2005 TIFFIN ALLEGRO Complaints

ON JUNE 8, 2010, MY WIFE AND I WERE TRAVELING IN OUR 2005 ///TIFFIN(ALLEGRO BAY) MOTORHOME WHEN THE BRAKES OVERHEATED AND WE LOST ALL BRAKES. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE. BERGEY'S GARAGE IN FRANCONIA, PA., TRANSPORTED OUR VEHICLE TO THEIR FACILITY AND REPAIRED THE CALIPERS ON BOTH REAR BRAKES PLUS OTHER COLLATERAL DAMAGE. PICTURES WERE TAKEN AND THEY CONTACTED WORKHORSE CUSTOM CHASSIS IN TROY, MI TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY WOULD COVER SINCE A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE 50901 C WAS ISSUED. *TR

TL*CONTACT OWNS A 2005 ALLEGRO BAY MOTOR HOME. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND STOPPING AT A REST AREA, THE CONTACT SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. HE ATTEMPTED TO FIND THE LOCATION OF THE BURNING ODOR AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL; HOWEVER, AFTER RE-ENTERING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE ROTORS WERE CRACKED AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE ABS SENSOR LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. ANOTHER INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE SENSORS WERE MELTING TO THE FRAME WHICH CAUSED THE ABS LIGHT TO STAY ON. THE ABS SENSOR AND CALIPERS WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING REIMBURSEMENT AND THE CLAIM WAS DENIED SINCE THE CALIPERS WERE BEING REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 0 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,795.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TIFFIN ALLEGRO BAY MOTOR HOME. HE RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE #09V110000( COMPONENT: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) STATING THAT THE DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE NECESSARY COMPONENTS OF THE ABS SYSTEM; HOWEVER, THE REMEDY WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE OWNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY MAIL WHEN PARTS ARE AVAILABLE, AND THEY CAN CONTACT WORKHORSE FOR ASSISTANCE. HE CALLED WORKHORSE AT LEAST SIX TIMES AND WAS REPEATEDLY ADVISED BY A REPRESENTATIVE THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,000.

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THE HEADLIGHTS ON HIS 2005 TIFFIN ALEGRO MOTOR HOME WERE NOT BRIGHT ENOUGH TO SEE PROPERLY. WHEN THE HIGH BEAMS WERE ON THE LOW BEAMS DID NOT STAY ON AS WELL. HE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY INDICATED THE BULBS WERE BEING REPLACED WITH DIFFERENT BULBS BOUGHT AT A LOCAL STORE. THE CONTACT DID NOT THINK THIS WILL CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK UPDATED 12/27/05. *JB

DT: CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN STEERING LOCKED UP. HE THEN DISCONNECTED THE STEERING DEVICE, WHICH WAS LOCATED UNDER THE MOTOR HOME. THIS CAUSED THE STEERING TO FREE UP, AND HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE DEVICE HAD BEEN TAKEN BACK TO BLUE OX . THERE WAS A MACHINING PROBLEM ON A PISTON OR A CYLINDER WHICH CAUSED IT TO SEIZE UP.*AK