faucet1
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RV particulars: Itasca Sunflyer 36L DP
Driveline (Engine, Chassis, Transmission): 5.9 ISB, Freightliner, Allison md3060
Miles: 31,000
Year: 1999
Break Down Description:
Symptoms: Bell dinging as occurs when tranny in gear with parking brake engaged.
Effect: Alert Bell started to ding while traveling down highway and continued until parking brake was set and tranny was put in neutral.
Cause: Loss/Low Air Sensor (three wire sensor)
Outcome: Replaced sensor
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lake
Arkansas
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So far, thank the good Lord, I have not had any breakdown problems with my Winnebago Journey, but reading these posts really scares me to death. I am almost afraid to take my MH our of the storage facility. It has Michelin tires which I hear are subject to blowouts, has no spare so if I have a flat in a remote area or even in a not so remote area, I am really in serious trouble. My leveling jacks are very slow to retract which always causes a lot of anxiety.
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Queenie
England
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jeez there's some right horrer stories on here, we are planning to tour the us in april and i'm getting scared now.
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HappyCamper1954
McDonough, Ga
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bobpie,
I have a Coachmen Sentara with a 2001 V-10, I could have written your post myself..... except Check Engine Light did not come on. You have saved me a painstakeing troubleshooting routine. Only in heavy rain, I would get the mometayr "hick-up".. started subtile, then would get worse..... thought I had bought bad gas first time experinced.
Thank you for your input - you saved me a ton of time!!!!!!
2000 Coachmen Santara F-53 V10 - Rick, Marie and Junior - The Wonder Dog (retired)
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ygohome
Vienna, VA. U.S.A.
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Were you ever able to follow-up on your plan to get a log or record of break-downs. Jean
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slobote
Fort Myers, Florida, Long beach Ca.
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Break down info,
In may 2004 going from Florida to California while climbing the grades to Amarillo the red shutdown light and buzzer went on and then went away. 40 miles later the shutdown light went on and shut the engine down in the truck lane. it started right away and since the temp and oil pressure was ok we limped into the cummins dealer in Amarillo. They could find no faults with computer testing and sent us on our way. When we started the grades into California the same thing happened several times. We went into to a cummins dealer in Arcata California. The computer told him that the engine had been derated and shut down 20 times since we left texas. they replaced the fuel injection pump under warranty for the cummins 350 ISC and we headed to the state of washington. Around 300 miles on the way the check engine light came on and we felt a pause in the engine power. This only lasted for a few seconds and we kept going. It kept happening more frequently so we went into the cummins dealer in coberg Oregon. We spent almost two weeks there while they replaced the ECM, the the engine wiring harness, the fuel filters, a 200.00 fuel sensor, and isolated the entire fuel system and found no air leaks. At this point we left, and 100 miles later the check engine light came on with the same loss of power for a few seconds. When we reached Ventura California we went into the Cummins dealer and they thought that they had fixed the problem and we headed to Florida. 200 miles later the same light came on and we continued to Kingman Arizona when the check engine light kept comming on every 20 miles. At this point we realized that the engine was being derated when the light came on and we had to climb the small hills into Kingman in Second gear at 2000 RPM. Great western trucking was not a cummins dealer but was authorized to do warrantee work. The computer indicated that the problem was the fuel injecter pump that had been replaced two months earlier in Arcata california. While starting to replace the pump they found a wire socket to the pump had become loose and was sending incorrect messages to derate the engine. Torqued it down to the proper torque and we were on our way to Florida. From Kingman arizona to where we are now (Fort Myers) the engine has performed as it should, getting an easy 8.2 MPG at 65 MPH+ while pulling a PT cruiser with a 40 foot Newmar Mountain Aire.
It sure feels good to be home,
BOB
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Bob and Mardel
2001 Beaver Monterey Trinidad DP
One well behaved cat (CC)
Fort Myers, Florida
Long Beach,California
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bobpie
South NJ USA
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Quote:bobpie,
I have a Coachmen Sentara with a 2001 V-10, I could have written your post myself..... except Check Engine Light did not come on. You have saved me a painstakeing troubleshooting routine. Only in heavy rain, I would get the mometayr "hick-up".. started subtile, then would get worse..... thought I had bought bad gas first time experinced.
Thank you for your input - you saved me a ton of time!!!!!! Glad to be of help. My coach has run great since. Altough I have yet to drive in a very heavy down pour like that time.
2001 suncrusier, 32-v, Ford V10, 4 Koni FSD, dinning slide, No leaks, 1 wife, 1 westie, life is good! 03 malibu toad sometimes, roadmaster brake pro,roadmaster Blackhawk all terrain tow bar!
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frac
Corpus Christi, TX
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Lil Truckr,
The same thing happened to me. Same symtoms and all. Our coach quit near San Antonio and started again before I came to a stop. This happened two more times. The forth time it quit I was at an exit an pulled off with a dead engine. I sat there for a minute and said 'well, we have Good Sam Road Care'. I tried to start the engine one more time and it started. Did not have a problem all the way to out destination Fort Worth. Turns out the a battery disconnect I had installed on the battery was intermittently losing contact. I found this out quite by accident but removed the disconnect and have not had any problems since. Driving a '99 Ford V10 gas banger.
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G L Hallenbrook
Pickerington OH. USA
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Had your pinched front brake line twice, both on GM chassis. I won't tell you how many things I changed before I figured it out, you'de think I'de learn. They happened about ten years apart
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karel
Leavenworth & Tracyton, WA
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RV particulars:
Driveline (Engine, Transmission): 330 Cat, Allison Transmission
Miles: 21,000
Year: 2001
Break Down Description:
Symptoms: Would overheat when climbing, never on the flat roads
Effect: Alarms would go off and we would have to stop and wait
for the temp to come down
Cause: A bracket had come loose that was holding an expansion joint causing hot air to spill out and be trapped under the coach
Outcome: We got it fixed.
A little more info: WE were told that there was a problem with the radiator collecting road dust from an oily discharge from the engine. It was a design failure. They told us just to keep the radiator clean and we would not have a problem. However, when we headed for the mountains, we would continually overheat. It finally overheated to the point that our hydraulic lines to the slides and the air hoses to our breaks melted. THe guy that was sent out for road side service shined a flashlight down into the engine and noticed the loose bracket. He said by the looks of the carbon built up, it was loose for quite a while. Since we got everything fixed, we haven't had ANY problem at all. Karel
Former:
27' Komfort TT
9' Artic Fox Camper
Presently:
2001 Itasca Horizon
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