Wow! I read the entire thread and am just shaking my head. I have had totally different experience with Grand Design. Have I had some stuff fail? Yep! But ALL of it has been made by outside manufacturers. This is a list of stuff that has failed. Water service valves leaked, Fridge wouldn't auto switch from electric to gas, axle seals, exhaust fan lever broke, dining table rubbed the island. These failures did not happen all at once but over a period of time. At EVERY turn I would call GD and/or take the rig into the dealer where I bought it. All of the defects were replaced, repaired or adjusted. At one point we were in Amarillo, Texas on our way for a 2 month mountain states trip. GD called a local mobile repair guy who came out to fix the water valves. It was paid for by GD using THEIR CC #. (Those of you who know, mobile repair people almost NEVER take the company's cc #. They want you to pay and then you get reimbursed from GD.) Except for the kitchen island, everything else has been LCI stuff that failed. Not GD's fault. I don;t hear a whole lot of complaining about the **** that company puts out. GD and others need to hold LCI (Lippert) to a higher slandered. As far as my rig,in 18 months we have traveled over 20k miles and spent well over 200 nights in it - more than most but not as much as some. It has been solid and stable. It could all turn to **** tomorrow but so far - so great.
