WINNEBAGO Complaints

2004 WINNEBAGO SIGHTSEER ELECTRIC PARK BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEMS. CUSTOMER STATES THAT HE HAS HAD THE SENSOR, ACTUATOR, SWITCH, AND PUMP REPLACED. CONSUMER STATES IT BECAME DISABLED AND HAD TO BE TOWED FOR REPAIR. *KB THE PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED WERE LEAKING HYDRAULIC FLUID. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 WINNEBAGO ADVENTURER 203WFG35U. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH UNDER DRY CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE COULD FEEL THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTING AND HE BEGAN TO SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. NEXT, THE ABS LIGHT, WARNING BUZZER, AND BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. HE PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR TIRES WERE TOO HOT TO TOUCH DUE TO THE BRAKES LOCKING UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ROTORS, CALIPERS, BRAKE PADS, AND HOSES DUE TO THE HEAT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 37,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 WINNEBAGO WORKHORSE W22 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED A STRANGE ODOR IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. HE DETERMINED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE BRAKES MELTED AT 500 DEGREES. A MECHANIC MADE REPAIRS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,159 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,937. *UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 BRAVE WINNEBAGO (NA). WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE AUTO PARK LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED HIS MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED TO DISCONNECT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND HE STATED THAT A SWITCH ON THE AUTO PARK NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE AN EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE ENGINE SIZE AND NUMBER OF CYLINDERS WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000. UPDATED 12/27/07 *LJ

CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHICH DEALER HE SHOULD GO TO GET HIS FORD MOTORHOME REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL. *KB UPDATED 01/09/08. *LJ UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

2002 MOTORHOME WITH A RECALL FOR THE SCDS RECALL. CUSTOMER STATES THE MECHANIC UNPLUGGED THE ( SCDS) SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. MECHANIC ALSO STATED IT WOULD BE DECEMBER WHEN THEY COULD ACTUALLY FIX THE PROBLEM. *KB THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO THE KNOW THE STATUS OF VEHICLE BEING REPAIRED. UPDATED 10/03/07 *TR

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL AND WAS INFORMED IT WOULDN'T BE UNTIL DECEMBER OR JANUARY UNTIL THEY GOT THE PART TO FIX THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER STATED THAT FORD DISCONNECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL BUT DON'T HAVE THE PART TO FIX IT. *KB

FIRE HAZARD ADD TO 10202950 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY D L,:, MODEL # 2002 WKP36GD, WITH UNDER 50,000 MILES. CLIMBING THE 21 MILE GRADE WAS NO PROBLEM FOR THIS 330 CAT DIESEL, AT LESS THAN 40 MILES PER HOUR I NOTICED THAT THE LEFT REAR BEDROOM SLIDE WAS OUT 4 INCHES. I FOUND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OF THE ROAD. THE TURBO CHARGER HAD BEEN WORKING PRETTY HARD COMING UP THE HILL SO AFTER SETTING THE PARK BRAKE I LET THE ENGINE IDLE WHILE I WENT TO THE REAR OF THE COACH TO RETRACT THE SLIDE, FORTUNATELY MY WIFE REMAINED IN FRONT. THE BEDROOM HAS NO WINDOW ON THE LEFT SO I SAW NOTHING UNUSUAL WHEN I PUSHED THE RETRACT SWITCH EXCEPT THE SLIDE DID NOT MOVE. MY WIFE INSTANTLY HOLLERED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM THE REAR LEFT SIDE. I RAN TO THE FRONT, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, GRABBED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND WE BOTH EXITED IN A HURRY. BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE REAR OF THE COACH GREY SMOKE WAS COMING OUT THE BACK PRETTY HEAVY. A TRUCK DRIVER HAD ALREADY STOPPED ACROSS THE ROAD FROM ME. HE RAN BACK TO HIS TRUCK AND CAME BACK WITH A LARGE, 30 OR 50 POUND EXTINGUISHER. MEANWHILE THINGS ARE HAPPENING FAST. A LOUD POP CAME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF A LOT OF AIR BEING RELEASED. THE FIRE ACCELERATED QUICKLY AND TURNED BLACK WITH SOME YELLOWISH BROWN SWIRLS. ANOTHER LOUD POP CAME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOLLOWED BY A COUPLE OF QUARTS OF A BROWNISH CLEAR, OILY LIQUID DUMPED ON THE GROUND UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ANOTHER LOUD WOOSH WAS HERD, THE SMOKE GOT LIGHTER IN COLOR AND STARTED TO DECREES. THE LARGE EXTINGUISHER HAD DONE ITS JOB AND COMPLETELY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE TOTAL TIME INVOLVED FROM THE TIME I PUSHED THE RETRACT SWITCH TO THE FINAL BLAST OF THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS NO MORE THAN 2 OR 3 MINUTES BUT SERIOUS DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY DL. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 40 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR BEDROOM SLIDE WAS PROTRUDING APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES. HE PULLED OVER AND EXITED THE VEHICLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO RETRACT THE SLIDE AND NOTICED SMOKE RISING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. MINUTES LATER, HE HEARD AN EXPLOSION NEAR THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND REALIZED THAT THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITHIN ONE MINUTE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE HYDRAULIC LINES RUNNING ACROSS THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE HYDRAULIC LINE BEGAN TO LEAK ONTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND CAUSED THE ENGINE FIRE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 50,000. UPDATED 10/03/07 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 WINNEBAGO ADVENTURER. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED AND THE STOPPING DISTANCE INCREASED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE CALIPER FAILED TO RELEASE, WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKES TO OVERHEAT. THEY REPLACED THE WHEEL SENSOR, CALIPER, AND BRAKE PADS. APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS LATER, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE CALIPER FAILED AND WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,000. THE DEALER STATED FOUND THAT ENGINE WIRING HARNESS IS RUBBING A/C COMP. UPDATED 09/28/07 *TR