WINNEBAGO Complaints

APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AGO WE RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN REGARDS TO THE REFRIGERATOR. WAS UNABLE TO RESPOND TO THE LETTER DUE TO ILLNESS FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF AND THEN AN AMPUTATION. 6/30/05 I TRIED LIGHTING REFRIGERATOR WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE. BURNT WIRES AND BOX IN SERVICE COMPARTMENT. DID NOT TRY TO IGNITE REFRIGERATOR AGAIN. TOOK TO MOTOR HOME DEALER AND THEY CALLED NORCOLD AND THEY SAID IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED. HAD REPAIR PERSON CHECK THE PROBLEM AND THEY PUT IN WRITING THAT IT WAS REFERENCED WITH FIRE DAMAGE AND THE RECOMMEND A NEW REFRIGERATOR. WE CALLED NORCOLD AND WINNEBAGO SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO LUCK. I WENT TO THE INTERNET AND HAVE BEEN CONTACTING PEOPLE FROM THAT. ONE PERSON SAYS YES IT IS COVER AND THE NEXT PERSON SAYS NO IT WAS NOT ON A RECALL. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES MOTOR HOME HAD THREE TIRE BLOW OUT ON T DRIVER'S SIDE REAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THREE DAYS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED TO SEE WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. THE BLOW OUTS OCCURRED ON THE SIDEWALL , AND THE DEALER STATED IT WAS A ZIPPER BLOW OUT. *AK

WE GOT OUR 3RD. BLOW OUT IN LESS THEN 1 YR. ON GOODYEAR TIRES. FIRST TIME AUG.04 SECOND TIME FEB.05 3RD.TIME JULY 05. 1ST. & 2ND. TIME DAMAGE TO THE MOTORHOME COMBINED ABOUT $7-$8,000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE. FINALLY GOODYEAR REPLACED ALL 7 TIRES 4/30/05. FIRST TIME OUT FOR 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND WE GOT ANOTHER BLOW OUT. THERE WAS ABOUT 450 MILES ON THE NEW SET OF TIRES. THE TIRE SPLIT ON THE SIDE OF THE INSIDE REAR PASSANGERS SIDE. CALLED AAA AND THEY SENT SOMEONE OUT TO CHANGE TIRE HE SAID IT BLOW FROM HAVING TO MUCH AIR IN TIRE. THEY SPARE HAD 110 LBS. AND THE REQUIRED AMOUNT IS 70 LBS. HE LET OUT AIR AND PUT ON. WE THEN TOOK BLOWN OUT TIRE TO MOUNTAIN VEIW TIRE WHERE THYE WHERE PUT ON. ROBERT CALLED GOODYEAR AND SAID IT WAS FROM RUNNING OVER SOMETHING. THE THREAD WAS NOT DAMAGED AT ALL ONLY THE SIDE WHERE IT BLOW. GOODYEAR WOULD REPLACE TIRE AND ONLY CHARGE US HALF AROUND $179.00. THIS DAMAGE WAS NOT FROM RUNNING OVER ANYTHING JUST FROM HAVING TO MUCH AIR. WE FEEL THAT GOODYEAR SHOULD REPLACE TIRE AND THEIR EXPENSE NO OURS.

DT: CONTACT STATES THE VACUUM HOSE/PIPING FROM THE POWER BRAKES TO THE ENGINE BROKE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE LOSE OF POWER BRAKING CAPABILITY. THE CONTACT WRAPPED THE END THAT WAS CRACKED WITH ELECTRICAL TAPE, APPLIED PRESSURE AND TRIED TO PUT THE ENDS BACK TOGETHER. THE CONSUMER DID REPLACE THE HOSE/PIPING WITH A RUBBER MADE HOSE/PIPING. *NM

CONSUMER STATED: VEHICLE BLEW A FUSE. ALSO, HAD TROUBLE WITH CRUISE CONTROL. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PRESS EXTRA HARD TO GET THE CRUISE CONTROL TO GO OFF. THEN HAD TO USE THE BUTTON ON STEERING WHEEL. NO LIGHT CAME ON. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT POWER BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. *AK IT WAS FOUND THAT A WIRE UNDER THE DASH RUBBED AND HAD BECOME BARE. THIS SHORTED OUT A FUSE. *SC *JB

FUSE ON CRUISE CONTROL BLOWS AND THE CRUISE WILL NOT SHUT OFF WITH JUST A TAP ON THE BRAKES. IF YOU STOMP ON THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WILL SHUT OFF.

CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE DUE TO A MELTED WIRING HARNESS UNDER THE HOOD. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *SB *NM

2005 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY MOTOR HOME DASHBOARD CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING.*MR WHEN THE FIRE OCCURRED WHITE SMOKE AND FLAMES WERE COMING FROM THE DASH AREA. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE DASH AREA WAS MELTED AND NO ONE INSIDE THE VEHICLE WAS INJURED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE AIR CONDITIONER OR HEATER MOTOR FAN. THE CONSUMER ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THE RV WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SAFETY FEATURE WHICH WOULD PREVENT THIS TYPE OF FAILURE BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY DID NOT WORK. *NM

MY FAMILY AND I WERE TRAVELLING IN OUR 1997 WINNEBAGO MINNIE WINNIE CLASS C RV AT APPROX. 55 MPH ON RT. 44 IN MIDDLEBOROUGH, MA WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW AND THE RV IMMEDIATELY PULLED LEFT TOWARD ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I WAS ABLE TO PULL BACK TO THE RIGHT AND SAFELY PULL OVER. UPON INVESTIGATING THE ISSUE, THE TREAD ON THE TIRE HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. ALL THAT WAS LEFT WAS THE SIDEWALL. THE TIRE IS A FIRESTONE STEELTEX RADIAL R4S, SIZE LT225/75R16. WE PURCHASED THE RV IN OCTOBER 2004 AND THIS WAS ONLY OUR SECOND TRIP IN IT (FIRST IN 2005). THE TIRE WAS NOT WORN AT ALL AND APPEARED TO BE NEW WHEN WE PURCHASES THE RV.

2005 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE DASHBOARD. *MR THE FIRE HAD POSSIBLY ORIGINATED IN THE A/C AND OR HEATING MOTOR FAN AND MELTED THE DASH. *SC *JB