TIFFIN Complaints

This is reference to the recall for the TPMS system (tire pressure measurement system) under recall campaign SF644A-C. According to the freightliner people they have preformed the necessary recall work and have closed the recall notice as being complete. However, the TPMS still does not work. Now it shows a tire communication error. It is still the same system that is not working!!!

Vehicle flashed a warning that Active Distance Assistance was not functional, and within a few minutes started to veer left, as if there was a flat tire (which there was not), so I was trying to keep it centered in my lane when the steering wheel suddenly turned counterclockwise in my hands and swerved the vehicle to the hard left into an oncoming lane. I had to hit the brakes hard and yank the steering wheel back to the right to bring the vehicle back into my lane, just barely avoiding on coming cars, who had slowed when they saw me coming at them. This was an extremely narrow miss, if the oncoming vehicles had been next to me, the RV would have collided just like that. I have suffered severe mental duress from this event, and do not know whether the vehicle is safe anymore. My friend was following me and witnessed the incident. When I arrived and my house and backed up in to my driveway, the rear backup camera was acting up and blipping the image in and out rapidly, like it was shorting out. I had recently had the vehicle in to the local dealer for work on the same malfunctioning control system, which failed on us in our April 2022 trip to Utah. Supposedly they had fixed it all.

The fuel filler line is chaffing the the chassis frame cut-out where it gets routed to the fuel tank (80 gallon tank). I contacted Tiffin and they sent me a bracket to secure the fuel line from the chassis. I inspected other 2018 Tiffin Open Road models (3 in my neighborhood (all different) and they all has the same issue. Over time the chaffing has the possibility to chaffing through the fuel line and start a possible fire. My generator is right next to the fuel tank and if running with with possible fuel vapors in the air could start a fire that would never be able to extinguish before the fire department could arrive.

The Tiffin Wayfarer is built on a MB Sprinter 3500 chassis. Tiffin adds rear wheelwell liners made of plastic. These liners are held onto the chassis by 4 screws all on the outside of the liner. There is no inside support of the liner or reinforcement of the screws. My right side liner detached while traveling on I-81 in PA at 65 mph. It went under the wheels which caused the vehicle to bounce and it acted like a blow-out. I pulled over and could see no significant damage and there were no warning lights so we kept traveling. Luckily there were no vehicles behind us as they would have had plastic shooting at them. I removed the left side liner when I got home and found that it was being held on by a single screw as the other 3 points had failed. I have enclosed a PDF showing the left side liner damage. The mounting is totally insufficient. Other owners have stated that they also have had the liners come off and one owner said his rubbed to the point where it melted. I have attempted to contact Tiffin Wayfarer without success. No insurance or police were involved.

The contact owns a 2011 Tiffin RV with a Ford F53 chassis. The contact stated while driving approximately 4 MPH as the vehicle slowed for traffic the brakes failed. The contact crashed into the vehicle directly in front with no damage to the first vehicle. The contact's vehicle sustained damage to the front cap which was cracked and fractured. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that the police were not called and no person involved sustained any injuries. The contact drove his vehicle home and did not take the vehicle to a dealer or independent mechanic. The contact observed and determined that the two front brake lines from the master cylinder and the rear driver's side had rusted to the point that the lines were bleeding out the brake fluid. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 62,000.

The living compartments/slides, surge out on their own, at any time, parked or while moving. Unknown how far the slides may surge out, but I've talked to one owner, who said his slide came out 8 inches. Mine has come out about 4 inches, while parked and 2+ inches, while traveling/in-motion. A wiring harness, from the engine compartment is routed over the catalytic-converter, without a heatshield. Mine has been inspected and has this problem. One owner had his wiring catch fire and had to be towed off the highway. My unit lost power, on a warm day. I was driving up some small grades, on Hwy 101, along the CA coast and my engine produced only enough power to get me up to 43 mph, at an elevation of 600 ft. I took my RV to a Ford dealer, who told me that the sparkplug wires were in too weak and that they overheat, causing misfiring and a loss of power. This was unexpected and had I been traveling in the high speed lane, as I often do, with the sudden loss of power, it could have caused a pile up / rear-end collision, because it was almost like slamming on my brakes!

The contact owns a 2022 Tiffin RV built on a 2020 Ford F-53 Chassis. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the driver's side living room slide out inadvertently extended to 2-3 inches. The contact stated that the failure had been reoccurring while driving and while the RV was parked. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that they would send new arms or hydraulic pistons for the RV repair. The RV was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 1,500. Consumer stated Tiffin Motorhomes will be sending new Rams. The defective rams are allowing/causing the large slide to surge out while driving, or parking.

The Lippert front Slide system allows the "slide out" to come out all on it's own. This action allows the "slide out" to come 6-7 inches out away from the body of the motorhome. This is a major safety problem when this occurs while the motorhome is traveling down the highway. I'm aware of at least 50 other owners of 2021/2022 Tiffin Open Road that are experiencing this issue. I have not had the problem confirmed by a dealer since the closest dealer to me is over 300 miles away and it's not safe to drive it with the "slide out" coming out on it's own. There was no warning or any indication that this was going to happen other then other owners of the same motorhome informing me to be on the lookout for this to happen. When I put my motorhome into winter storage last nov, 1st 2021 there were no issues. When I went to take it out of storage last week, the problem was there. I retract the "slide out" and within a day or two, it creeps back out on it's own.

Both the passenger side and drivers side "Slide" creep out about 3" to 6". This happens when RV is parked as well as traveling. On our way back from Hilton Head Island, SC to Williamsburg, VA I had to stop 4 times to pull the slides back in. they creeped out at least 6"! I have taken our Tiffin to the selling dealer several times so they can repair this issue. I am told that both Tiffin and Lippert (who makes the hydraulic system) are aware of the issue but there is not fix at this time. Our selling dealer has replaced (under warranty) the hydraulic pump, the solenoid valves, and hydraulic rams but issue is still present.

The 2022 Open Road RV has hydraulic slides and jacks manufactured by Lippert (owned by LCI). Since taking delivery of the RV in August 2021 we have had issues with the hydraulic slide "creeping out". This means that when the slide is closed, it should stay closed until you extend it. The slide extends on its own - even while driving down the highway. We are at the Tiffin RV Service Center to have the problem resolved. I was told by the Tiffin technician that there is currently no fix for the problem and that the Lippert engineers are working on it. I called Lippert customer service and they gave me a case number and told me to have the service technician call them. They offered no solution to the problem. The slides opening on their own while driving down the road is hazardous to us and other vehicles on the road.