MONACO COACH Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 MONACO KNIGHT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 50 MPH WHEN WHITE SMOKE EMITTED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE FROM THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BRAKE CALIPER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT THE BRAKE PADS AND THE ABS SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

THE CALIPERS SEIZE THEN OVERHEATS THE ROTOR, PADS AND ABS EYE AND SOMETIMES CATCHES ON FIRE. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 6 TIMES. *JS

I HAVE A 2008 MONACO DIPLOMAT MOTORHOME WHICH HAS A ITS-50R TRANSFER SWITCH MANUFACTURED BY IOTA ENGINEERING, TUCSON, AZ. TWO RV MANUFACTURES, NAVISTAR AND KEYSTONE, HAVE DONE VOLUNTARY RECALLS UNDER CAMPAIGN NUMBERS 12V060000 AND 11V577000. MY UNIT IS NOT ON THE RECALL BECAUSE NAVISTAR PURCHASED MONACO CORPORATION UNDER CHAPTER 7 AND ASSUMED NO LIABILITY FOR MOTORHOMES BUILD UNDER THE MONACO CORPORATION NAME. THE NHTSA NEEDS TO START AN INVESTIGATION ON THIS TRANSFER SWITCH. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED BY NUMEROUS TRAILER TRAILER, FIFTH WHEEL, AND MOTORHOMES OWNERS THAT THESE UNITS HAVE GOTTEN HOT TO THE POINT OF BURNING WIRES AND CAUSING FIRES. ACCORDING TO SOURCES SOME OF THE INTERNAL PARTS OF SOME UNITS MAY HAVE BEEN MADE FROM INFERIOR MATERIALS WHICH OVER TIME DEGRADE AND INCREASE RISK OF OVER HEAT. *TR

WE WERE LEAVING LEBANON,VA HEADING HOME TO TEXAS..AS WE PULLED ONTO A HIGHWAY THE COACH WAS WEAVING,ROCKING, AND COULD NOT HOLD IT ON THE ROAD. PULLED OVER AND CRAWLED UNDER COACH AND FOUND TRAILING ARM WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN ON DRIVERS SIDE. WE DROVE VERY SLOWLY APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE TO A GARAGE. THEY CONFIRMED TRAILING ARM WAS BROKEN. WE ORDERED A REPLACEMENT KIT (BOTH ARMS)WHICH ARRIVED THE NEXT DAY..THEY INSTALLED IT AND WE WERE ON OUR WAY HOME..I THANK GOD WE WERE NOT GOING 65 MPH DOWN THE INTERSTATE. PLEASE INFORM OTHERS SO NO ONE GETS KILLED FROM THIS DEFECT. *TT

DRIVING ON DIVIDED HWY APPROACHING SIGNAL LIGHT.MOTORHOME LOST POWER,BRAKES,LIGHTS,DASH GAUGES,POWER STEERING.-EVERYTHING. STOPPED SHORT OF HITTING ANYTHING OR ANYONE HITTING ME. MOTOR RESTARTED WITH SOME DIFFICULTIES. DRAGGING CRV AND COULD NOT BACK-UP BUT WAS ABLE TO GET OFF HIGHWAY SAFELY TO A SIDE STREET, AND FEARFUL TO DRIVE FURTHER, CALLED ROAD SERVICE SUGGESTED BY MONACO AND MY INSURANCE ROAD SIDE CO. SERVICE PERSON FOUND NOTHING AMISS .I TOLD HIM THE MOTORHOME HAD A CUTOFF CHASSIS BATTERY DISCONNECT. THAT PROVED TO BE THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS A SHORT CAUSED BY BREAK INSIDE OF SWITCH. HE REMOVED THE DEFECTIVE PART AND TAPED THE WIRES SECURELY AND SAID IT WAS SAFE TO CONTINUE OUR TRAVEL AS PLANNED AND THAT WE COULD HAVE A REPLACEMENT INSTALLED LATER.. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MONACCO CAYMAN RV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHASSIS THAT ATTACHED THE AIR BAG SUSPENSION FRACTURED ON BOTH SIDES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIR TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,000. THE CONSUMER REFERENCED RECALL # 05V053000. UPDATED 03/13/12

THE DRIVERS SIDE POWER SUNVISOR MANUFACTURED BY CAREFREE OF COLORADO FELL UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THIS CAUSED A FULL BLOCKAGE OF FOWARD SIGHT OF THE TWO LANE ROAD I WAS TRAVELING ON. I WAS ABLE TO PANIC STOP AND PULL OFF THE ROAD UNHARMED. MY INSPECTION OF THE SHADE SHOWED THAT THE PLASTIC MOUNTING CLIPS HAD DETERIORATED WHERE THE MOUNTING SCREWS ARE LOCATED CAUSING THE FULLY EXTENDED SHADE TO FALL. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 MONACO COACH DYNASTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE BOLTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CHASSIS THAT WERE RUBBING THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES AND CAUSED A BLOW OUT DUE TO BECOMING OVERHEATED. THE RV WAS TAKEN IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THE BOLT GROOVES IN THE TIRES. THE MECHANIC MODIFIED THE BOLT HEADS THAT WERE TOO CLOSE TO THE TIRES AND REINSTALLED NEW TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY INFORMED THE CONTACT OF HOW TO MAKE THE REPAIRS BUT THAT THEY WOULD NOT MAKE THE REPAIRS FOR THE CONTACT. THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND THEY OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000. ..UPDATED 10/04/11 *BF

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 MONACO COACH MONARCH SE. THE CONTACT STATED THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: FOUNDATION REPAIR PERFORMED. THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE ROTORS ALSO FAILED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED WHICH ALSO CAUSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO EXTEND TO THE FLOOR WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO ONLY REPLACED THE PASSENGERS REAR ROTORS AND THE ABS SENSOR. THE DRIVERS FRONT, REAR AND PASSENGER FRONT ROTORS WERE NOT REPLACED. THE ROTORS ALSO OVERHEATED AND CRACKED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIRS BECAUSE THE RECALL WAS NOT RELATED AND DID NOT CAUSE THE ROTORS TO OVER HEAT OR CRACK. THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILES WERE 55,950.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MONACO MONARCH SE RV. WHILE HAVING THE CALIPERS REPLACED, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT ALL FOUR ROTORS WERE FRACTURED. THE CONTACT AND THE MECHANIC WERE UNAWARE OF THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CALIPERS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRACKED ROTORS COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.