Winnebago Itasca Full Wall Slide Failure

gonesouth wrote:
Clearly it's a Winnebago problem. I've never heard of a hydraulic leveling sytem that didn't torgue the frame......therefore binding the frame with a low tolerance slide system. Sloppy work by Winnebago, IMHO. It's what happens when the accountants run the company.

If you follow any of the forums you would realize the slide problem is not specific to Winnebago products. Many other brands use the same system and have encountered similar problems.

Most of the problems come down to the fact that the Schwintec slide system requires much closer and far more consistent tolerances than those needed by previous systems. Unfortunately it took all the coach builders some time to realize this. By the time they realized they had a significant problem there were several thousand coaches with this system on the road. Given the fact that most motorhomes are used on an intermittent basis it took an extended amount of time for the gravity of the problem to come to light.

Since Winnebago is standing behind their products and repairing the problem on their dime it shows they are a quality company and they value their customers. If the "bean counters" were in control as you say they wouldn't be repairing 3 and 4 year old coaches at no cost to their customers.

It's unfortunate that the proper amount of due diligence wasn't completed before switching to the system. Hopefully they learned a lesson and will properly research and test future systems before implementing them.