RIALTA Complaints

OWNER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES TWICE PRIOR TO RECALL # 72. TWO FRONT TIRES WERE REPLACED ON 7/14//97. REAR TIRES WERE REPLACED ON 10/15/97. THESE TIRES WERE REPLACED IN MAY OF 98 UNDER RECALL # 72. IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, OWNER REPLACED TWO REAR TIRES BECAUSE THE STEEL BELTS BROKE. FRONT TIRES WERE REPLACED ON SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR FOR THE SAME REASON. THE TIRES WERE ON A 1996, WINNEBAGO, RIALTA. TIRE SIZE IN THE FRONT P19570R15C, AND THE BACK TIRE SIZE P21570R15. *AK BOTH CONTINENTAL AND WINNEBAGO TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE AND THE COMPANIES HAVE BEEN INFORMED BUT NEITHER COPMANY HAS TAKEN ANY ACTION YET. *YH

CONSUMERS HAVE EXPERIENCED A SERIOUS DESIGN DEFECT WHEREIN THE SANITARY SEWER DUMPCHUTE IS POSITIONED MIDWAY BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR WHEEL, AS A RESULT WHEN THE VEHICLE GOES OVER ANY HIGH SPOT IN THE ROAD OR SURFACE THE DUMPCHUTE STRIKES THE ROAD OR GROUND CAUSING DAMAGE WITH THE ODVIOUS POTENTIAL OF DUMPING HUMAN WASTE ONTO PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, CAMPGROUNDS AND WILDERNESS AREAS (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT). NLM

I PURCHASE A WINNEBAGO RIALTA RV IN JANUARY OF 1998. IN JUNE OF THAT YEAR I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE DATED MAY 8,98 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF ALL 5 TIRES ON THE VEHICLE.

IN 1998, PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION OF RECALL, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD PARTED AND THE CARCASS FAILED IN A BLOWOUT AT 55 MPH. I REPLACED 3 TIRES WITH THE SAME MODEL AND MOUNTED THE SPARE. I LATER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. IN 1999 I CONTACTED CAMPTOWN RV (A WINNEBAGO DEALER) AT THE TIME. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT REFUSED (BY PHONE) TO HONOR THE RECALL. LAST WEEKEND, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE FAILED IN THE SAME MANNER, EXCEPT THAT THE CARCASS DID NOT BLOW OUT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO LEARN FROM THIS SECOND FAILURE. WHILE THE ORIGINAL RECALL APPLIED TO THE REAR TIRES, THESE TIRES ARE ALSO UNSAFE WHEN USED ON THE FRONT END.( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: 19570R15C )

RECALL 98V081, TIRE SIZE 21570R15C, TIRES WERE REPLACED AS A RESULT OF THE RECALL. BUT, THE NEW TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A TIRE BLOWOUT. TIRES REPLACED BY DEALER. NEW TIRES CANNOT SUPPORT THE LOAD OF THE VEHICLE EVEN WHEN SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW GVWR. *AK *ML

VEHICLE HAD RECALL REPAIR WHICH INCLUDED REPLACEMENT OF THE TIRES, HOWEVER AFTER REPLACEMENT ONE OF THE REAR TIRES BLEW OUT PREMATURELY. (98V-081) *MJS

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND DIED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. *AK

THE FRONT TIRES BLEW OUT SEVERAL TIMES AFTER IT WAS REPLACED FOR RECALL (98V-081), WEAK TIRES FOR VEHICLE. YH

THE TWO REAR TIRE (CONTINENTAL GENERAL TRES) ON VEHICLE WERE REPLACED PER THE RECALL NOTICE, BUT THE TWO FRONT TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED AND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FENDER WELL AND OTHER SURROUNDING PARTS. NLM

STEERING BECOMES DIFFICULT WHEN DRIVING ON UNEVEN ROADS. DEALER REALIZES PROBLEM, BUT HAS NO SOLUTION. *AK