Long term Seneca
Interested in hearing from Seneca owner on any issues/ praises found after having one for awhile.
Forum Discussion
When my husband and I met I had a 31' Gulfstream Yellowstone Country Club Class C and he had a 34' Montana Big Sky fifthwheel with 3 slides. I liked the room in his 5er and he liked the manuverabilty of my motorhome. After some research we decided on a Super C.
We have owned our 2005 Seneca GS35 for more than two years. When we bought it with 21,000 miles on it, a new engine had just been installed. We have put 14,000 miles on it during this time. We are currently on a 4 month tour across and around the US, having left on June 4th and have driven 4,402 miles on this trip so far.
We've had an engine overheating problem since the get-go. We added electric fans, with limited success. On this trip the overheating got serious as we were in the mountains in the western US. We diagnosed the problem, and had it confirmed, that the fan clutch was not working property. After having it replaced, we've had no more overheating problems.
The kitchen slide motor/relay is weak and sometimes need physical assistance in closing. We'll address this issue when we return from this trip. We don't put out the kitchen slide unless we're going to be parked in one place for more than a couple of days. There is plenty of room inside with the slide closed.
We haven't had any other serious problems and like the towing and storage capacity. We travel with a cat and installed a pet door accessing the area under the bed for litter box, food and water, as well as room for laundry basket and paper goods storage.
I haven't noticed any diesel fumes unless I'm outside near the exhaust when the generator is running. Just don't open windows near the generator exhaust and there shouldn't be an issue.
We have owned our 2005 Seneca GS35 for more than two years. When we bought it with 21,000 miles on it, a new engine had just been installed. We have put 14,000 miles on it during this time. We are currently on a 4 month tour across and around the US, having left on June 4th and have driven 4,402 miles on this trip so far.
We've had an engine overheating problem since the get-go. We added electric fans, with limited success. On this trip the overheating got serious as we were in the mountains in the western US. We diagnosed the problem, and had it confirmed, that the fan clutch was not working property. After having it replaced, we've had no more overheating problems.
The kitchen slide motor/relay is weak and sometimes need physical assistance in closing. We'll address this issue when we return from this trip. We don't put out the kitchen slide unless we're going to be parked in one place for more than a couple of days. There is plenty of room inside with the slide closed.
We haven't had any other serious problems and like the towing and storage capacity. We travel with a cat and installed a pet door accessing the area under the bed for litter box, food and water, as well as room for laundry basket and paper goods storage.
I haven't noticed any diesel fumes unless I'm outside near the exhaust when the generator is running. Just don't open windows near the generator exhaust and there shouldn't be an issue.
