NEWMAR Complaints

BRAKE SYSTEM HAS NEVER OPERATED PROPERLY WHEN TRYING TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN ON A DOWN GRADE OR DURING WET CONDITIONS. DEALERSHIP REPLACED ALL BRAKE SHOES ON MOTOR HOME. AFTER BRAKE SHOES WERE REPLACED, CONSUMER WAS COMING OUT OF NEVADA IN A SNOW STORM AND VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO LEFT WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. HE HAD TO STAND ON BRAKES TO BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP. CONSUMER FELT BRAKES WERE WORSE AFTER REPAIRS THAN THEY WERE BEFORE BRAKE SHOES WERE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

MOTORHOME FRONT WINDSHIELD HAS STARTED TO COME OUT ACROSS THE TOP AND DOWN THE SIDES, HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED 4 TIMES AND IS NOW HAPPENING AGAIN. *JB

THE RIGHT SIDE FRONT GOODYEAR WORKHORSE TIRE (P285/75R16) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER REPLACED ALL TIRES. *SLC

THE 21FT AWNING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE COACH ACCIDENTALLY DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH. LUCKILY I WAS IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE OF A 4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY SO IT DIDN'T HIT ANY OTHER CARS. IT WAS STOWED AS PER THE MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTIONS AND APPARENTLY CAME LOOSE IN SOME GUSTY CROSSWINDS. SEVERAL OTHER RV OWNERS HAVE HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THIS AWNING(A&E 9000 BY DOMETIC CORP). *AK

FRONT LEFT TIRE TREAD JUST PEELED OFF TIRE. THIS IS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH UNDER 10,000 MILES, CONSUMER HAS REPLACED TIRES ABOUT 6 TIMES. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND DEALER PRORATED TIRES. THEN, JUST KEPT GIVING CONSUMER EXCUSES FOR TIRE BLOWOUT. *AK 3 OTHER TIRES ARE GOING BAD AND ON ONE OF THE OTHER TIRES THE BELT WAS SHOWING, GOODYEAR STATES THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES AND THAT THEY WILL PRO RATE THE TIRES WITH A DIFFERENT STYLE, BUT WITH A COST TO THE CONSUMER. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING LONG DISTANCE VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY, LOSING ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKES, WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSEDA CRASH. TOOK TO DEALER. DEALER SAID IT WAS DUE TO THE FUEL FILTER. HOWEVER, THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED 12 TIMES, AND REPLACED FUEL FILTER 10 TIMES, BUT PROBLEM WAS REOCCURRING. *AK THE MOTOR STOPS RUNNING WHILE UNDER MOTION WHEN WATER GETS IN THE FUEL FILTER CAUSING BRAKE AND STEERING LOSS. IT TAKES ONLY A TEASPOON OF WATER TO CLOG THIS FILTER. *YH

WHEN MOTORHOME WAS DRIVEN IN THE RAIN INTAKE MANIFOLD MALFUNCTIONED, ALLOWING WATER TO ENTER INTO AIR CLEANER WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO DIE OUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS, PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DUE TO MOISTURE BUILD UP IN HEADLIGHT LENS THER IS A VISIBILITY PROBLEM WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER WILL REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT LENS. *AK THE LIGHT DOES NOT PENETRATE THROUGH THE MOISTURE. *YH

MY SON WAS DRIVING OUR TRUCK OFF THE OFF RAMP OF THE MASS PIKE IN NATICK WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE. HE PULLED INTO A GAS STATION ON ROUTE 30 AND FOUND THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY TORN OFF THE RIM ON THE OUTSIDE. IT IS A SCARY SITE AND IF IT HAPPENED ON THE MASS PIKE WHO KNOWS WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED. I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH DAMAGE TO A TIRE IN MY LIFE IT TOTALY RIPED OFF THE WHOLE SIDE. WE TOOK PICTURES WE CAN SEND IF NEED BE. I WENT TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER TODAY ON A DONUT OF A TIRE REPLACING. WE WERE TOLD TO COME BACK WHEN THE MANAGER IS THEIR. WE WILL GO BACK ON TUES. 8/22/2000( DOT NUMBER: W2HYFRP097 TIRE SIZE: P215/70R14 )

VEHICLE ALWAYS HAS HAD SWAYING, WANDERING IN STEERING SYSTEM, DISCOVERED LOOSE TIE ROD END HUD TIGHTENED AND ALIGNED VEHICLE STILL HAS WANDERING PROBLEMS IN STEERING SYSTEM.