TIFFIN Complaints

REAR AIR SUSPENSION AIR BAG BELLOWS SEPARATED FROM MOUNTING PLATE WHEN EXTENDED AS REAR OF COACH RAISES DURING THE AUTO LEVELING FUNCTION AT REST IN A CAMPSITE. COACH SUSPENSION CANNOT RE-INFLATE FOR TRAVEL UNTIL REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR. TRAVELING CAN STILL OCCUR WITH COACH ALTHOUGH REAR SUSPENSION WILL NOT HAVE AIR PRESSURE IN REAR BAGS, ADVERSELY AFFECTING THE HANDLING OF THE MOVING COACH CREATING A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT.

THERE IS AN EXISTING RECALL FOR VALVE STEM STABILIZER,18V194. HOWEVER MY COACH IS NOT LISTED. I HAVE HAD TWO INSIDE FLAT TIRES GO FLAT BECAUSE THE STABILIZER DOES NOT STAY IN PLACE AND ALLOWS THE VALVE STEM TO RUB A WHOLE IN ITSELF BY ACTION AGAINST THE WHEEL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 TIFFIN ALLEGRO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE STEERING LOST POWER AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. SEVERAL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INTRUMENT PANEL, INCLUDING THE LOW VOLTAGE WARNING INDICATOR. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE LOUD NOISES WHILE DRIVING OVER 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO POULSBO RV (425-353-6122, LOCATED AT 12218 WA-99, EVERETT, WA 98204) AND THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO FREIGHTLINER NORTHWEST (800-523-8014, LOCATED AT 277 STEWART RD SW, PACIFIC, WA 98047). THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE SERPENTINE BELT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND LEFT A MESSAGE, BUT WAS NOT CALLED BACK. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE FREIGHTLINER NORTHWEST DEALER, BUT THE TECHNICIAN COULD NO LONGER WORK ON THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TOW IT TO CUMMINS SALES AND SERVICE (425-235-3400, LOCATED AT 1800 FRYAR AVE, SUMNER, WA 98390). THE DEALER REPOSITIONED THE RADIATOR AND AIR CONDITIONING UNITS, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED COMPLETELY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4,287.

ENTRY DOOR LATCH ON OUR TIFFIN 2018 ALLEGRO BUS UNLATCHED AS WE WERE IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY

I HAVE A CLASS A MOTORHOME WITH GOODYEAR G159 TIRES (245/70R19.5). I HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AT A MECHANIC SHOP AND THEY CHECKED THE TIRES, AND SET THEM TO THE MOTORHOME MANUFACTURER'S STATED RECOMMENDATION OF 80 PSI. A BLOWOUT LATER OCCURRED AT 60 MPH ON I-65 CAUSING THE TREAD TO SEPARATE AND DAMAGE THE VEHICLE.

WHEN YOU SELECT REVERSE ON THE DRIVE PANEL, THE REAR VIEW CAMERA DOES NOT COME ON. THE REAR VIEW CAMERA DOES NOT COME ON WITH IGNITION KEY TURNED ON. THE REAR VIEW CAMERA ONLY COMES ON WHEN THE RADIO SWITCH ON ON. NOTE THE REAR VIEW CAMERA DISPLAY IS SEPERATE FROM THE RADIO DISPLAY. REAR DISPLAY IS A 5 INCH DISPLAY AND THE RADIO IS A 7 INCH DISPLAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TIFFIN ALLEGRO 36LA MOTOR HOME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SEVERAL DOORS ON THE MOTOR HOME WOULD NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. WHILE IN A SECOND VEHICLE DRIVING BEHIND THE MOTOR HOME, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE MOTOR HOME WAS LEANING LOWER THEN THE DRIVER SIDE. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE WELDING ATTACHING THE RV SECTION TO THE CHASSIS OF THE VEHICLE WAS FRACTURED AND DAMAGED, CAUSING THE RV BODY TO LEAN AND BECOME IMBALANCED AND THE DOORS TO BECOME DIFFICULT TO SECURE. IN ADDITION, AN ELECTRICAL WIRE HARNESS WAS DAMAGED AND CAUSED SEVERAL LIGHTS NOT TO OPERATE. THE FAILURES WERE NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000. *DT *DT CONSUMER STATED ON OCTOBER 4TH THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THAT THEY WILL FIX IT BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY COMMUNICATION SINCE AND THEY HAVEN'T MAD ARRANGEMENTS TO PICK UP THE UNIT. APPEARS THAT BOX/RV FRAME TACKE TO CHASSIS BUT NEVER WAS FINAL WELDED. UPDATED 10/18/18*JB *TT 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' UPDATED 12/06/18*JB

THIS IS NOT A SINGLE ISOLATED INCIDENT. THERE HAVE BEEN A LARGE NUMBER OF OWNERS WITH THIS ISSUE AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT PROVIDED AN ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION. *DT ON THE 2015-2018 TIFFIN ALLEGRO BUS ON THE POWER GLIDE CHASSIS, A CRITICAL DESIGN DEFECT EXISTS WITH THE ENGINE FAN DRIVE TENSIONER BRACKET AND TENSIONER PULLEY ASSEMBLY. THE FAN DRIVE IS DESIGNED TO ENGAGE AT A PRE-DETERMINED ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE AND IS UTILIZED TO LOWER ENGINE TEMPERATURE AS THE ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE REACHES A HIGH LEVEL. THE TENSIONER BRACKET IS CONSTRUCTED FROM HEAVY GAUGE STEEL PLATE THAT IS WELDED TOGETHER AND THE TENSIONER PULLEY ASSEMBLY IS A CAST/MACHINED ALUMINUM ASSEMBLY. THE ASSEMBLY WEIGHS OVER 20 POUNDS. AS DESIGNED, THE FAN DRIVE TENSIONER ASSEMBLY CANNOT SUFFICIENTLY HANDLE THE TORQUE AND VIBRATION GENERATED WHEN THE FAN DRIVE ENGAGES. THE TENSIONER BRACKET AND PULLEY DEVELOPS MICRO-CRACKS THAT QUICKLY DETERIORATE INTO MAJOR CRACKS IN THE STEEL BRACKET AND TENSIONER PULLEY CAUSING A SUDDEN TOTAL FAILURE OF THE BRACKET, WHICH IN A WORSE CASE SITUATION, RESULTS IN THE BRACKET BREAKING INTO SEVERAL PIECES AND BECOMING DISCHARGED FROM THE REAR OF THE MOTORHOME AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WHEN THE BRACKET FAILS, THE ENGINE FAN DRIVE IS INOPERABLE, AND THE MOTORHOME OPERATOR EXPERIENCES A RAPID INCREASE IN ENGINE TEMPERATURE AND THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN, POSSIBLY CAUSING A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.. SHOULD THE FAN DRIVE TENSIONER AND TENSIONER BRACKET BECOME DISLODGED FROM THE MOTORHOME ENGINE COMPARTMENT, IT COULD STRIKE ANOTHER VEHICLE OR PERSON CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE, INJURY, OR POSSIBLE DEATH. TO DATE THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DESIGN/PROVIDE A FAN DRIVE TENSIONER ASSEMBLY THAT WILL WITHSTAND THE TORQUE AND VIBRATION BEING GENERATED. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD IMPLEMENT A RECALL OF THE FAN DRIVE TENSIONER BRACKET AND TENSIONER PULLEY ASSEMBLY,

THE ENTRY DOOR OF THE RV IS THE ONE AND ONLY DOOR. IT HAS COME OPEN WHILE DRIVING, IN A LEFT TURN (SO IT FLEW OPEN TO THE OUTSIDE) AND IT HAS GOTTEN STUCK CLOSED WITH ME INSIDE. I AM UNDECIDED WHICH MADE ME FEEL MORE UNCOMFORTABLE. *TT *DT*JB

DRIVERS SIDE WIDOW FOGGED BETWEEN THE PANES OF GLASS. THIS SEVERELY LIMITS THE DRIVERS ABILITY TO SEE CROSS TRAFFIC, OR VEHICLES ALONG SIDE.