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JM3972
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Feb 16, 2014

Dealers unable to find leak

I have a 2004 Class C Tioga. About a year after I bought it
I was camping and was in a torrential downpour. The
Next day I noticed that the overhead bed was soaked.
Since then it has been a continual battle. I have had it
1 dealer/RV repair shop 5 times and now another dealer/
RV repair shop going on 4 times. No one can seem to find
leak. At one point I even had them completely tear apart
the entire overhang to see if they could trace the leak and
check for rot. Each time they think they found the cause
but it always ends up leaking again. Ugh!!! I'm so frustrated.
It's costing me a lot of $ and still not fixing the problem! It
always leaks in the same spots on the right and left corners
of the overhang up on bed. It also takes time and a lot of
water to build up before it comes in. It must be leaking
into the curved section of the overhang then when enough
water builds up inside there it comes into the bed area.
The dealer told me he was at a loss and wasn't sure what to tell
me at this point.. Please HELP!
  • So sorry for your trouble. We had this problem with a previous travel trailer. In and out of shop dozen times. My husband finally figured out it was a design flaw and therefore basically not fixable. We traded it back to the dealer who sold it to us and ended our problem. Won't be buying that brand again. Good luck in your search for solution.
  • They have used water on outside as well as
    done some kind of pressure test. This
    is when they had found a missing screw
    and thought that was the problem but it
    wasn't...I was told the only
    thing left to do is a bubble test. I'm not
    convinced that they will find it this way
    either at this point..
  • How are they looking for the leak, with water from the outside or pressure from the inside?