On the road breakdown stories..
I'd be interested in reading your on the road breakdown stories and how you got back on the road. I'll share two. I have been RV-ing on and off since 1987. I guess we have been very lucky to have...
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I think I might have told part of this but... Started home in late August,forgot the exact date. Washed coach and hoked up new Ford Edge ST.
Half mile down the road coach starts bucking and car is jumping around.
Brakes are smoking and on fire all four wheels of Edge
Took the car loose and drove to an RV Service. The air brake cylinder mis adjusted. Thought everything was fine now. hooked up with properly adjusted cylinder. Several miles down the road we stopped on shoulder of the road to tend to something. Started back up, the shoulder was loose gravel and dirt. About a half mile down the road smoke was noticed boiling from all four tires of the car. Stopped near rmp got out and looked things over. Car was in park. Tires were ruined with strips of rubber trailing the tires.Traffic was too heavy to unhook, so made sure it was in neutral and proceed very slowly off the ramp.
A couple of nice guys stopped to help. A good think as I'm getting to the point of very bad difficulty in hookup and unhooking.
Called State Farm and they got a flatbed to come, to the middle of nowhere and pick up the car and take back to dealer. A lot of problems getting them to fix it in a timely manner. Six more weeks in the desert. We had to pay, well state Farm did. It turns out when you leave the vehicle, set to tow according to ford nd the manual,if you get anywhere near it again it goes into auto park. When we stopped alongside the road first time I went back and visually checked the car, a habit, everything looked fine. I didn't open the door or anything.
Ford installed a battery disconnect and now we have to unscrew a panel and pull a lanyard to transmission in order tow tow. Two people from the service dept it wa all they could do to pull the lanyard and lock it in a slot. We got home wife easily released it though. So now we have a new tow vehicle we can't handle to setup to tow.
Brakes and rotors were burnt and the calipers melted and four tires ruined. PS: before anyone says anything about my typing. I am having eye problems and go for an injection in the left one tomorrow and have nerve damage in my hands and fingers.
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Half mile down the road coach starts bucking and car is jumping around.
Brakes are smoking and on fire all four wheels of Edge
Took the car loose and drove to an RV Service. The air brake cylinder mis adjusted. Thought everything was fine now. hooked up with properly adjusted cylinder. Several miles down the road we stopped on shoulder of the road to tend to something. Started back up, the shoulder was loose gravel and dirt. About a half mile down the road smoke was noticed boiling from all four tires of the car. Stopped near rmp got out and looked things over. Car was in park. Tires were ruined with strips of rubber trailing the tires.Traffic was too heavy to unhook, so made sure it was in neutral and proceed very slowly off the ramp.
A couple of nice guys stopped to help. A good think as I'm getting to the point of very bad difficulty in hookup and unhooking.
Called State Farm and they got a flatbed to come, to the middle of nowhere and pick up the car and take back to dealer. A lot of problems getting them to fix it in a timely manner. Six more weeks in the desert. We had to pay, well state Farm did. It turns out when you leave the vehicle, set to tow according to ford nd the manual,if you get anywhere near it again it goes into auto park. When we stopped alongside the road first time I went back and visually checked the car, a habit, everything looked fine. I didn't open the door or anything.
Ford installed a battery disconnect and now we have to unscrew a panel and pull a lanyard to transmission in order tow tow. Two people from the service dept it wa all they could do to pull the lanyard and lock it in a slot. We got home wife easily released it though. So now we have a new tow vehicle we can't handle to setup to tow.
Brakes and rotors were burnt and the calipers melted and four tires ruined. PS: before anyone says anything about my typing. I am having eye problems and go for an injection in the left one tomorrow and have nerve damage in my hands and fingers.
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