2006 WINNEBAGO VIEW Complaints

VEHICLE ENGINE COMPUTER SENSED ERROR IN WENT INTO A LIMP HOME MODE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE UNABLE TO GO FASTER THAN 50MPH ON THE FLAT ROADS AND LESS THAN 35 MPH ON HILLS. MODE IS DANGEROUS ON THE HIGHWAY AS COMES ON WITHOUT WARNING (NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT).

2006 WINNEBAGO VIEW BUILT ON A DODGE SPRINTER 3500. CURRENT MILEAGE 7655.. TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED THREE TIMES WHEN CLIMBING STEEP HILLS; VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS, IN ONE INSTANCE CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BODY DAMAGE. FIRST FAILURE AND REPAIR ON 6/23/2006; TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED. SECOND FAILURE AND REPAIR 9/15/06; TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED. THIRD FAILURE 11/1/2006; SAME PROBLEM. *AK *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER CAUSING ENGINE SPEED TO REDUCE TO 40 MPH. THE PROBLEM HAD HAPPENED 4 TIMES AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR SERVICE. EACH TIME THE RESIGNATOR (PART # 5137154AA) WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SIDE MIRRORS WERE NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT VIEWING OF THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THIS MADE IT DIFFICULT TO MOVE OVER INTO ANOTHER LANE AND WAS MORE DIFFICULT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE.

VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND BARELY ABLE TO MAINTAIN SPEED ON GRADE, ENTRY TO FREEWAY, FROM STOPS, ETC. THIS IS REFERRED TO AS "LIMP HOME MODE" IN TYE YAHOO GROUPS WINNEBAGO-NAVION GROUP. A MAJORITY OF THE OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS DIFFICULTY RESULTING IN A SAFETY HAZARD. *JB

MY 2006 WINNEBAGO VIEW MOTORHOME SHUTS DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING. EVERY SYSTEM GOES FLAT LINE AND I HAVE TO COAST OVER TO THE SHOULDER, PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND THEN RESTART THE ENGINE. *NM

DRIVING UP A HILL AND THE MOTOR LOST POWER. AS HILL BECAME STEEPER, MORE POWER WAS LOST. *JB

MY 2006 WINNEBAGO VIEW KEEPS GOING INTO A REDUCED POWER LIMP HOME STATE. VERY DANGEROUS ON THE INTERSTATE.. I CAN'T MERGE PROPERLY AND VEHICLE WON'T GO OVER 60 MPH. VERY LITTLE POWER AT HIGHER SPEEDS. NOT POSSIBLE TO DRIVE WITH FLOW OF TRAFFIC. THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT SOONER OR LATER. *NM

I HAVE A 2006 DODGE SPRINTER CHASSIS WITH A WINNEBAGO MOTOR HOME COACH. THE BRAKES ARE SO SOFT THAT THEY GO TO THE FLOOR AT TIMES. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER TWICE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY TELL ME IT IS NORMAL. I AM SURE THAT SOMEDAY I WILL HAVE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE BRAKES FAILING. *JB

I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON MY DODGE SPRINTER 3500 MOTORHOME TO NO AVAIL. THE DEALER CONTINUES TO TELL ME THAT A SOFT PEDAL IS ACCEPTABLE. WHEN BRAKING I HAVE TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO GET A HARD PEDAL. I KNOW THAT SOME DAY I WILL GET INTO A PANIC STOP SITUATION AND WILL PROBABLY HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *JB