2013 Leprechaun water leak problems

paullac wrote:
Curious if there's any news on the legal front? I believe you had started that process. I imagine that takes a long time too.

I have been working with the Florida Attorney General’s Office in regard to using Florida’s Lemon Law. Pursuing a remedy through the Lemon Law is much more difficult with an RV than with a car. With a car, the manufacturer is given 15 days to correct the problem after notice has been given by the consumer, but with an RV they are given 45 days. In my case I messed around for quite a few weeks before issuing that notice to Coachmen because I didn’t know better. If this happened to me today, that notice would go out on day one. Also, not everything with an RV is covered under Florida’s Lemon Law. If the problem concerns something that is primarily a living feature, such as a side door or the refrigerator, that doesn’t count. If this leak was in the back of the coach in my closet it wouldn’t count, but because it is above the passenger compartment and creates a use and safety issue, that puts it under the Lemon Law. The Lemon Law mainly covers things that are chassis, engine, transmission related. The RV industry must have had very good representation in the Florida Legislature when this law was drafted. According to the Attorney General’s office, because I have filled notice with Coachmen, if I get my coach back this time and have another occurrence of the problem, I can take it immediately to arbitration. Of course the arbitration board is funded by the RV industry so my guess is they are more than a little slanted toward the manufacturer and not the consumer, but that is just my guess.