KEYSTONE Complaints

2021 KEYSTONE HIDEOUT. CONSUMER WRITES SEEKING REIMBURSEMENTS FOR REPAIRS MADE TO VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE LOST THE THE AIR CONDITONER COVER WHILE BEING DRIVEN. IT WAS MONTHS BEFORE THE AIR CONDITION COULD BE REPAIRED DO TO PARTS BEING UNAVAILABLE. THE PASSENGER SIDE BEARING BEGAN TO SQUEAL AND SMOKE WHILE DRIVING. THE SIDE BEARINGS FAILED TWICE. IT WAS MONTHS BEFORE THE BRAKES COULD BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER ASSISTED WITH THIS REPAIR. THE REAR EXHAUST FAN FAILED AND WAS REPAIRED. THE SLIDE OUT WOULD NOT CLOSE PROPERLY DUE TO IMPROPER SEALING. THE METAL SUPPORT FOR THE SPARE SPLIT IN HALF. UPON THE SECOND FAILURE OF THE WHEEL BEARINGS, PARTS WERE UNABLE TO BE LOCATED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER TRAVELED HOME WITH NO BRAKES WHERE THE VEHICLE AWAITED REPAIRS. ALSO, DURING THE TRAVEL THE TIRE WENT FLAT.

The contact owns a 2019 Keystone Cougar Fifth Wheel RV. The contact stated that while driving she was notified by another driver that the RV was leaning to the right and that the tires were not touching the roadway. The contact stated that she stopped to inspect and noticed that the tires on the driver’s side had no issues however, the passenger’s side tandem front and rear tires had moved closer together. The contact stated that the axle had moved, causing the failure. The contact stated that the RV was taken to a dealer where the failure was diagnosed as a welding failure where the axle was not connected to the frame correctly. The RV was taken to a welder to be repaired. The welder re-welded the axle to the subframe and added additional support. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure.

Vehicle is a 2022 Keystone Cougar 29RLI recreational vehicle. Safety issue is with the Solara awnings manufactured by Lippert. Awning fabric appeared to only be glued to the poly cord that secures it to the trailer. While we were setup, the awning roller fell away from the trailer. If we had been in transit, it could have hit a car in an adjacent lane, causing an accident. The rear awning is also failing but is still mostly in tact.

The contact owns a 2019 Keystone Cougar. The contact was attempting to remove debris from the roof of the RV; while climbing up the attached ladder, the roof mount screws to the ladder failed causing the left side of the ladder to detach from the roof and become unsecured. During the failure no injuries were sustained. The manufacturer and dealer were notified of the failure but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 7,500.

The contact owns a 2021 Keystone Montana. The contact stated while her husband was towing the RV at 60 MPH, a piece of the awning detached from the RV and was being dragged along the roadway. The driver was able to park on the side of the road to fully detach the awning piece completely. The contact took the RV to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing the awning to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The VIN was not available.

While on a curvy mountain downgrade outside of St Mary, MT the trailer breaks stopped working and the truck I’m driving showed the trailer breaks disconnected. Upon inspection of the breaks the wiring was completely disconnected. This happened 2-3 weeks later to a different tire. Multiple owners of Keystone Arcadia have reported the same and other related trailer break issues. Also reported incident #11470954 for the subsequent issue that happened 2-3 weeks after this.

The trailer break wiring on the left front trailer tire came out of a connector while on a mountain downgrade southbound I-24 outside of Chattanooga. This happened 2-3 weeks prior while on a mountain downgrade outside of St. Mary, MT to the left rear trailer tire. Multiple Keystone Arcadia owners in an Arcadia FaceBook group have reported the same (as well as other) issues with their trailer breaks. Had we not had our truck tell us the trailer wiring was disconnected, we could have been killed—or killed someone else. I have photo and video evidence showing the issue and posted about this issue in the Arcadia Facebook group and the manufacturer is aware of the issues with the trailer breaks. There were no warning signs ahead of time that this would happen to the tire as inspection this morning showed the wiring intact. The Keystone is a new product that was released in 2021 and has been plagued with problems since it’s release.

This involves our 2021 Keyston Carbon 403 RV (VIN: [XXX]. We purchased the vehicle in February 2021. Travelled about 1000 miles. Took it to Camping World in Wichita from our home for warranty work (not involving the problem) in October 2021; picked it up in March 2022 and drove home. Then on May 13, 2022 we drove the RV up to a nearby lake in Scott City, KS about 45-miles from home. We noticed that the passenger very rear wet bolt was missing from the rear of the very rear leaf spring and that the bracket was twisted and the tire was pushing into the middle tire causing a hazard. We spoke with three different RV technicians and they all said the only way this would happen with that many miles is if the bolt was not tight at the factory. This entire incident could have caused a fire with the tires, a blow out from the tires. An entire axle pushing into the other tires/axles and causing an accident. When pulled into the campsite the only accident was the rear axle was pushed into the middle axle on the passenger side tire. Getting no where with Keystone as they said it was out of warrant. I have an extended warranty but more worried about the safety of this RV. It would not let me put the speeds in the box below. The speeds on the highway was 65 mph and that was the top speed we were travelling on down to 20 mph in the camp site. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

There was a recall on a wiring harness underneath our slide, The mobile Tech that came out that supposedly fixed it did not did not they sliced open the underbelly and put it back together with duct tape. This is not safe to have and nobody is responding to fix it.

The contact owns a 2020 Keystone Travel Trailer RV. The contact received notification for NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V708000 (Equipment) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The dealer was notified of the issue; however, the contact was informed that the parts could be mailed to him however, he had to find his own mechanic to replace the part. The manufacturer had been notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.