Wannafulltime
Clearwater, FL, USA
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RV particulars: 36' National RV Dolphin with Mor-Ryde Tag Axle
Driveline (Engine, Transmission): Triton V-10 (has Banks Ram-Air added on)
Miles: 33,000+ (had 28,000 when we purchased it in April, 2006)
Year: 2000
Break Down Description: making a right turn when heard loud noise; thought we hit something or were dragging something
Symptoms: loud road noise
Effect: wheel fell off
Cause: wheel bearings in right tax axle seized up
Outcome: burnt up brake and scored brake drum, had to replace all parts & brake drum had to be re-turned.
We had come from Branson, MO down US 65 and decided to get gas before we hit I-40. There was a Wal-Mart there (Conway, AR) with good price, so we decided to turned in. As we turned in, we heard a loud noise and we thought we had either hit something or were dragging something. We pulled to a stop, got out, and found out that our right tag axle wheel had come off. We went into Wal-Mart and called around for a mobile RV service. We found one and settled in to wait for them. While we waited, we called our extended warranty folks to find out what we needed to do. It seems the service person would have to call them and get an authorization number before doing any work. When the service guy called, he was told that he had to send an itemized list to the warranty place and they would let him know what to do. However, they wanted to have us towed to a service facility, even though this guy worked with several big RV companies doing roadside service. The tow would cost at least $700, but more like $1000, because we would have needed a flatbed towtruck. Since we had no idea whether or not the warranty place would pay, we declined and decided to have the guy fix it there and he could argue with the warranty place. Long story short, they would not pay for anything except $30 for bearings. Since the service guy was sent the wrong part and it would have been an additional four days sitting in the Wal-Mart parking lot (he needed a four hole brake assembly rather than the five hole he was sent - mind you he had sent pictures to show what he needed) we had him reassemble the wheel without the brake assembly (to the tune of $621.00!) and came on to Florida. So now we have a tag axle without the brake assembly and we need to have the rest of the work done. I am so disgusted with extended warranty companies. One pays through the nose for these warranties to keep from having such problems, and all one gets is stonewalled right and left. I am still going to speak with someone from the company to see if I can get them to come up with any money on the repair. I believe we are due it because the bearings (which they pay for) caused the problem! I had the service man check the other wheel on the tag and it was lubricated just fine! GRRRRRR!!!!
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2003 Dodge Ram 3500 HO Dually
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Roark Family
Alpharetta, Ga
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What is the company you use for your extended warranty?
Four Winds 2002 Hurricane 33SL
Family of 7
Husband, wife, 2 kids
2 dogs, 1 parrot (solomon island eclectus, male)
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horibajim
Ann Arbor Michigan
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Joined: 04/11/2005
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2005 Winnebago Journey
Freightliner Chassis
5.9 liter Cummins engine
Towing 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue
Me, Wife and 2 cats (cats have 15,000 miles)
Traveling south on I-75 to Florida through Tennessee. We felt a vibration when we climbing hills. We made it all the way to Florida but now we get vibration when accelerating from a light. The coach has 15,000 miles. At the 5,000 mile mark, had the oil changed according to the mfr specifications (Freightliner Service Center). They also lubed the chassis (at least according to the piece of paper). I took it to a Freightliner service center in Orlando. They very quickly found a bad universal joint. That was the good news. The bad news, they said, because it was not lubricated properly, it was not covered under warranty. I don't know how they can tell, the parts were in such bad shape. Cost me $389. The Florida service center called the place that did the original lube job but got no where.
So extended warranty companies are not the only guilty. I'm not really thrilled with original equipment (Freightliner) manufacturers.
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J-Rooster
Port Orchard, Wa. / Lake Havasu City, Az.
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I've only had one breakdown on the road, and it was 7 years ago, and at that time I owned a Class C 31 foot Jamboree. The breakdown was caused by my slideout, sliding out about 18 inches,and of all places it was that narrow steep grade that you drive up before you get to Yosmite National Park. It was the dining room slide on the driver's side. What I did was drive on the shoulder on the passenger side of the road (this caused the coach to lean toward the passenger side preventing it from sliding out to the driver's side anymore) until I got to the top of the hill, and pulled into a gas station. There the wife and I were able to push the slide back in and secure it. The cause was I ran over a flat object (a thin paper book left on the floor by the Grandkids) while, retracting the slide-out shearing off a pin, which caused the slide-out to freely move in or out (with this pin sheared off, I couldn't use, extend or retract the side-out using the hydrolic's). John
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Jim@HiTek
Gresham, OR, USA
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RV particulars: 37' Fleetwood Bounder, Diesel Pusher.
Driveline (Engine, Transmission): Cummins 5.9L, 190HP, Allison 4 speed.
Miles: 126,000
Year: 1994
Break Down Description: Alternator would not charge chassis battery, dim lights.
Symptoms: Dash voltage meter went high for about an hour or so before failure, then into discharge and stayed there.
Effect: Had to cross wire house batteries to chassis (starting) battery and run genset to stay on road. (Genset set up to charge all batteries using the 120V to 14V converter - shorted the 'Aux' switch on the dash so the batteries were crossed with a relay used for starting the rig with a low chassis battery).
Cause: Bad alternator.
Called Freightliner and found my alternator is a Delco 21 SI @ 100 amp. They asked $470 before shipping. Called several places but eventually found a local auto parts store that had them at $162 total (after core return), includes tax and $10 for them to swap the pulley. Difficult part was the part number mis-match between the Freightliner p/n and the Delco generic p/n.
Although this alternator was caked with dirt and road debris, it performed it's job for over 126,000 miles. I found one of terminals on the internal voltage regulator was so corroded it fell off when I moved the connector.
Good job Delco.
Outcome: Replaced bad alternator, dress up wiring, back on road. Three hours plus part chase time.
Jim@HiTek
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Winnebago Journey, '02
Cat 330HP Diesel, 36.5', two slides.
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03FatBoy
Crossville, Tn.
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Roark Family wrote:What is the company you use for your extended warranty?
You name one, they're all pretty much alike! I could tell a similar horror story to the one above. When I got home I immediately canceled my extended warranty. They not only are expensive, but the pay back from these folks (or at least getting them to) is pathetic!
Melissa & Steve (MNC USNR retired)
FMCA F335327, GS
'05 HR Ambassador 36PDD, Saturn Vue Toad
8.3L Cummins w/ 6sp Allison
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The Poopster
Livingston, TX
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We had taken delivery of our MH the week before when we left for a weekend trip with our two grands. We were on a two-lane road in the rain just as it got dark. All of a sudden, the engine quit, the headlights went out and the emergency flashers did not work. Luckily, I was able to coast off the road.
After being towed to a service center at around 3am, The technician, who was still working at that hour, found that the ground cables on the chassis batteries were so loose the battery management system shut the whole thing down.
The pre-delivery inspection the week before obviously left something to be desired, although I will take part of the blame for trusting the dealer.
Icing on the cake. A state trooper was following us when this happened. He stopped and gave me a warning ticket for driving without lights.
Fulltimer since 2004
2003 Revolution 40C
2003 Ford Explorer Sport-trac
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Teach 2
Missouri
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This summer we had a weird experience:
Driveline: Cat C7 350hp, Allison 6 speed
Miles: 7,400
Year: 2006
Break Down Description: Engine would not shut down
Symptoms: Turn ignition off, remove key, engine still running
Effect: I think you've got it
Cause: Bad ignition switch
Outcome: Freightliner CS sent us to Enterprise Truck Sales near Jackson, Mississippi where we were treated extremely well while the problem was diagnosed and fixed.
Gary
2006 Excursion, 39S
Freightliner, 350 Cat C7
2003 Liberty, F366040
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HOKIEME
Greenville, NC 27858
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I have a 1999 Winnebago Adventurer Cummins ISB engine 123K miles.
About a year ago the engine would not shut off when the key was turned off. A call to Cummins said probably a diode burned out in line to alternator allowing back feed to fuel shutoff valve keeping it open. Immediate solution was to pull the five fuses in battery compartment which shut engine off
The diode was burned out, I had a larger capacity one so replaced it and has worked fine.
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fuzzbutt
Pittsburgh
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RV particulars:
Driveline![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/cool.gif "cool") hevy 454
Miles:24000
Year:1994
Break Down Description: No electrical power.
Symptoms:Voltmemter was reading 10 volts
Effect![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/eek.gif "eek") ngine totally shut down while driving down the road
Cause![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/biggrin.gif "biggrin") ad alternator
Outcome![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/tongue.gif "tongue") ut a new chassis battery in it on the side of the road. I was told to take it to Camping World which I had just enough power to get there, only to find out that they don't do engine repairs. I had 3 people refer me there. Luckily I was able to get it fixed at a small garage only about a mile away.
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John, Sherry & Sabrina
+ Mowgli (Keeshond) Shane (Border Collie) Sunny (Sun Conure) & Lily (Cockatiel)
94 Winnebago Adventurer 34'
04 Nissan Murano
05 Acura TL
92 Honda Gold Wing
Now.....bring me that horizon.
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