Class C coachmen 2015

JIT may work in other operations but I don't think it will work great on a motorhome chassis. manufacturer's need to stockpile them so they are available when their customer's want/need them. what do they do when Ford, etc. goes on strike? stop selling motorhomes?
bumpy

I have read all of this with great interest. My conclusion having worked as a manufacturing engineer (among other things) that all of this could have been avoided using well-known "just-in-time" manufacturing planning and scheduling.

Having said that, I really don't have any solution to the political shenanigans and beauracracy fiascos. I know I would run things differently using logic and reason. Never count on a govt to do that.

My 2013 is on a 2012 chasis......

My 2010 Coachmen is on a 2008 E450 chassis. 07 through 10 you may find many unusual parings as manufacturers had ordered cut-aways and the market tanked. In my case it's really convoluted as Forest River bought Coachmen and built the 2010 model with some visible, and invisible construction changes, and used one of the unused chassis from 08. Major impact is 1/3 of the tire life has already passed by the time it's delivered.

Couple of years ago I looked at a really neat looking Fleetwood Quest on a Sprinter. Opposing double slides. Research turned out that Fleetwood had made a special run of this design using leftover materials in the warehouse from 07. NO TWO WERE ALIKE. After using up the surplus components they never made that model again.

For registration purposes the date of the motor home build is used. You need to contact Ford to get your warranty start date adjusted to date of purchase.

Lucked out once when Camping World had a mis-registered Winnie (08 registered as an 07) and priced it as an 07. Not all was gold however, as there was a major engine change, but Winnie engineers didn't upgrade the frame extensions so I lost 1500 pounds of tow capacity.

Our old 1984 Mirage was built on a 1983 Toyota chassis. It worked out well but I never did feel right inside over it. When we special ordered our new rig in 2007, I made sure the years matched.

Common in the RV world. I've never heard of a problem with insurance or registration issues. My 1988 Jamboree is on a 1987 Ford Chassis. Registration/pink slip and insurance all refer to it as a 1988 Jamboree, not a 1987 Ford. In fact, nowhere on any of the paperwork is the word Ford even mentioned. However, when I go to buy drivetrain parts at the auto parts store, I have to remember that it is a 1987, since that was the last year with a carb; in 1988 Ford went to fuel injection.

As one other situation, our new 2005 Class C was a built on a Ford 2005 chassis, so it appears that all was in order. However, Ford actually constructed our particular chassis in the fall of 2004 ... obviously they built it ahead of calendar 2005, but per their advertised "2005 chassis design and features". Of course all vehicles of any given year that one buys early in that year are likely to actually have been put together in the previous year.

IMHO, the important thing with the OP's situation is ... if their chassis was truely of the previous year's design ... then what, if any, improvement changes did Ford make from the 2014 chassis to the 2015 chassis? If none of any significance, then I wouldn't be concerned if the RV is called the year model in which the coach portion meets the advertised design and features of that year for that coach, even though the Ford chassis only meets Ford's advertised chassis design and features of the previous year.

Bought a 2015 Forester in October last year. The chassis is a 2014.

I also have a Coachmen class C that I bought as a 2009 and found out it is a 2008 chassis. E-450 diesel. I love it and have had no problems.

I don't think you were "had". It's not uncommon for the chassis and the RV to be different years because of the lead time necessary to order chassis, and the build time required for the coach.