RIALTA Complaints

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE COOLING FAN. *MR THERE WAS AN ENGINE NOISE ALONG WITH SHAKING, VIBRATIONS, AND THE SECTION OF THE FAN ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS FOUND MISSING. BOTH OF THE COOLING FANS WERE REPLACED. (THE FINS WERE CRACKED) WINNEBAGO/RIALTA *SCC *JB

COOLING FANS (PRIMARY & SECONDARY) OF MY 2001 WINNABEGO RIALTA (2000 VW EUROVAN) WAS SHATTERED DURING UPHILL CLIMBING, CAUSED OVERHEAT TO THE ENGINE AND POSSIBLE HOSE/WIRING DAMAGE. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 15,000 MILES, AND SEVERAL OTHER USERS HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS .HTTP://GARAGEPARTNER.COM/RIALTABOARD/MESSAGES/MSGS29971.HTML). *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER FELT A LITTLE VIBRATION, HE PULLED OVER TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND DISCOVERED THE RIGHT FAN BLADES HAD BROKEN FROM THE ELECTRICAL RADIATOR. PH *CB *JB

THE VEHICLES RIGHT FAN BLADE BROKE CAUSING A VIBRATION IN THE CAB. *MR ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE VEHICLES LEFT AND RIGHT FAN BLADE BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLES CAB/COACH TO VIBRATE. *CB *NLM

A FIRE STARTED IN COACH BATTERY BOX. METAL TOUCHING TERMINAL STARTED A SPARK. *AK *YH

STEEL TEX RADIAL R4S LT225/75R16 M/S VD1L1XD 119 RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT AGAIN ON JUNE 17, 2002 THE TREAD SEPERATED FROM THE RIGHT REAR INSIDE DUAL DAMAGING THE UNDER SIDE OF THE MOTOR HOME AND THE EXHAUST SYSTEM

FUEL GAUGE READS INCORRECTLY, WHEN THERE IS 1/4 TANK THE GAUGE READS 3/4. DEALER HAS NOT INSPECTED VEHICLE, WINNEBAGO AND VOLKSWAGEN CANNOT DECIDE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PROBLEM.*JB THE FUEL GAUGE SHOWED WRONG READING BECAUSE IT WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. *YH

TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP IN LOW GEAR. TRANSMISSION IS ABLE TO SHIFT IF VEHICLE JERKS AND ENGINE WOULD RACE. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER THREE TIMES, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE. PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. *AK

LEFT AND RIGHT CONTINENTAL TIRES, 195/70R15C, CUPPED AND CAUSED THUMPING, WHILE DRIVING, ANOTHER TIRE WENT FLAT, CONSUMER HAD TROUBLE FINDING A DEALER TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE AND HAD TROUBLE REPLACING THE TIRES, CONSUMER IS ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE FRONT TIRES ARE 195/70R15 AND THE BACK TIRES ARE 215/70R15, IT STATES IN THE MANUAL TO HAVE THE TIRES DIFFERENT SIZES. *YH

GASOLINE FUMES WITHIN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE, AS WELL AS LEAKAGE OF GAS TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. CONSEQUENCE OF A DETERIORATED SEAL AND BREATHTUBE WHICH ARE INTEGRAL PART OF THE FUEL TANK. MODIFICATIONS MADE BY WINNEGABO IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FUEL TO THE VEHICLE GAS GENERATOR.