2002 WINNEBAGO BRAVE Complaints

MICHELIN, XRV, SIZE 275/70 19.5. CONSUMER CLAIMED THAT THESE TIRES FITTED THE MOTOR HOME. WHEN DRIVING THE SIDEWALLS BLEW OUT AND EXPOSES THE BELTS WITHIN. THE WIRING INSIDE WERE RUSTED. THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS EXACT. *AK

NO WARNING - ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING AND LOST ALL ENGINE ELECTRIC INCLUDING HEADLIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, BRAKE LIGHTS AND EMERGENCY FLASHERS. POWER WIRE TO ABS SYSTEM BURNED TO EXHAUST HEADER, LOOSE BULK HEAD CONNECTOR AND BLOWN 40 AMP & 60 AMP FUSES. REPLACED FUSES, REPAIRED WIRE AND TIGHTENED BULK HEAD CONNECTOR. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING AND ALL ELECTRICAL POWER CEASED. BRAKE LIGHTS AND HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS WERE RENDERED INOPERATIVE. WE COULD NOT GET ENTIRELY OFF THE ROAD SO NOT HAVING HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS WAS VERY DANGEROUS FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC AS WELL AS US. THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF ELECTRICAL WIRE BURNING BUT NO FURTHER FIRE WAS FOUND. NEITHER THE CHASSIS OR COACH MANUFACTURE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR NOT HAVING A FAIL SAFE SYSTEM FOR BRAKE LIGHTS AND HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS NOT BEING OPPERATIONAL. *AK

WINNEBAGO MOTOR HOME.*MR (NAR) THE CONSUMER HAS REJECTED TO BUY THE ABOVE MENTIONED VEHICLE. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE BY REPAIR FACILITIES TO GET THE MOTORHOME TO HANDLE IN A MORE STABLE MANNER. COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED AND ADJUSTED BUT THOSE REPAIRED DIDN'T CHANGE THE WAY THE UNIT HANDLED. THE CONSUMER WAS FINALLY INFORMED BY HIS MECHANIC THAT HIS MODEL MOTORHOME UNIT WAS TOO LARGE TO BE APPLIED TO THE SIZE WORKHORSE CHASSIS TO WHICH CAUSED THE UNIT TO BE UNSTABLE. *CB *JB FOLLOWUP LETTER SENT *TC

BOLTS THAT ATTACH LEVELING JACK THAT HOLD CROSSMEMBER TO CHASSIS WERE LOOSE SINCE MANUFACTURING. *AK CONSUMER FOUND BOLTS HAD FALLEN OFF AND TIGHTENED THEM WHEN DISCOVERED. *TT

STABILIZER BAR BRACKET BOLTS WERE LOOSE FROM FACTORY. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *TT