WINNEBAGO Complaints

DRIVING ON A REMOTE HIGHWAY IN UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN AT 55MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL CEASED TO FUNCTION, CREATING FLUCTUATION IN ENGINE SPEED AND ERRATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. THE FOLLOWING WARNING LAMPS APPEARED: BRAKE SYSTEM, INCLUDING ABS AND ESP. CLOSEST MERCEDES BENZ REPAIR FACILITY WAS 300 MILES AWAY AT A REDUCED SPEED ON VARIOUS HIGHWAY AND FREEWAYS CAUSING VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. DETERMINED ISSUE TO BE RIGHT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. THEN APRIL 2016,SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS AGAIN WITH RIGHT REAR AND LEFT FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. AS THEY REPAIR FACILITY WAS TEST DRIVING, THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILED. THEN JULY 2016 SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILED. THEN DECEMBER 2017 SAME INCIDENT UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS, LEFT REAR WHEEL SENSOR FAILED. AGAIN OCTOBER 2019, SAME INCIDENT UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS, RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SENSOR FAILED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 WINNEBAGO MINNIE WINNIE RV. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V441000 (STRUCTURE) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE LOCAL DEALER AND LA MESA RV LOCATED AT 7525 W. MCDOWELL RD, PHOENIX, AZ 85035, WERE UNABLE TO RECEIVE PARTS FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO REPAIR THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 WINNEBAGO VISTA BUILT ON A 2018 FORD E-350 CHASSIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR BUMPER WAS MADE OF SUBPAR MATERIALS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WEIGHT OF A MANUFACTURER APPROVED PART FOR A TIRE MOUNT CAUSED THE BUMPER TO DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED NOR NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD THE BUMPER REPLACED OUT OF POCKET. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 WINNEBAGO VISTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE, AN ABNORMAL SPRAY PAINT ODOR EMITTED FROM THE CHASTE OF THE RV. AS THE ODOR PERSISTED, THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO LAZYDAYS RV OF TUCSON(3200 E IRVINGTON RD, TUCSON, AZ 85714) WHERE HE HAD SEVERAL INTERNAL REPAIRS PERFORMED ON THE RV; HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT SMELL A SPRAY PAINTING ODOR. THE CONTACT THEN HAD AN INDOOR AIR QUALITY INSPECTOR PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE FOR TESTING OF THE RV. THE CONTACT SUBMITTED THE ESTIMATE FOR THE AIR QUALITY TESTING TO THE MANUFACTURER AND THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE TESTING. THE CONTACT THEN MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES(1045 S 4TH ST, FOREST CITY, IA 50436) AND DROVE THE RV TO THE IOWA LOCATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT. BEFORE TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE APPOINTMENT, THE CONTACT HAD HIS OWN AIR QUALITY TEST PERFORMED ON THE RV AND SUBMITTED THE RESULTS TO THE FACTORY SERVICE CENTER. THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT AN ELEVATED LEVEL OF FORMALDEHYDE AND A SEVERE HIGH LEVEL OF VOC(VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND) WERE PRESENT IN THE RV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS WIFE, TWO CHILDREN AND HIMSELF HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERE HEALTH ISSUES DUE TO THEIR EXPOSURE TO THESE CHEMICALS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONE HIS SONS HAD DEVELOPED ASTHMA DUE TO THE EXPOSURE AND THAT HIS OTHER SON'S AUTISM HAD WORSENED DUE TO THE EXPOSURE. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT HE AND HIS WIFE HAD EXPERIENCED SEVERE HEADACHES, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, DIZZINESS, NAUSEA, PERSISTENT COUGH, MODE DISTURBANCES AND EVEN SUICIDAL IDEATIONS DUE TO THE EXPOSURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS OCCURRED WHILE INSIDE OF THE RV. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS DECLINED. THE MANUFACTURER HAVE OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE WITH HIS FINDINGS. THE VEHICLE HAD YET TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000. *DT THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER WOULD RUN A CHEMICAL SAFETY TEST AND THEN DECIDED NOT TO RUN THE TEST. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED A CHEMICAL SAFETY TEST HE PERFORMED. *TR*DT*JB

COMPARTMENT STORAGE DOORS CONTINUE TO COME OPEN WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION CAUSING OTHER VEHICLES TO SWERVE, AND LOSE CONTENTS IN TO TRAFFIC. DOOR MECHANISMS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED BY THE DEALER AS WELL AS MYSELF, BUT THEY CONTINUE TO OPEN WITHOUT A BUNGEE CORD INSTALLED TO PREVENT FULL OPENING. NO RECALL SERVICE HAS BEEN PERFORMED YET.

STORAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR OPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, OTHER DRIVERS MAY SWERVE TO AVOID HITTING THE COMPARTMENT DOOR, OR OBJECTS FALLING FROM WITHIN, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. RECALL NOTICE ISSUED OVER A YEAR AGO WITH NO FIX OFFERED BY COMPANY. RECALL NHTSA RECALL NOTICE # 19V-152

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 WINNEBAGO MINNIE WINNIE 26RBSS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY EXIT IN THE BEDROOM. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.*DT THE CONSUMER PROVIDED PHOTOS. *TR*DT*TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 RAM 3500 TRAILERED TO A 2016 WINNEBAGO TRAVATO MOTORHOME. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 18V546000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), 17V108000 (EQUIPMENT) AND 16V598000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED MULTIPLE TIMES AT: 641-585-6939 AND 800-537-1885 AND FAILED TO CALL BACK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UTILIZED BECAUSE THE CONTACT'S WIFE WAS NOT COMFORTABLE RIDING IN THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THE RECALLS BEING REPAIRED.*DT*JB

TWO DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THIS USED 2017 FUSE, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH FAILED. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE ELECTRICAL COMPARTMENT. WE DROVE BACK TO THE DEALER IN LINCOLN NEBRASKA. THE ATS WAS REPLACED. THE NEXT TIME WE PLUGGED INTO SHORE POWER, THE ATS WORKED FOR A FEW HOURS, AND FAILED AGAIN. WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE DEALER. IF WE HAD NOT BEEN WITH THE UNIT, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE FIRE! THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND PARKED IN A LEVEL SPOT WITH GREAT CLEARANCE AND AIR FLOW AROUND IT.

2020 VIEW IS ALL NEW DESIGN INCLUDING THE COACH DOOR WHICH IS THE MAJOR EXIT FOR NORMAL USE AS WELL AS EMERGENCIES. THE DOOR'S LOCKING MECHANISM FAILS IF AN ATTEMPTS IS MADE TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE AT THE SAME TIME. THIS RESULTS IN THE DOOR NOT LOCKING OR STAYING CLOSED. THIS HAPPENED TO US ON A TRIP RECENTLY AND WE WERE 350 MILES FROM HOME. WE HAD TO LITERALLY TIE THE DOOR DOWN WITH RATCHETING STRAPS TO KEEP IT FROM FLYING OPEN ON THE HIGHWAY. THE PASSENGER SEATS WITH SEATBELTS ARE RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOOR IN QUESTION PUTTING PEOPLE AT HIGH RISK OF INJURY SHOULD THE DOOR SUDDENLY FLY OPEN. I DO NOT RECALL THE SPECIFIC DATE SO THE DATE BELOW IS AN APPROXIMATION. I WROTE TO WINNEBAGO ABOUT THIS AND THEIR RESPONSE SO FAR HAS BEEN THAT THEY WILL LOOK INTO WHETHER "ANYTHING CAN BE ALTERED". I HOPE THIS CAN BE LOOKED INTO SINCE THERE ARE PROBABLY HUNDREDS OF UNITS OUT THERE WITH THE OWNERS COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THE RISK POSED BY A COMPLETELY FAULTY DESIGN. WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE STRAPS HANDY BUT MOST PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY MEANS AVAILABLE TO SECURE THE DOOR WHILE CAMPING IN REMOTE AREAS. I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT TYING THE DOOR DOWN WITH STRAPS ALSO ESSENTIALLY DISABLES THE ONLY MAJOR EXIT (EMERGENCY AND NORMAL) FROM THE COACH.*DT*JB