Coachman issue

writerwithwheels wrote:
I made the mistake of buying a 2004 Coachman from General RV in Akron.
I am a first time Rv'er but I did take someone with me who owns RV's and claimed they could spot any no-buy issues.

I think I'd be more upset with the someone you brought with you instead of the dealer or the manufacturer.

The dealer told you it was sold As-Is with no warranty (multiple times), so what exactly are you expecting from them? As-Is with no warranty means exactly that. It's a 10 year old rig. It is going to have problems.

As for the brake issue, even on a brand new vehicle, Coachman or the dealer wouldn't do anything for you. Brand new, that would be the responsibility of the Chassis Manufacturer, not the RV Manufacturer.

You bought a 10 year old Motorhome and unfortunately, it sounds like you got one that wasn't taken care of. If you read through this forum, cab over rot in 10+ year old Class C motorhomes is not unheard of.

It is unfortunate and is the reason I would never buy a used RV again. We bought a used Pop-up as our first RV. It was 9 years old when we bought it and it looked great. We actually opened it with the salesman for the first time just as it was being brought on the lot as a trade-in, so they have no time to try to cover any issue.

We sold it one year later in the same condition. I'm pretty sure that unit was garage kept. We considered ourselves lucky that we got such a nice pop-up for its age. We looked at plenty of pop-ups that were newer and older that were not in as good a shape as the one we bought.

-Michael