WINNEBAGO Complaints

THE BRACKET WHICH HELD THE WATER TANK FAILED. *NM THE RIGHT END OF THE FRONT BRACKET TORE LOOSE FROM THE 5/16 INCH SCREW ROD IT WAS BOLTED TO. THE FRONT BRACKET WAS ALSO NEVER BOLTED ON THE LEFT SIDE. *NM

PURCHASED ONE OWNER 1997 29 FT. USED CLASS C WINNEBAGO MOTORHOME PRIVATELY FROM ELDERLY COUPLE (30,000 MILES) PREVIOUSLY SERVICED BY DEALER, LAST APRIL. WE HAVE USED THIS VEHILCLE 2000 MILES THIS YEAR. APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES AFTER GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY, TREAD AND OUTER BELT SEPERATED WITHOUT WARNING TO STEEL BELT AT INSIDE CORNER 3 INCHES WIDE X 1/4 TO 1/3 CIRCUMFERENCE FROM FIRESTONE STEELTEX R4S LOAD RANGE E TIRE ON PASSENGER REAR AT 58 MPH ALONG SMOOTH ROUTE 95, MYSTIC, CT, DRY, SUNNY 75 DEGREE DAY WITH FAMILY AND DOG ABOARD, UNDERWEIGHT. CAUSING A SEVERE VIBRATION. ALL TIRES WERE INFLATED PROPERLY AND ROUTINELY CHECKED BY ME. I AM THE ONLY DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF IMPACT, CRACKING, OR HEAT CHECKING ON ANY OF THE TIRES. I WORKED AS A TIRE SALESMAN IN MY YOUNGER YEARS. I AM 48 YEARS OLD, WORK AS A MECHANICAL INSPECTOR IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY AND HAVE RACED SPORTSCARS. I HAVE CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE WITH NUMEROUS DIFFERENT BRANDS OF TIRES. EVEN WHEN CONSIDERING THE AGE OF THESE TIRES, THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER WHO INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS LOAD RANGE. *AK

9/10/04 TRAVELING WEST IN 2001 MINNIE WINNIE, MODEL 331 C. WINDOW IN THE CAB-OVER SECTION OF THE MOTORHOME IMPLODED. NO VEHICLES IN IMMEDIATE AREA AND NOTHING HEARD HITTING WINDOW. WINDOW WAS TEMPERED GLASS AND COMPLETELY SHATTERED INTO SMALL PIECES AND TINY SHARDS OF GLASS. BECAUSE WINDOW HAD CURTAIN DRAWN, DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE SPARED BEING COVERED WITH GLASS. ALTHOUGH AGAINS THE LAW TO DO SO, HAVE SEEN MANY CHILDREN RIDING UP IN THIS SECTION OF CLASS C MOTORHOMES AN CAB OVER CAMPERS. THEY WOULD HAVE PROBABLY LOST THEIR EYESIGHT. A CALL TO THE MANUFACTURER OF THE MOTORHOME WAS MET WITH DISINTEREST AND EXCUSES. I REPLIED THAT THE GLASS MAY BE TOO THIN AND THAT PROBABLY WINDSHIELD TYPE GLASS RATHER THAN TEMPERED GLASS SHOULD BE USED IN THIS APPLICATION. I CONSIDER THIS TYPE OF GLASS, USED IN VIRTUALLY A WINDSHIELD SITUATION, TO BE AN EXTREME HAZZARD TO ANY PASSENGERS RIDING IN MOTORHOMES OR CAB OVER CAMPERS. YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH INNER REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. NO IMPACT REPORTED. *AK

MICHELIN, XRV, SIZE 275/70 19.5. CONSUMER CLAIMED THAT THESE TIRES FITTED THE MOTOR HOME. WHEN DRIVING THE SIDEWALLS BLEW OUT AND EXPOSES THE BELTS WITHIN. THE WIRING INSIDE WERE RUSTED. THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS EXACT. *AK

VEHICLE VIBRATED SEVERELY WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, AND THE 3.0L ENGINE OVERHEATED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER,WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE COOLING FAN MISSING A PIECE OF THE RIM, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE LEFT REAR OUTSIDE DUAL TIRE BLEW OUT. FIRESTONE, R4S2257516E THE TREAD SEPARATED 1/4 THE CIRCUMFERENCE. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE T REAR INSIDE DUAL TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. FIRESTONE, 2557516E. *AK *NM

NO WARNING - ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING AND LOST ALL ENGINE ELECTRIC INCLUDING HEADLIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, BRAKE LIGHTS AND EMERGENCY FLASHERS. POWER WIRE TO ABS SYSTEM BURNED TO EXHAUST HEADER, LOOSE BULK HEAD CONNECTOR AND BLOWN 40 AMP & 60 AMP FUSES. REPLACED FUSES, REPAIRED WIRE AND TIGHTENED BULK HEAD CONNECTOR. *JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V107000 CONCERNING ENGINE COOLING FANS. CONSUMER ENDURED THE RECALL TWICE ALREADY, AND THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THERE WAS ALSO AN AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR PROBLEM.*AK THE VEHICLE FRONT RIGHT BRAKE PAD DISINTEGRATED. *NM