What has happened to Winnebago Quality?
I am a dedicated and loyal Winnebago motor home owner. I purchased my third new Adventurer several months ago. My first a 2000 35U, my second a 2005 38R, and my latest a 2015 38Q. I purchase Winneb...
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2gypsies wrote:Effy wrote:
Until a few manufacturers come along with a viable product and are happier with good profits and a good product instead of "it's all about the money" and a cheap product, that won't change. As consumers we have very few choices in a manufacturer. And they all play the same numbers game with relatively the same build process using the same cheap components. We need new players in the game. But as long as consumer pay top dollar for crap, why on earth would they change? That would be idiotic from a financial perspective. Apparently negative news doesn't seem to curb consumer spending. So why should they change?
Newmar has been around a long time and builds quality units. They are highly recommended.
I will disagree with you. Last year I bought a 2015 Canyon Star. Something major fell apart nearly every time out. I've owned several mh's over the last 40 plus years and I've never seen poor workmanship like this. I just sold it back to the dealer for a big loss. After 7000 miles we just couldn't take it any longer.
1st time out the jacks wouldn't retract.
2nd time the furnace quit and the house batteries were down to 9 volts after 3hrs of running.
When I dumped the rear black tank for the first time, the gate valve was glued in the open position. When I removed the cap, the whole tank unloaded on everything, me included.
The right side tail light assembly fell out going down the road, pulled about 5' of harness out and whipped around beating the rear body panel gouging up the paint.
Stopped to get gas and the steps wouldn't come in. Drove home with them half way out.
When I questioned Newmar about the batteries only lasting 3hrs with nothing on but the furnace.........Get ready..........He said I bought a coach, not a motorhome, Coaches are made to be driven, not used for dry camping. Canyon Star is their top of the line gasser. I won't even get into all the little things that fell apart or was assembled wrong. On a scale of 1-10? I think you can figure out where I put Newmar.
