WINNEBAGO Complaints

THE TOW / HAUL MODE DOES NOT FUNCTION AS DESCRIBED IN THE FORD OWNER'S MANUAL ON THE 2016 18,000# FORD F53 CHASSIS. THE OWNER'S MANUAL STATES: "THE TOW HAUL FEATURE PROVIDES ENGINE BRAKING IN ALL FORWARD GEARS, WHICH WILL SLOW YOUR VEHICLE AND ASSIST YOU IN CONTROLLING YOUR VEHICLE WHEN DESCENDING A GRADE. DEPENDING ON DRIVING CONDITIONS AND LOAD CONDITIONS, MAY DOWNSHIFT THE TRANSMISSION, SLOW YOUR VEHICLE AND CONTROL YOUR VEHICLE SPEED WHEN DESCENDING A HILL, WITHOUT PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL." THE TOW HAUL FEATURE HAS NO EFFECT AND DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT THE TRANSMISSION, SLOW VEHICLE, OR CONTROL THE VEHICLE'S SPEED WHEN DESCENDING A HILL. THE TOW HAUL DOES NOT FUNCTION AT ALL AS THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE DESCENDING A HILL WITH OR WITHOUT THE FEATURE SELECTED ON. THE VEHICLE MERELY GAINS SPEED AND THE TOW HAUL DOES NOT CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO DOWNSHIFT NOR DOES IT CONTROL THE VEHICLE'S SPEED. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AS FORD / WINNEBAGO DID NOT PROVIDE THE TOW HAUL FEATURE AS OUTLINED IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL.

APRIL, 2016, RV PARKED AND PROPANE COULD BE SMELLED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS COMING FROM A CRACKED WELD ON A 2009 MANCHESTER TANK MODEL 68129, WINNEBAGO # 144116-01-000. THIS 2009 TANK WAS A REPLACEMENT FOR A 2005 TANK, SAME WINNEBAGO #, THAT WAS INSTALLED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V113000 FOR A CRACKED WELD WITH LEAKING PROPANE. WINNEBAGO ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAILURE AND MANCHESTER SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS TANK. THE NEWEST TANK IS A 2015 MANCHESTER TANK SAME MODEL AND WINNEBAGO # AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. THIS TANK IS ONLY SUPPORTED BY TWO BRACKETS, ONE AT THE END AND ONE MIDWAY, AND NONE AT THE FRONT FOR A TANK THAT WEIGHS OVER 100# AND HOLDS 24 GALLONS OF PROPANE. THE TANK IS LOCATED BEHIND THE REAR AXLE WHERE IT IS SUBJECT TO CONSTANT VIBRATION WHILE IN MOTION. THE LACK OF ADEQUATE SUPPORT AND STRONG ENOUGH WELD SUBJECTS THE WELD FOR FAILURE.

THE TIRE SIDEWALLS HAVE SPLIT OPEN AND THEY WILL NOT HOLD AIR THE ELECTRICAL BREAKERS ALMOST STARTED A FIRE ACCORDING TO HOME DEPOT THE BREAKERS IN THE TRAILER ARE NOT UP TO CODE I HAD TO REPLACE ALL OF THEM THE WIRING IS NOT UP TO CODE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 WINNEBAGO ITASCA. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V625000 (EQUIPMENT). THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE REMEDY WAS NOT SUFFICIENT BECAUSE IT DID NOT PERMANENTLY REPAIR THE VEHICLE, BUT CAUSED A FAILURE INSTEAD. UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT PROPANE REGULATOR WAS LEAKING WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHUT AN EMERGENCY SWITCH OFF AND A SECOND SWITCH DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNCERTAIN OF WHERE THE INTERNAL FRACTURE WAS PERTAINING TO THE HOSES, THE PROPANE TANKS, AND THE REGULATORS. THE CONTACT WAITED OVER A MONTH FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LEAK AFTER THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS WAITING ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT REMEDY. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,938.

2016 WINNEBAGO VIEW. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE ALIGNMENT ISSUES, RADIO AND GPS SYSTEM NOT WORKING. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED IT WAS FAIRLY COMMON TO HAVE AN ALIGNMENT ISSUE BECAUSE THE COACH COMPARTMENT WAS INSTALLED AFTER THE CHASSIS HAD ALREADY BEEN ALIGNED. THE CONSUMER STATED IT TOOK OVER TOW MONTHS, BEFORE THE RV WAS READY. THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE WAS DRIVING, HE NOTICED THE REPAIRS HAD NOT BEEN MADE. WHEN THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE DEALER, HE WAS INFORMED THE SYSTEM HAD ONLY BEEN REPROGRAMMED, BECAUSE THE SYSTEM REPLACEMENT WAS NOT APPROVED. IT TOOK ANOTHER WEEK, BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS FINALLY RESOLVED. ALSO, THE STOVE AND REFRIGERATOR STOPPED WORKING DUE TO A SWITCH ON THE GAS TANK STOPPED WORKING. *JB

THE NEW FORD 6 SPEED COMES ON THE 2016 F53 CHASSIS. IT FEATURES A TOW/HAUL MODE THAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY DOWNSHIFT WHILE DECELERATING WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS TAPPED.THIS HAS BEEN A FEATURE MANY OTHER PREVIOUS TRANSMISSIONS HAVE ALSO EMPLOYED, AND HAS BEEN QUITE EFFECTIVE AT CONTROLLING VEHICLE SPEEDS. IT TURNS OUT MY PARTICULAR UNIT DOESN'T REACT TO BRAKE INPUT AND CONTINUES TO COAST DOWN ANY GRADE, DEPENDING ONLY ON BRAKING SYSTEM TO CONTROL SPEED. I CHECKED WITH OTHERS (FORUM) TO SEE IF I WAS AN ISOLATED CASE, AND FOUND MANY OTHERS HAVE NOTICED THE SAME. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN TRYING TO CONTROL A 18,000LB VEHICLE DOWN A STEEP GRADE, POSSIBLY OVERHEATING THE BRAKES AND POTENTIALLY LOOSING ANY BRAKING ACTION.

WE HAD COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE AND THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. WE HAVE A WORKHORSE P32 AND I HAD TO APPLY THE E BRAKE TO STOP THE RV. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A FORD TRUCK SHOP AND FOUND OUT THE BRAKE CALIPERS AND ALL OTHER COMPONENTS WERE EITHER BURNT OR CRACKED. THIS SURE DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT TO ME SINCE THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE WORKHORSE W SERIES AND NOT THE P SERIES!

BURNT SCORCHED AREA WHERE THE NORCOLD LP FLUME PIPE AND HEAT CAP DEFECTOR ABUTS AND VENTS TO THE THIN WOOD WALLED BAFFLE . TOOK IT TO CAMPING WORLD. VERY EVIDENT THAT A FIRE WOULD HAVE OCCURRED ! OUR LIVES WERE ENDANGERED! LEARNED OF SAME PROBLEMS BY WINNEBAGO NORCOLD INSTALL NOT CORRECTED AFTER FIRES BURNED UP MOTORCOACH UNITS! PEOPLE CAN DIE FROM A FLASH FIRE ON A UNIT LIKE THIS! BOTH IS IS MY SECOND FILLING WITH NHTSA, NO RESPONSE. I IN THE BUSINESS OF SAVING LIVES AND TO KNOW THERE IS THAT POTENTIAL FOR ENDANGERED LIFE, I WILL GO TO THE NTSB TOO AND RV BLOGS! PLEASE HELP! IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED WITH CORRECTED METAL BAFFLE REPLACING THE WOOD, PHOTOS TAKEN, WOOD PANEL SAVED AT CAMPING WORLD OF WOODSTOCK, GA, TOODD WILSON , SERVICE MANAGER.

DURING A STOP FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30 MPH AND WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED TO AMBER, I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE SLIGHTLY HARDER THAN USUAL. WHEN THIS HAPPENED TWO OF THE LINES FROM THE ABS CONTROLLER TO THE WHEELS LEAKED AND BRAKE FLUID WAS SPRAYED ON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM CREATING MUCH SMOKE. SINCE THERE WAS NO CROSS TRAFFIC A COLLISION WAS AVOIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FOR REPAIRS AND ALL OF THE HOSES FROM THE ABS CONTROLLER SHOW SIGNIFICANT SIGNS OF RUST. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND USED IN FLORIDA. IT HAS BEEN IN MICHIGAN FOR ONLY TWO YEARS AND HAS HAD MINIMAL EXPOSURE TO WINTER WEATHER AND SALT.

OVER 30 TIMES IN THE FIRST 5,000 MILES OF DRIVING, THE LOW TIRE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. EACH TIME THE TIRE PRESSURE CHECKED OK. TOOK TO DEALER WHO SAID THERE WAS A BAD TIRE SENSOR AND HE REPLACED IT. SINCE THEN INDICATOR LIGHT DOES NOT GO ON EVEN WHEN THE TIRE PRESSURE IS LOW. COULD THIS BE RELATED TO THE DOCUMENTED ELECTRICAL ISSUE? I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE.