Keystone does it again!!!!

The 2 happiest days of my life: When I picked up the new 3912 raptor and the day I sold it !!!!

It will be a good buy for someone as all the things wrong from the factory will be rectified.

BTW its not like I am flogging this thing. It sits in my shop that is heated. Its been out 3 times this year. Thank God I don't have to pay someone this thing.

But This year Remote for awning,lights jacks out. Dead I am not repairing. Power converter. LP Detector. Last fall 5 trips ago speaker fell out of ceiling.
Got rid of china bombs (my choice they did not fail yet) Brakes on 2 wheels fell apart. 2 Light fixtures fell apart. Kitchen sink faucet failed. That does not figure that 1 of the outside doors is a 1/2 in out of square and 1 of the inside doors close and latch. The couch cushions the seams are raveling. Had to fix the garage happy jack bed frame. Trim is falling off faster than I can put it back up. And on and on. If it wasnt in my shop I wish it would catch fire and burn. This thing had to be built of the Friday of a 3 day weekend.

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 I already replaced the LP that was out of date before the trailer build out.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As to why a company would install any electric safety product that is so old or in the case of the lp detector already out of date is inexcusable.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.

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.

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

No disrespect. I believe every word of your post. I just don't understand how that old detector got there.

Are all the detectors in their build inventory 7 years old?

It just doesn't make sense. A year or two maybe, but seven years? WOW

Did they sit on the shelf that long or did they buy them cheap because of the age?

I know your out of Warranty so you won't get any help, but I'd sure be inclined to sent the CEO of Thor that bit of information. I won't say all of Keystone is run like that but, but sure does make you wonder.

Mine went out first year. Got one under warranty. However, they discontinued the model I had, so sent me the new model, which is smaller! Hard to fit in a larger hole in the wall!

I am going to have to cut a piece of wood, screw that to the wall, and put a smaller hole in that!

Nice.

To them, QA stands for Quantity Assurance, not Quality Assurance.