TIFFIN Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 15MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED TWICE. BOTH TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED.

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: 2003 TIFFIN ALLEGRO BAY MOTOR HOME. THE MOTOR HOME LODT POWER AND SHUT DOWN. THERE WERE NO NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL THE MOTOR HOME STARTED TO JERK. FOUND A PLACE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE DIED. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME AND THE SECOND TIME WHILE DRIVING FELT THE SAME TYPE OF MOTION IN VEHICLE, BARELY MADE OFF THE SIDE OF ROAD BEFORE EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. CONSUMER HAD AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE VEHICLE CHECKED. *AK

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

1997 ALLEGRO BAY WINDSHIELD SEPARATED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FROM THE CENTER POST. *MR A LOUD NOISE EMANATING FROM THE MOTORHOME DUE TO THE PASSENGER SIDE HALF OF THE WINDSHIELD SEPARATING FROM THE CENTERPOST. THE WINDSHIELD DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT. THE MECHANIC OBSERVED THAT THE FASTENERS AND THE ADHESIVE RUBBER SEAL HOLDING THE WINDSHIELD WERE NOT THERE. *SC *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 ALLEGRO BUS MOTOR HOME AND HE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE VEHICLE THAT WAS MANUFACTURED BY MICHELIN. IN 2000 2 TIRES BLEW OUT. IN APRIL 2005 TWO MORE TIRES BLEW OUT. ALL TOGETHER 4 TIRES BLEW OUT OF THE ORIGINAL 6 TIRES. HE HAD MOTOR HOME AND TIRES REGULARLY MAINTAINED. HE WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME OF BOTH INCIDENTS. THE FIRST TIME ONE TIRE BLEW OUT, AND HE PROBABLY HADN'T DRIVEN 50 MILES WHEN THE OTHER TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRES HAD LESS THAN 20000 MILES ON THEM. TIRE SIZE 235/80R22 1/2 XRV. *AK *SB

2003 MOTORHOME, MFG BY TIFFIN ON A FREIGHTLINER (FL) CHASIS. PUR'D USED IN 11, 2004. I HAD ONE OCCURANCE (EAST OR) - BRAKES STICKING ON WHILE DECENDING LONG STEEP GRADE. BRAKES SMELLED HOT AND STOP LIGHTS STAYED ON AFTER SHUT DOWN . HOT BRAKES WILL FAIL. TAPPED BRAKE - LIGHTS WENT OFF. TOOK RIG TO FL IN PDX -COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AND SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT CONDITION TO ARISE AT THEIR FACILITY. BRAKES STUCK AGAIN - HOT, SMELLY, STOP LIGHTS STAYED ON ETC. AGAIN, TAPPING RELEASED THE BRAKE. AGAIN, FL COULD FIND NOTHING - SAME STORY. ON WAY TO CA AGAIN - PROCEEDED TO SACRAMENTO AND EXPLAINED TO THE MOTORHOME SVC MGR. HE SAID A LIGHT PROBLEM, NOT BRAKES - I URGED THAT I KNEW A LITTLE ABOUT VEHICLES AND WAS SURE IT WAS BRAKES. WHEN HE SENT A MECHANIC TO TALK TO ME I SAID I HAD A BRAKE PROBLEM AND HE SAID OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS A LIGHT PROBLEM. AGAIN, HE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING UNLESS I COULD GET THE PROBLEM TO HAPPEN - I FINALLY WENT ROUND AND ROUND SOME BLOCKS WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DOWN AND THE BRAKES ON - AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS I GOT THE CONDITION TO HAPPEN AND DROVE BACK USING THE PARKING BRAKE SO AS NOT TO LOSE THE CONDITION. THE MECHANIC THEN SAID YES, IT WAS BRAKES. I EXPLAINED THAT I THOUGHT IT MUST BE A CONDITION CLOSE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AS IF IT WERE FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, THE BRAKES WOULD STAY ON BUT THE STOP LIGHTS WOULD NOT. THEY THOUGHT THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS ONE THING AND WHEN THEY TORE IT DOWN IT WAS ANOTHER - JUST AFTER THE BRAKE PEDAL THERE IS A CYLINDER THAT PUSHES UP INTO A "CAVITY" AND BOTH THE PISTON AND THE CAVITY WERE BADLY SCORED AND ONE TIME IN ______ THE PISTON WOULD STICK. THE TAPPING JARRED IT LOOSE. AT THAT POINT THEY WERE HAPPY TO FIX IT AND SUGGESTED IT MIGHT NOT BE A WARRANTY ISSUE BUT ACCEPTED THAT IT WAS. IT CERTAINLY DID NOT APPEAR TO BE AN ITEM THAT ANY FREIGHTLINER WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BUT AS I SAY, IF IT IS/BECOMES A COMMON PROBLEM IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

DT: 03/17/05 PROBLEM BEGAN. AS CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT, A BLOWOUT OCCURRED ON THE OUTSIDE RIGHT DUAL TIRE. CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY TRUCKERS TO RIDE THE FLAT TO THE NEAREST EXIT (3 MILES). RECOMMENDED PSI FOR THE TIRES WAS 105 LBS. TIRE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. VEHICLE WEIGHT WAS 27000 LBS. TIRES ARE REGULARLY SERVICED. NO VIBRATION PRIOR TO BLOWOUT. NO BULGING. NO WARNINGS. TIRE HAS BEEN REPLACED. MICHELIN IS COOPERATING. THE TIRE THAT BLEW OUT HAD 3500 MILES PURCHASED 8/21/03. "ZIPPER BLOWOUT". *NM

2002 ALLEGRO RV, NEW, HAS DEMONSTRATED REPEATED SAFETY VIOLATIONS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS (2) INOPERATIVE/FAILURE TWICE, ONCE AFTER REPAIRED. SEAT BELT INOPERATIVE/FAILURE TWICE, ONCE AFTER REPAIRED. WINDSHIELDS (2) REPLACE TWICE DUE TO STRESS BREAKAGE. OVERHEAD A/C BLOWS FUSES, BECAUSE OF SHORTAGE, FUSE PANEL LOCATED UNDER CLOSET OVER THE PROPPANE TANK. IF PANEL FAILS THEN FIRE COULD CAUSE DEATH OR INJURY. HAVE ALL RELATED CORRESPONDENCE, CAN FURNISH YOUR OFFICE. RV PLACE "IN-OP STATUS" WITH CA DMV BECAUSE OWNER AFRAID TO OPERATE UNDER CURENT CONDITIONS. *AK

2002 TIFFIN ALLEGRO HAS PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS, SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED, AND DOOR LOCKS.*MR THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO LATCH THE SEAT BELT, THE MOTOR UNIT OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WAS COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE BODY, BOTH WINDSHIELDS BROKE DUE TO STRESS. THE VEHICLE HAD AN ELECTRICAL DEFECT THAT CONTINUOUSLY CAUSED POWER FAILURES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS TO BLOW. THE COMMODE WAS INOPERABLE. THE RV HAD A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN WHICH ALLOWED STRUCTURAL MOVEMENT.*JB