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trukeeper
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Feb 12, 2014

Dealer refusing to do Warranty work?

After owning my new Winnebago Era 70A for a few weeks, I decided to take it to a local Winnebago dealer to have some warranty work done. Nothing major, really, some adjustments/repairs, and a couple of items need to be replaced (a non-functioning tail light, etc.).... In other words, typical warranty items. I went over my list with the service department yesterday and they said it would take a week or so since there were a few parts to order. Today, I get a phone call from the Service Department stating their GM instructed them to do NO Warranty work on my Era since I did not buy it from them!! Bear in mind, this dealer is an authorized Winnebago Dealer and is on Winnebago's official list. I have never heard of an authorized dealer refusing to do warrantly work before. Is this typical of Winnebago dealers? I have contacted Winnebago on this and they are "Looking into the matter".. meanwhile, my RV sits in that dealers lot waiting for me to pick it up. Any sugggestions? Do I have any recourse? Unfortunately, I don't know of any other Winnebago authorized dealers in our metro area and I really don't want to drive 700 miles (rountrip to the dealer where I purchased the RV) to get these issues taken care of. Suggestions?

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  • This is typical of the entire and not specific to one manufacturer. What most of us do is find a local independent RV repair shop who is not a dealer and that is authorized to make warranty repairs and have them do the repairs..
  • I've always found Winnebago to be responsive to customer service. I would make a lot of noise (squeaky wheel) with a senior person at Winnebago. If the authorized dealer is having a problem perhaps Winnebago will authorize a local repair shop to complete the service. As for the dealer, I would pick up my RV as soon as possible and get in writing, perhaps on the service order, their refusal to perform the service. JMHO and best of luck.