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RickandLou
Explorer
Jul 21, 2014

New Fifth Wheel

On June 21, 2014 we purchased a 2015 Coachmen Chaparral Signature 343 RLTS. It is beautiful but in the 30 days that we have owned it, we have found numerous issues. Kitchen faucet spewed water everywhere, shower leaked into the floor, both sets of landing gear broke when we brought it home and parked it. There is a small hole in the corner of the main slide at the floor when slid in. The worst thing is after bringing it home yesterday from the dealer(repairs), driving in rain, when we got home and slid out, we had water inside on the floors and the slide carpet was wet. I am sick about the money we spent on this rv and the problems we have already encountered. Has anyone else experienced this many problems in a new rv??

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  • I've been looking a lot at a new fifth wheel and hate when I hear stories like yours. My 2006 Cardinal has been pretty much trouble free but I like all the new options you can get now on the new ones. Wonder how much you have to spend to get a quality fifth wheel, I know they all could have small issues but some problems people have are ridiculous!