Tiffin Phaeton 40QDH

You might join here and ask about roof rails, wet bay and drivers front slide all had problems but may have been fixed under warranty.
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JR

Join the TiffinRVnetwork.com the forum is all Tiiffin. Bought a used 2007 Allegro Bus last year and did have to get one of the "big three" fixed which for me was the wetbay. Roof rails and driver side slide OK so far. Even though I am the second owner Tiffin fixed the wetbay at their cost. Plus was done locally in southern CA so didn't need to make the trip to Redbay. Had to have other items fixed but due to poor maintenance by original owner not Tiffin, in my opinion Tiffin builds a quality coach . I was fully aware of the big three prior to purchase due to the information on the forum.

We bought a 2003 Allegro Bus a couple of years ago and have not had any of the problems mentioned. Now I am concerned. What happens to the wet bay that causes a problem? Also, not sure what is meant about bad roof rails. What is that?

Thanks for any explanations...Don

The roof rails are the curved pieces that connect the side walls and roof. Tiffin made a design change on some coaches newer than our 2006 that had the fiberglass roof continue over the edge (radius) and connect to the walls as one sheet. Our Phaeton did not have this problem. We have had the slide floor and wet bay floor replaced, in our case under warranty a couple of years ago. Check for a noticeable sagging floor under the wet bay, this is a sign of it needing to be changed, ours showed up in late 2009 and again in 2012. The new system is a composite sheet of plastic that can not rot as plastic wrapped marine plywood can. Our problem was caused by a cracked shower drain coupling nut a slow long term leak, only when shower used. It was found the second change out.

We just bought the same model, but an '06, about two months ago. Ask the questions JR45 mentioned. Of course, with any purchase, look at the age of the tires. Going from a 5th wheel to the class A was an eye opener. Good luck with your decision.

+1 on the Tiffin RV Network---VERY helpful.

Thanks, will check out the Tiffin forum

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Teacher's Pet wrote:
The roof rails are the curved pieces that connect the side walls and roof. Tiffin made a design change on some coaches newer than our 2006 that had the fiberglass roof continue over the edge (radius) and connect to the walls as one sheet. Our Phaeton did not have this problem. We have had the slide floor and wet bay floor replaced, in our case under warranty a couple of years ago. Check for a noticeable sagging floor under the wet bay, this is a sign of it needing to be changed, ours showed up in late 2009 and again in 2012. The new system is a composite sheet of plastic that can not rot as plastic wrapped marine plywood can. Our problem was caused by a cracked shower drain coupling nut a slow long term leak, only when shower used. It was found the second change out.

Thank-you for the information about this. I have been on my roof numerous times and have not found any weak spots or separation, so I'm wondering if that was not a problem on the Bus. My wet bay is a one piece molded plastic pan, not wood wrapped. I can only assume that the previous owner had the wet bay floor changed out. I will be keeping a close eye on those things though.

posted on the Tiffin forum, we'll see what it brings.

Pardon my ignorance, but is the 'wet bay' the compartment with the tank drain valves and water fill?

What was issue with drivers side slide floor?

Thanks