WINNEBAGO Complaints

THE AUTOMATIC PARKING BRAKE (APB) FAILED ON THREE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING, ON ONE OCCASION THE VEHICLE EXPERINCED SMOKE AND A BURNING ODOR AND ON THE THIRD OCCURANCE THE MOTORHOME MADE AN ABRUPT STOP, THE APB SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND THEN THE CONSUMER HAD THE APB DISCONNECTED, THE CONSUMER IS UNEASY ABOUT HAVING THE SYSTEM RECONNECTED DUE TO POSSIBLE CONTROL PROBLEMS WHICH MAY OCCUR DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING. NLM

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES LOOSE STEERING WHICH MAKES IT NECESSARY TO OVERSTEER, THE VEHICLE ALSO WANDERS, MANY COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. NLM

SUPPORTING CHASSIS FRAME REVEALED A CONDITION WHEREBY THE MANUFACTURER HAS CUT-OUT A PROT OF THE STRUCTURAL CROSS MEMBER SPANNING BETWEEN THE TWO MAINFRAME MEMBER. THE CUT FRAM IS 3" WIDE X 4" DEEP "V" SHAPE ABOTU 3 1/2 FT. LONG.

FRONT GLASS PANEL ABOUT THE DRIVER CAB EXPLODED SCATTERING GLASS PIECES THROUGH OUT THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. REPLACED THE GLASS. THE GLASS WAS 1/8" TEMPERRED

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FUEL ODOR INSIDE, THE CONSUMER LOOKED UNDER THE MOTOR AND SAW FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL LINES, THE PLASTIC GAS HOSE SNAP-ON CONNECTOR BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND MAIN GAS LINE FAILED. NLM

CONSUMER STATES HEADLIGHT SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, THE SHOP THAT CHANGED THE OTHER HEADLIGHT SWITCH STATED THAT IT APPEARED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A PREVIOUS REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THE NUT HOLDING SWITCH ON THE DASHBOARD HAD BEEN DAMAGED AND THE SWITCH ITSELF APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SCARRED AND MARRED, THE SWITCH HAD SEVEN WIRES/CONNECTORS, ONE WAS SEPARATED AND THREE WERE BURNED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SWITCH HOUSING WAS MELTED AND THE CONNECTORS WERE LOOSE.*ET

TWO QUESTIONS/ISSUES: 1. THE RV WINDOWS ARE MADE OF 1/8TH INCH GLASS. WE EXPERIENCED AN "EXPLOSION" OF THE WINDOW IN THE OVERHEAD SLEEPING AREA. NO SIGN OF AN OBJECT HITTING THE WINDOW. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY REPORTED PROBLEMS RELATED TO RV WINDOWS SHATTERING? 2. IN INVESTIGATING THE PLUMBING OF THE VARIOUS SINKS, ETC. TO THE STORAGE TANKS I NOTICED A FRAME CROSS MEMBER HAD A CUTOUT OF APPROXAMATLY 1/2 OF THE MATERIAL THICKNESS TO ACCOMADATE A MOUNTING BRACKET FOR ONE OF THE HOLDING TANKS. THIS FRAME CROSS MEMBER IS TWARDS THE BACK OF THE UNIT WHERE THE TRAILER HITCH IS HOOKED UP. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS WITH A LOAD ON THE TRAILER HITCH. SHOULD I BE CONCERNED?*AK

FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX R4S TIRES, P225/75R16 DOT VD, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, WINNEBAGO, MINI 31 C WITH 18000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH LEFT REAR INSIDE TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION. NO ACCIDENT, NO DAMAGE.*AK

THE ENGINE STALLS OUT WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP OR WHEN NOT APPLYING CONTINUOUS PRESSURE TO THE ACELERATOR PEDAL, THE HEAT FROM THE ENGINE CAUSES THE ELECTRONIC IGNITION MODULE TO FAIL AND RESULT IN THE STALL CONDITION, THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE CURRENT MODULE ON THE VEHICLE HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED BECAUSE THE PART WAS A NAPA PART AND NOT ORIGINAL FORD EQUIPMENT. NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MECHANICAL PROBLEMS, THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES, POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). NLM