WE CALL THE DEALERSHIP WE BOUGHT IT FROM TO FIND OUT WHAT TO DO TO FIX IT. WE NEVER GOT ANYONE TO CALL US BACK ,THEN ON 12/21/05 AT 12:00AM WE WOKE UP TO THE SMELL OF SMOKE, NO ALARM WENT OFF, ONLY TO FIND THE OUTSIDE OF THE RV AND FRIG. WERE ON FIRE. *NM

TIRE BLOW OUT ON FREESTAR TIRE MANUFACTURED BY NANKANG TIRES. 3 OTHERS WERE FOUND TO BE SEPARATING ON SIDEWALLS BEFORE THEY BLEW OUT. *JB