SAFARI COACH Complaints

TRANSFER SWITCH IOTA ITS-50R BECAME HOT AND MELTED THE WIRING AND THE BOX THE SWITCH IS HOUSED IN. I FOUND MANY RECALLS REGARDING THIS SWITCH HOWEVER MY SPECIFIC MOTORHOME WAS NOT NAMED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SAFARI COACH CHEETAH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES WERE STRUCTURALLY UNSOUND AND VISIBILITY WAS POOR FOR THE LOW BEAM, HIGH BEAM, AND DAY TIME RUNNING LAMPS. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO FIND AN AUTHORIZED FACILITY TO PROVIDE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 SAFARI COACH SAHARA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 02V278000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH AND WIRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REMEDY REPAIR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE TWO ABS SENSORS AND FOUR CALIPERS WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER ALL THE REPAIRS THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 9/11/14*CN UPDATED 1/15/15 *JS

WE PURCHASED THIS MOTORHOME IN OCTOBER 2005 FROM LAZYDAYS RV CENTER IN SEFFNER, FL AND THE RECALL 05V053000 WAS DONE. ON APRIL 27, 2007 WE TOOK THE COACH TO MONACO COACH CORPORATION FOR SERVICE BECAUSE WE HAD RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE SAME AS ABOVE. ON 04/17/07 MONACO CHECKED FOR RECALL AND SAID IT WAS DONE. ON 08/09/2007 WE WERE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE IN THE STATE OF OR AND THE RV STARTED TO SWAY AND FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO TURN OVER. WE WERE GOING SLOW ENOUGH TO GAIN CONTROL AND STOP THE VEHICLE. ON 08/10/2007 HENDERSON'S LINE UP DIAGNOSIS THE PROBLEM AS BROKEN TRAILING ARM AND INSTALLED THE RECALL KIT. ON 11/11/2013 WE WERE TRAVELING ON ALT 27 TOWARD WILLISTON, FL AT 55 MPH AND THE RV BEGAN TO SWAY AND THE TRAILING ARM BROKE IN HALF. THE PEOPLE BEHIND US SAID THE WHEELS LIFT OF THE GROUND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. WE GAINED CONTROL AND PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD. HAD RV TOWED TO ALLIANCE COACH SERVICE CENTER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED BROKEN TRAILING ARM. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL 05V053000 THAT HAS BEEN FIXED ALREADY 3 TIMES. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE OF THE REPAIR? THIS WILL BE THE 4TH TIME THIS RECALL HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. WE FEEL EVEN WITH THE REPAIR MADE THIS COACH IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. IS SOMETHING ELSE CAUSING THE TRAILING ARM PROBLEM OR IS THIS COACH JUST A LEMON? *TR

WINDSHIELD CRACKED AND DISLODGED WHILE IN OPERATION AT HWY SPEEDS. WINDSHIELD SHIFTED, CAUSING DIRECT AIR INTAKE AT FRONT OF COACH. WINDSHIELD WAS NOT STRUCK, BUT CRACKED WHEN FRAME/ROOF OF MOTORHOME SHIFTED ON MINOR BUMPS IN ROAD. A SERVICE BULLETIN( 07-06-07) WAS ISSUED, BUT NO RECALL. THIS INCIDENT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AND A RECALL SHOULD BE MANDATED. AS IS, THESE COACHES SHOULD NOT BE ALLOED ON THE ROAD. MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO COVER DAMAGE OR REPAIR ON A KNOWN ISSUE. *TR

TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. THE OUTER EDGES OF THE TREAD STAYED INTACT AND JUST ALL OF THE CENTER TREAD PEELED AWAY IN ONE PIECE. *TR

MY 2002 SAFARI SAHARA HAS ALREADY HAD THE BOSCH FRONT CALIPERS REPLACED IN 2004 OR 2005 BECAUSE OF STICKING AND CAUSING EXCESSIVE HEAT ON THE ROTORS WHICH COULD RESULT IN WHEEL FIRES. WHILE TRYING TO EVACUATE FROM NEW ORLEANS ON 9-3-12, THE FRONT BRAKES EXPERIENCED OVERHEATING AGAIN WHICH MEANT THAT I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE MY MOTORHOME AWAY FROM THE PATH HURRICANE ISAAC. BOTH FRONT ROTORS GOT SO HOT THAT THE ABS SENSORS QUIT WORKING. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED MONACO BECAUSE I WILL MOST LIKELY GET ANOTHER RUN-AROUND LIKE LAST TIME THEY FIXED THE BRAKES. THE 1ST TIME THEY OVERHEATED WAS AFTER ONE OF THEIR AUTHORIZED MECHANICS TOOK BOTH CALIPERS APART AND PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER AGAIN STATING THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM. AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 5 MILES, BOTH FRONT WHEELS OVERHEATED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS RECALLS HAVE ON VEHICLES, BUT AFTER NOT DRIVING MY MOTOR HOME FOR ABOUT 1 YEAR, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE BRAKES OVERHEATING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CAREFREE ECLIPSE AWNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE MOTOR FAILED AND THE AWNING DEPLOYED OUTWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CONTACT HAD TO TIE DOWN THE AWNING TO CONTINUE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE MOTOR FOR THE AWNING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE AWNING WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 22,100. UPDATED 11/3/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE ECLIPSE ELECTRIC AWNING MOTOR FAILED, RESULTING IN THE AWNING DROPPING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE AWNING HAD NO SAFETY MECHANISM. UPDATED 12/02/11

DRIVING ON HWY 101 IN CA MY "AUTO-PARK"LIGHT CAME ON. I STOPPED AND CALLED WORKHORSE, THE MFG. OF THE RV'S CHASSIS. THEY GAVE ME THE NAME OF A REPAIR FACILITY ABOUT 90 MILES AWAY. UPON ARRIVING AT THE FACILITY I PUT THE RV IN REVERSE TO PARK IT AND THE RV WOULDN'T MOVE. THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM (AUTO-PARK) ENGAGED SO I COULD NOT MOVE. THE RV WAS LOCKED UP. COULD NOT GO FORWARD OR REVERSE. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED TO BE A BAD PRESSURE SWITCH. THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED ALMOST EXACTLY TWO YEARS EARLIER AT A BUSY INTERSECTION IN CA. I HAD TO BE TOWED. THE PROBLEM WAS THE SAME FAULTY PRESSURE SWITCH. *TR

THE BRAKE LINE FORWARD OF THE LEFT REAR DUALS RUSTED IN HALF AND BRAKE FLUID SPRAYED ONTO THE EXHAUST. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE MOTORHOME USING THE BRAKES ON THE TOW VEHICLE. THE MOTORHOME IS A 2007 DAMARA ON A FORD E- 450 CHASSIS. *TR