Fleetwood Tioga 31N Slideout Trouble
We have a 2010 Fleetwood Tioga Ranger Model 31N which developed a structural problem on both slide-out rooms. Perhaps our experience will be helpful to others who have similar models, or are considering to buy a used Tioga of that vintage.
The rooms started to bow and the bottom of the rooms began scraping on the motor brackets. I am told that this problem became evident in 2011, and Fleetwood developed a fix which consisted of removing ¼” off of the motor brackets to provide clearance, adding an additional roller near the midpoint of the room, and attaching stainless steel plates to the underside of the room to protect the fiberglass. Unfortunately for Tioga owners, Fleetwood kept this known problem a secret and only installed the fix when the problem became evident while still in warranty. Obviously the RV is out of warranty, but I was very disappointed to get only 15,000 miles and 4 ½ years of light use out of it before this structural problem became evident on our unit. My repair shop suggested that I contact Fleetwood to see if they would be willing to help out with the $1900 repair bill, but they refused to do anything except to provide detailed written instructions to the repair shop, for which I am grateful.
The rooms started to bow and the bottom of the rooms began scraping on the motor brackets. I am told that this problem became evident in 2011, and Fleetwood developed a fix which consisted of removing ¼” off of the motor brackets to provide clearance, adding an additional roller near the midpoint of the room, and attaching stainless steel plates to the underside of the room to protect the fiberglass. Unfortunately for Tioga owners, Fleetwood kept this known problem a secret and only installed the fix when the problem became evident while still in warranty. Obviously the RV is out of warranty, but I was very disappointed to get only 15,000 miles and 4 ½ years of light use out of it before this structural problem became evident on our unit. My repair shop suggested that I contact Fleetwood to see if they would be willing to help out with the $1900 repair bill, but they refused to do anything except to provide detailed written instructions to the repair shop, for which I am grateful.
