Keystone does it again!!!!

powderman426 wrote:

Steve O Reno wrote:
While doing the pre trip prep on the hauler and re screwing and nailing down everything that fell off from the last 100 mile trip I heard a chirp. Found the CO2 detector was bad. No big deal off to the RV store and found out these have a 10 year life span. Well mine says replace in 2012. My trailer is a 2010 so that means they put in a 7 year old part!!!!!! I already replaced the LP that was out of date before the trailer build out. The CO2 detector btw was 110 bucks. What a sad and shameful way to run a company

While I agree a detector that old should not have been installed, but paying that much for a new one sounds illogical to me. Kidde has a new unit out that has a ten year battery and a readout display so if the alarm does go off you can see how bad the problem is for about $50.

The old one is hard wired and as others have said has a specific shape/size. As to why a company would install any electric safety product that is so old or in the case of the lp detector already out of date is inexcusable. BTW I kept the old one and can post a pic if they dont believe me. The thing that bothers me is that this trailer has so many problems. I would never consider buying a new trailer except one of the custom builders. I dont trust anything built in elkhart.