WINNEBAGO Complaints

BRAKE FAILURE ON 2000 WINNEBAGO MOTORHOME MODEL NUMBER WPF30A VIN #[XXX]. THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS TYPE OF BRAKE PROBLEM WITH THE WORKHORSE CHASIS SYSTEM. GENERAL MOTORS REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME MY MODEL IS NOT UNDER RECALL. I HAVE READ THE PROBLEMS ON THE WORKHORSE CHASIS BRAKE RECALL AND I FEEL , I EXPERIENCED THE EXACT PROBLEMS AS THE RECALLED MODELS OUR BRAKES OVERHEATED TO THE POINT OF COMPLETE FAILURE. I FEEL MY MODEL IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALLED MODELS. I FEEL THAT MY WINNEBAGO HAD THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. OUR MECHANIC TOLD US, IF WE CONTINUED WE COULD HAVE HAD A FIRE. I AM ASKING THAT YOU INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER AND NOTIFY US OF THE STATUS OF OUR REQUEST. I WILL BE GLAD TO SUPPLY ANY INFORMATION THAT MIGHT NEED FOR YOUR INVESTIGATION. SINCERELY [XXX] EMAIL: [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NORCOLD REFRIGERATOR IN RV MODEL 683 SERIAL AJ THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF RECALLS ON THESE REFRIGERATORS FOR FIRES AND OURS CAUGHT ON FIRE TOO. THE AMMONIA LEAKS OUT OF A BAD WELD AND THE UNIT CATCHES ON FIRE! OUR UNIT WORKED FINE UP UNTIL WE WERE IN FLOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 WINNEBAGO ADVENTURER RV EQUIPPED WITH A 2009 FORD MP STRIPPED CHASSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY ACCESSING THE INSIDE DUAL TIRE TO CHECK THE AIR PRESSURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT WAS DISPLEASED TO KNOW THAT THE MANUFACTURER OF THE CHASSIS DID NOT DESIGN THE VEHICLE PROPERLY TO ACCESS THE INSIDE DUAL TIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,700. UPDATED 07/21/10. *LJ UPDATED 10/22/10 *BF UPDATED 10/26/10*JB

2000 WINNEBAGO BRAVE SE ON A WORKHORSE CHASSIS. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED BOTH REAR WHEELS WERE SMOKING AND THE BRAKES WERE SOMEWHAT NON-EXISTENT. THE CONSUMER ALLOWED THE BRAKES TO COOL OFF SO HE COULD PROCEED TO A NEARBY CAMP SITE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE RV TO A REPAIR SHOP. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THE REAR BRAKES WERE DRAGGING AND SUFFERED SEVERE HEAT DAMAGE, WHICH REQUIRED THE REPLACEMENT OF BOTH CALIPERS AND PADS, PLUS THE TURNING OF THE ROTORS. APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, WHEN THE CONSUMER HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKE IN A MORE AGGRESSIVE MANNER, THE LEFT FRONT OF THE RV SEEMED TO BE DRAGGING AND PULLING TO THE LEFT. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND CALLED A TOWING SERVICE. THE CONSUMER STATED HE COULD SMELL THE BRAKES. AFTER THE RV WAS HOOKED UP TO THE TOW TRUCK, HE OBSERVED A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID BY THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL. THE ABS SENSOR MELTED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY RV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE PROPANE DETECTION ALARM SOUNDED IN THE VEHICLE. WHEN EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED A VERY SMALL CRACK WHERE THE PROPANE TANK WAS WELDED TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V114000 (EQUIPMENT: RECREATIONAL VEHICLE: LPG TANK ASSEMBLY). THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR AND THE PROPANE TANK WAS REPLACED AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE FAILURE DID NOT RECURRED SINCE THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 WINNEBAGO ADVENTURER MOTOR HOME. THE BRAKE CALIPER IS STICKING DRAGGING AND OVER HEATS ON THE REAR AND FRONT BRAKES. A RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED IN REGARDS TO THE FAILURE BUT WORK HORSE STATED THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS IN TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND THIS WAS FROM 2004. HE CONSTANTLY RECEIVES RECALL NOTICE BUT WHEN HE CALLS THEY STATED THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS IN AS YET. THE BRAKES HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED SINCE THE FIRST RECALL NOTICE. THE WORK HORSE CHASSIS WAS CONTACTED STATING THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS IN TO REPAIR. THE WINNEBAGO MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND INFORMS HIM TO CALL WORK HORSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) WE HAVE A 2002 WINNEBAGO CHIEFTAIN MOTOR HOME AND THE BRAKES SUDDENLY STUCK OR LOCKED UP. WE TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND ONE SET OF ROTORS WERE REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL AND WE PAID FOR ANOTHER SET. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE WORK HORSE CHASSIS FOR OUR MOTOR HOME IS TO BE OR HAS BEEN RECALLED AND TO DATE THERE WE HAVE BEEN TOLD NO PARTS ARE YET AVAILABLE TO FIX THE ISSUE. WE WERE TOLD LAST YEAR PEOPLE WERE TOLD TO PARK THEIR MOTOR HOMES UNTIL THE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. FOR SOME THIS HAS BEEN TWO YEARS. WE ARE PLANNING A TRIP CROSS COUNTRY IN OUR MOTOR HOME IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR AND WANT TO KNOW WHEN PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. PLEASE HELP US. [XXX] *TR

WE HAVE A 2002 WINNEBAGO SIGHTSEER. WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH NOISES THAT IT MAKES (SQUEAKING/BRAKE OIL SMELLS, ETC). WE UNDERSTAND THEIR IS A RECALL, BUT WE HAVE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH WORKHORSE AND WINNEBAGO AND THEY SAY ARE PARTICULAR MODEL WAS NOT RECALLED. HOWEVER, ON SUNDAY WE WERE TRAVELING HOME FROM A 60 MILE DISTANCE...WHEN WE CAME UP ON TRAFFIC AND HAD TO STOP. WE HAD TO PRESS THE BREAK PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, AND WE WERE NOT STOPPING. FINALLY, AFTER PUMPING THE BREAKS WE STOPPED. WE ARE TAKING OUR MOTORHOME IN FOR SERVICE TOMORROW, AS IT IS ABSOLUTELY TOO SCARY TO DRIVE. *TR

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE ON THIS VEHICLE SINCE ITS PURCHASE. WHEN DRIVING AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS 50-65 MPH THE DRIVER'S SIDE WIPER OVER TRAVELS AND BECOMES LODGED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD PILLAR POST. WIPERS THEN LOCK UP AND BECOME USELESS. AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME THEY WILL DISLODGE AND RETURN TO THEIR CLOSED POSITION. THIS HAS HAPPENED PRIOR TO MY TAKING DELIVERY (REPAIR MADE BY SELLING DEALER PRIOR TO MY ACCEPTING DELIVERY)IN MAY OF 2009, WHILE TRAVELING IN RAIN IN MAY 2009 ON I-85 IN SOUTH CAROLINA (WARRANTY REPAIR BY DEALER IN SAVANNA, GA, WHO REPLACED THE WIPER MOTOR. AGAIN ON THE RETURN TRIP MAY 2009 FROM SAVANNA, GA(AFTER MOTOR REPLACEMENT) TAKEN FOR WARRANTY REPAIR BACK TO THE SELLING DEALER. THE VEHICLE IS NOW IN FOR THE FOURTH REPAIR ON THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN X TIRES, SIZE P235/80/R22.5. TWO OF THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED AS REPLACEMENTS. THE CONTACT LATER FOUND OUT THAT ONE TIRE WAS MANUFACTURED SIX YEARS AND THE OTHER TIRE TEN YEARS BEFORE HE PURCHASED THEM. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RETURN THE TIRES SINCE THEY WERE PURCHASED FROM A TIRE FACILITY THAT WAS 700 MILES FROM HIS RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE BETWEEN 500 AND 700 MILES AND THEN IT WAS PARKED FOR THREE MONTHS. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AGAIN, HE NOTICED THAT THE TIRES WOULD NOT HOLD AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE HOLES IN THE TIRES. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 51,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 54,000.