WINNEBAGO Complaints

2011 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RV EQUIPPED WITH DAY/NIGHT DUEL SHADE SYSTEM(WINDOW SHADES) COVERING THE WINDSHIELD. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE SYSTEM ELIMINATED LIGHT DURING THE DAY AND A TRANSLUCENT DAY SHADE, WHICH HE COULD THROUGH, BUT NOT WELL ENOUGH TO DRIVE WITH THE SHADE DOWN. IT WAS MOTORIZED, WITH EACH SIDE HAVING A SEPARATE MOTOR AND SWITCH. IN EARLY JUNE, THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING IN HIS MOTORHOME, WHEN THE SIDE SHADE STARTED DROPPING DOWN BELOW THE 15 INCH SET POINT. FIRST IT DROPPED ABOUT THREE INCHES, THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER ANOTHER SIX AND AGAIN 12 INCHES. THE SWITCH FAILED TO OPERATE THE SHADE. THE CONSUMER ONLY HAD VISIBILITY THROUGH A NARROW PORTION OF THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A GAS STATION AND MANUALLY ROLLED UP THE SHADE AND SECURED IT WITH A VELCRO STRIP. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE MOTOR OPERATING THE SHADE MUST HAVE FAILED .*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A FASTEC AFTER MARKET LOCK WHICH WAS INSTALLED IN A 2013 WINNEBAGO SONNYBROOK (N/A). THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13E039000 (EQUIPMENT, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) IN FEBRUARY 2014. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COMPANY THAT THE PART WOULD BE MAILED IN JUNE OF 2014. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE HE WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE THE DEFECT REMEDIED WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME, THE PART WAS NEVER RECEIVED AND THE COMPANY WAS UNABLE TO BE CONTACTED. THE VIN FOR THE VEHICLE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 9/18/14*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 WINNEBAGO WORKHORSE P32 (NA) RECREATIONAL TRAILER. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE BRAKE PADS FAILED AND CAUSED THE ROTORS TO OVERHEAT. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL IT REACHED AN INCLINE. IN ADDITION, THE ABS INDICATOR AND A RED EXCLAMATION ICON INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

PREVIOUS RECALL FROM WORKHORSE CUSTOM CHASSIS WAS FOR THE BRAKE CALIPERS HANGING UP AFTER A PROLONGED STORAGE OF THE MOTOR HOME (RV). THIS RECALL REPAIR WAS DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. I HAD TO PUT MY MOTOR HOME IN FOR SCHEDULED AND UNSCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. A WHEEL SEAL HAD TO BE REPLACED. UPON INSPECTION OF THE WHEEL SEAL PROBLEM, THE AUTHORIZED WINNEBAGO DEALERSHIP'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT DISCOVERED THAT THE NEW BRAKE CALIPERS HAD STUCK AGAIN, THUS OVERHEATING THE BRAKE PADS AND BRAKE ROTORS. THE ROTORS ARE GLAZED AND HAVE HEAT STRESS CRACKS. *TR

THE PROBLEM IS IN THE RV WINNEBAGO, JOURNEY. IT HAS A DEFECT WHICH COULD CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH. THE SAFETY DEFECT EXIST IN ONE OF THE COMPARTMENT WHERE SOME OF THE ELECTRICAL WIRES ARE. IT IS NOT TIGHT IMPERMEABLE FOR LEAKS. MY RV WINNEBAGO, JOURNEY HAS A HYDRAULIC LEAK THAT IS COMING DOWN FROM BEDROOM SLIDE-OUT AND IS ENTERING IN THE UTILITY COMPARTMENT AND SATIATING IT WITH OIL. WHERE THE 50-AMPS CONNECTING POWER CORD THAT IS CONNECTED TO OTHER ELECTRICAL WIRES AND IN SAME COMPARTMENT IS THE INVERTER CHARGER UNIT THAT IS IN THE SAME COMPARTMENT WHERE THE LEAK IS COMING DOWN. THERE ALSO ARE ELECTRICAL FUSES WHERE THE FLUID IS COMING DOWN. THIS IS A DEFECT BECAUSE THIS CAN CAUSE A FIRE. BY NOT HAVING A TIGHT IMPERMEABLE LEAK-PROOF COMPARTMENT FOR ELECTRICAL WIRES. ESPECIALLY OIL THAT CAN GET HOT AND CAUSE A FIRE EASILY AND CAUSE DEATH OR INJURY. WE SLEEP RIGHT ABOVE THE COMPARTMENT WHERE A FIRE CAN START WITHOUT US KNOWING IT. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIX. S.A.P. 'THANK YOU". *TR

MY RV WINNEBAGO, JOURNEY HAS A DEFECT WHICH CAN CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH. IT IS A SAFETY DEFECT EXISTING. A OIL LEAK THAT LOOKS LIKE HYDRAULIC FLUID IS COMING DOWN FROM THE BEDROOM SLIDE-OUT IS SATIATING WITH OIL INTO ALMOST ALL THE UTILITY COMPARTMENT WHERE THE 50-AMPS CONNECTION ELECTRICAL POWER CORD IS AND THE CORD IS CONNECTED TO OTHER ELECTRICAL WIRES AND THE INVERTER CHARGER UNIT IS LOCATED AND SOME ELECTRICAL FUSES ARE ALSO. THAT COMPARTMENT GETS HOT. ESPECIALLY OIL THAT CAN START A FIRE. IT NEEDS TO BE FIX. THE OIL IS COMING DOWN TO THE ELECTRICAL PARTS.THIS DEFECT CAN CAUSE A FIRE. BY NOT HAVING A TIGHT IMPERMEABLE LEAK-PROOF FOR THE ELECTRICAL COMPARTMENT. WE SLEEP RIGHT ABOVE THE COMPARTMENT WHERE A FIRE CAN START WITHOUT KNOWING IT. ELECTRICAL WIRES ARE -ON- ALL THE TIME. EVEN WHEN WE ARE SLEEPING. PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 WINNEBAGO LITE FIVE RECREATIONAL TRAILER. THE TRAILER WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13E039000 (EQUIPMENT, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) AND WAS EXPERIENCING THE FAILURE MENTIONED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT SHE WOULD RECEIVE A NEW LOCK; HOWEVER, THE PARTS WERE NOT DELIVERED AND THE TRAILER WAS NOT REPAIRED. UPDATED 08/19/14*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY MOTOR HOME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MOTOR HOME EMITTED A STRONG PROPANE ODOR. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE PROPANE TANK HAD A HOLE IN THE BRACKET MOUNTING AREA DUE TO DEFECTIVE WELDING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LP TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V114000 (EQUIPMENT). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000. UPDATED 8/19/14*CN UPDATED 09/5/2014 *JS

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THROUGH AN ARIZONA TOWN AT 35 MPH THE LIGHT TURNED TO RED JUST WITHIN BREAKING DISTANCE. IN ORDER TO COME TO A STOP IN FRONT OF THE STOP LINE, I HAD TO BRAKE HARDER THAN USUAL. THIS CAUSED THE PASSENGER TO BE SLAMMED INTO THE SAFETY BELT AND INJURED. THE SAFETY BELT CAUSED SEVERE PRESSURE ON THROAT AND WIND PIPE. THE PASSENGER WAS 5 FOOT 3 INCHES. REASON FOR INCIDENT: THE UPPER FIXATION POINTS OF THE SAFETY BELTS IN THE WINNEBAGO SIGHTSEERS ARE VERY HIGH. FOR SHORTER PEOPLE THE SAFETY BELT WILL RUN ACROSS THE THROAT AND WINDPIPE OF THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER, RESPECTIVELY. HEIGHT ADJUSTMENTS ARE NOT POSSIBLE. REQUEST FOR HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE SAFETY BELT FIXATIONS AT AN AUTHORIZED SERVICE SHOP HAS BEEN DECLINED. REASON FOR DECLINE WAS THAT THIS WAS A WINNEBAGO DESIGN THAT MUST NOT BE ALTERED AND WINNEBAGO DOES NOT OFFER ANY SOLUTION. SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT MANY REQUESTS HAD ALREADY COME FROM OTHER SIGHTSEER OWNERS BUT ALL REQUESTS HAD BEEN DECLINED BY WINNEBAGO. POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES FOR SHORT DRIVER AND PASSENGERS: DURING A REAL EMERGENCY BREAKING SITUATION OR CRASH THE SHORT DRIVER/PASSENGER WILL BE BADLY SLAMMED INTO THE SAFETY BELT. IF THE SAFETY BELT RUNS ACROSS THE THROAT AND WINDPIPE SEVERE INJURIES MAY RESULT. IN VERY BAD CASES THE IMPROPER ROUTING OF THE SAFETY BELT MAY RESULT IN SUFFOCATION AND/OR SNAPPING THE NECK, THUS CAUSING FATALITIES. *TR

2006 WINNEBAGO SIGHTSEER HAS SIDE PANELS BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD AND SIDE WINDOWS. THE BRACKETS AND SCREWS HOLDING THE SIDE PANELS CAN RUST AND BLOW OFF THE MOTOR HOME WHILE TRAVELING AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. RAIN CAN TRAVEL INSIDE AND ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD AND CAUSE STRESS CRACKS IN THE WINDOW. THE CENTER VERTICAL METAL BAR BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES OF GLASS CAN RUST AWAY AND CAUSE MORE STRESS ON THE GLASS WINDSHIELD. *TR