WINNEBAGO Complaints

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED THE WRONG PART FOR HIS SAMSUNG MICROWAVE. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND EXPLAINED THE MISTAKE. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE CORRECT PART AT THIS MOMENT AND WERE NOT SURE WHEN IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE. *NM

PROPANE FURNACE IN BRAND NEW RV QUITS WORKING WHENEVER THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW 50 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR SO, ENDANGERING THE OCCUPANTS SLEEPING IN THE VEHICLE. THE PROPANE ALARM GOES OFF FREQUENTLY INDICATING PROPANE IN THE VEHICLE. DEALER, NOR MANUFACTURER WILL REPAIR THE PROBLEM, DESPITE 6 VISITS. *LA

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IS UNSTABLE AND WANDERS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. *AK THE CONSUMER'S PERSONAL MECHANIC TRIED EVERYTHING FROM CHANGING THE TIRE PRESSURE TO HAVING THE FRONT ALIGNED AND WEIGHTED TO NO AVAIL. *PH

ON A NYS INSPECTION AND TIRE ROTATIO THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE SIDEWALL WAS CRACKED AND SPLIT AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE,BUT DID NOT BLOW. *AK

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT OF THE LEFT REAR DUAL TIRE.*MR FLYING TIRE DEBRIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AS IT PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *PH *NM

REF: 10042704. NVS 216 GMH. NEW MOTOR HOME WITH NUMEROUS SAFETY ISSUES. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE NOT BEEN FIXED: ALIGNMENT, TRAVEL DIRECTION (TRACKS TO THE RIGHT WHEN GOING DOWN THE ROAD), BANGING IN THE FRONT END, ELECTRONIC PROBLEMS IN DASH, TAIL PIPE INSTALLED INCORRECTLY, EASY CHAIR THAT CONTINUOUSLY ROCKS AND IS DISTRACTING. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED: HOLE IN DUST CAP ON LEFT FRONT WHEEL, WATER IN LEFT FRONT HEAD LIGHT, SOUND ON BACK UP MONITOR, FLORESCENT LIGHT COVERS FALLING OFF, BROKEN CUPBOARD LATCH, GAS LEAK ON GENERATOR, RUSTY LP GAS LINES, AND CLAMPS BROKEN ON LP GAS LINES. I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR MONTHS TO GET A "NEW" MOTOR HOME PROPERLY REPAIRED. SOME OF THE ITEMS ARE APPEARANCE RELATED BUT MOST OF THEM ARE SAFETY ISSUES. I WILL ENCLOSE COPIES OF FILES THAT INCLUDE LISTS OF ISSUES AND SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE TO ATTEMPT REPAIRS. I BELIEVE THIS MOTOR HOME SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR LONG DISTANCE TRAVEL UNTIL PROPERLY REPAIRED. MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS FEEL I WAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. FOR ME TO GET OUT OF THIS SITUATION, I WILL HAVE TO SELL OR TRADE TO ANOTHER UNSUSPECTING CONSUMER JUST AS HAPPENED TO ME. IF THIS HAD BEEN A USED MOTOR HOME, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THE STRESS TO MY FAMILY AND ME AND THE DISAPPOINTMENT EXPERIENCED BY US AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN ARE INDESCRIBABLE. WE PLANNED ON TRAVELING TO THE SOUTH THIS WINTER BUT HAVE DECIDED NOT TO CHANCE THE TRAVEL WITH THIS MOTOR HOME.*AK

WINNEBAGO MOTOR HOME.*MR (NAR) THE CONSUMER HAS REJECTED TO BUY THE ABOVE MENTIONED VEHICLE. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE BY REPAIR FACILITIES TO GET THE MOTORHOME TO HANDLE IN A MORE STABLE MANNER. COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED AND ADJUSTED BUT THOSE REPAIRED DIDN'T CHANGE THE WAY THE UNIT HANDLED. THE CONSUMER WAS FINALLY INFORMED BY HIS MECHANIC THAT HIS MODEL MOTORHOME UNIT WAS TOO LARGE TO BE APPLIED TO THE SIZE WORKHORSE CHASSIS TO WHICH CAUSED THE UNIT TO BE UNSTABLE. *CB *JB FOLLOWUP LETTER SENT *TC

CONSUMER STATED MICROWAVE TURNED ON AND OFF BY ITSELF. THE DEALER'S AGREED TO PAY FOR HALF OF THE WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE MOTORHOME TO A DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, BUT THE MECHANIC WAS NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE VEHICLE WOULD ROLL WHETHER THE PARK BRAKE WAS USED OR NOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE GEAR WAS REPLACED 3-4 TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CHEVROLET IN JANUARY 2001 ADVISING OF PARK BRAKE PROBLEMS. *AK *SCC *JB