TIFFIN Complaints

WHEN WE TOOK THIS COACH OUT FOR A TEST DRIVE IT PULLED TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKING. THE DEALER WORKED ON IT AND IT APPEARED TO BE OK SO WE BOUGHT IT. THEN AFTER TAKING IT ABOUT 125 MILES IT BEGAN TO PULL TO RIGHT WHEN BRAKING. BACK TO DEALER FOR A COUPLE MORE ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR IT. NOW IT STILL PULLED TO,RIGHT AND HAD A "SHIMMY" WHEN BRAKING. TOOK IT ON A TRIP, DEALER AND MANUFACTURE SAID IT WAS OK TO DO SO. TOOK IT IMMEDIATELY BACK TO DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT NEEDED TO GO BACK TO FACTORY FOR CHASSIS SHOP TO FIX IT. IT WAS DRIVEN TO RED-BAY. THE CHASSIS SHOP FOREMAN SAID IT WAS FIXED. WE DROVE IT AGAIN AFTER IT RETURNED AND IT STILL PULLS TO THE RIGHT. SHIMMY IS GONE. MANUFACTURE IS AGAIN TAKING COACH TO FACTORY FOR REPAIR. WE HAVE ASKED FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION AS TO WHAT WAS DONE AND HAVE RECEIVED NONE. PER THEM THEY WRITE THEM UP,ON PAPER, FIX THEM AND SHIP,THEM BACK TO. DEALER. WE FEEL THIS COACH IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ESPECIALLY IF TOWING, BIG POTENTIAL FOR A WRECK! *TR

I RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 14V-271. IT REQUIRES AN INLINE FUSE TO PREVENT POSSIBLE FIRES. IT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE WHICH IS WATER GETTING INTO THE FRONT AND REAR CLEARANCE LIGHTS AND CAUSING THEM TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. WHICH MEANS THE VEHICLE WILL BE WITHOUT THE AFFECTIVE LIGHTS DURING OPERATION. THE FAILURE IS ALMOST UNIVERSALLY SURE TO OCCUR.... SUGGEST THAT THE MANUFACTURE REPLACE THE LIGHTS TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS. *TR

CUMMINS FUEL FILTER FF 63009 DATE CODE 14200, APPEARED TO HAVE FAILED, LEAKING FUEL ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPE AS WELL AS STALLING THE MOTOR HOME AT THE CREST OF A SMALL MOUNTAIN.LEAKING FUEL DID NOT CAUSE A FIRE BUT DID SMOKE. IF ENGINE HAD BEEN IN REGEN MODE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A FIRE....CONTACT WITH CUMMINS REVEALED THAT THEY HAVE HAD SOME OF THESE FILTERS FAIL WITH NO APPARENT VISUAL DEFECTS BUT DID SHOW UNDER PRESSURE. *TR

I TOOK MY MOTOR HOME OUT FOR A SHORT DRIVE BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN SITTING FOR ABOUT MONTH. EVERY THING WENT FINE FOR THE FIRST 5 OR 6 MILES. I THEN NOTICED AS I LET OFF THE GAS PEDAL THAT IT APPEARED TO BE SLOWING DOWN EXTREMELY FAST ON SOME STOPS. IT DID NOT DO IT ON ALL STOPS. I WAS ALREADY ON MY WAY BACK TO STORAGE YARD WHEN I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT. IT WAS GOING DOWN FARTHER THEN USUAL. THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON ABOUT A MILE FROM THE YARD. I STOPPED AND GOT OUT TO CHECK AND SMELLED THE BRAKES WERE WARM. THERE WAS NO SMOKE. I HAD THE MOTOR HOME TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE BRAKES HAD STUCK ON AND PRETTY MUCH RUINED EVERYTHING. I ONLY TRAVELED MAYBE 8 OR 9 MILES. THE TOTAL COST OF A BRAKE JOB AND THE TOWING COST ME 8248 DOLLARS. I HAD ONLY OWNED THIS MOTORHOME SINCE JUNE OF THIS YEAR. *JS

COMPLAINT: UNAVAILABILITY OF MICHELIN 235/80R 22.5 XRV TIRES. THESE TIRES ARE SPECIFICALLY MANUFACTURED FOR CLASS A MOTOR HOMES. MY ORIGINAL TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED AND I CANNOT LOCATE THESE TIRES FOR PURCHASE ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. COMPLAINTS/QUESTIONS TO MICHELIN HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED. TIRE DEALERS ONLY KNOW THAT "THEY ARE ON BACK-ORDER". FORD HAS INCREASED THE PRODUCTION OF CLASS "A" MOTOR HOMES BY OVER 30% THIS YEAR AND I SUSPECT THAT THE TIRES BEING PRODUCED BY MICHELIN ARE GOING TO FORD AND OTHERS FOR NEW CLASS A'S. WHAT ABOUT THOSE OF US WHO NEED NEW TIRES FROM MICHELIN? THIS PARTICULAR SIZE OF TIRE IS NOT MANUFACTURES BY ANOTHER OTHER VENDOR AS FAR AS I CAN DETERMINE. THIS PRESENTS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS WORN OLDER TIRES CANNOT BE REPLACED WITH TIRES SPECIFICALLY ENGINEERED FOR CLASS A MOTOR HOMES. *TR

2010 ALLEGRO MOTOR HOME. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A DEFECT THAT EXISTS IN THE CLEARANCE LIGHTS ON THE UNIT. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROPOSED SOLUTION OF THE RECALL WOULD NOT CORRECT THE MANUFACTURER'S DEFECTIVE LIGHT AND MAY RESULT IN A FIRE AND PROBABLY WOULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF THE CLEARANCE LIGHTS. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE THE PROBLEM REVIEWED AND A NEW DIRECTIVE REQUIRING THE MANUFACTURER OF THE LIGHTS TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE LIGHTS WITH NEW LIGHTS THAT ARE PROPERLY DESIGNED. THE CONSUMER REFERENCED RECALL # 14V271000. *JB

MICHELIN XZA3 275 80 R22.5 EXHIBITING SIDE WALL CRACKING, AND THE APPEARANCE OF CROSS HATCH PATTERN ON THE SIDE WALLS. DOT M5 EJ BVNX 1810. TIRES IN USE ON A 2011 TIFFIN MOTORHOME AND HAVE 18100 MILES ON THEM. MICHELIN LOOKED AT THE TIRES AND WILL REPLACE THEM OFFERING A 43% ADJUSTMENT WHICH IN REALITY IS CLOSER TO A 25% ADJUSTMENT BASED ON WHAT THE TIRES CAN BE PURCHASED FOR VS MSRP. THESE TIRES PRESENT A POTENTIAL FOR SIDEWALL FAILURE. I BELIEVE MICHELIN SHOULD BE MORE PRO ACTIVE IN ADDRESSING WHAT IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES IN RV USE. *TR

SHORTLY AFTER ENGINE START AND DURING OR SHORTLY AFTER WARM-UP, WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE ENGINE LOSES ALL POWER. IF YOU HOLD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ONE POSITION, IT WILL REMAIN AT IDLE. IF YOU PUMP THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL OR PUSH TO THE FLOOR, IT WILL CATCH UP AND ACCELERATE. IT WILL NOT DO IT AGAIN IN THAT DRIVE CYCLE. IT DOES NOT DO IT EVERY TIME. IT HAS DONE IT APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES. ALL UNDER THE EXACT SAME CIRCUMSTANCES. THERE ARE NO DTC'S STORED. IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. I WILL NOT PULL INTO TRAFFIC WITHOUT TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE NOW UNLESS IT IS A RIGHT TURN ONLY. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SINCE IT WILL NOT ACCELERATE UP TO SPEED AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF IT FAILS TO ACCELERATE IN TRAFFIC. *TR

2014 TIFFIN ALLEGRO MOTORHOME/2013 FORD CHASSIS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE STARTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP AT THE END OF THE EXIT RAMP, THE RV WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT SEEMED TO BE MISSING. AFTER SEVERAL CYCLES OF PRESSING AND RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE RAN SMOOTHLY AND ACCELERATED. ALSO, THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND BRAKE RESERVE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE 5TH DAY OF OWING THE RV. THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED WHAT WAS KNOWN AS IDLE MODE, WHICH WAS THE ENGINE OPERATION CONDITION IN WHICH THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BY DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. THE RV WAS TAKEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP. HOWEVER, NO ERROR CODES APPEARED FOR THE PROBLEM THE CONSUMER DESCRIBED, BUT DURING A TEST DRIVE, THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO SEE, WHAT THE CONSUMER WAS REFERRING TO, AS THE INCIDENT OCCURRED 4 TIMES. THE DEALER DID DETERMINE THE BRAKE PRESSURE SWITCH WAS FAULTY, BUT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE BRAKE PRESSURE SWITCH WAS FINALLY REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE WARNING LIGHTS CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE WARNING LIGHTS WOULD COME ON SEVERAL MILES AFTER START-UP. AFTER THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN, THE LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE IMMEDIATELY AT START-UP. ALSO, THE BRAKE PEDAL SEEMED HARD, IT REQUIRED A LOT OF PRESSURE, TO BRING THE UNIT TO A STOP. ALSO, THE RV WAS LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID. THE DEALER FOUND A FITTING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POWER STEERING PUMP LOOSE. *JB

LETTER FROM SENATOR FEINSTEIN ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT WHO BELIEVES A RECALL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE PLASTIC FAN/BLOWER IN RECREATIONAL VEHICLES IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS; ATTN: MEENA VISVANATHAN. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROPANE FURNACE PRODUCED A RATTLING NOISE AND IT GRADUALLY BECAME LOUDER, AS IF SOMETHING WERE LOOSE IN THE FURNACE. THERE WAS ALSO A UNIQUE ODOR, AS IF SOMETHING WERE BURNING. EVERY TIME THE SUBURBAN PROPANE FURNACE WAS IN USE, THE NOISE BECAME LOUDER, AND THE ODOR BECAME WORSE. A SERVICE TECHNICIAN INSPECTED THE FURNACE AND FOUND A BROKEN BLOWER FAN WITH PARTS OF THE FAN ON THE FIRE BOX OF THE PROPANE FURNACE. THE BLOWER FAN WAS MADE OF PLASTIC AND BROKE DURING NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS.