2015 Keystone Passport Delamination
Went and grabbed my 2015 Passport from storage today and noticed what looks to be delamination. I just can't believe that this happened so fast. This just came off the line May 16th. I plan ...
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Not delamination because it is not laminated, and not structural.
I often see wrinkles in that part of a TT with that type of construction, usually not so pronounced. It might have (probably did?) come out of the factory like that and nobody paid attention until now.
The factory might pay to have the dealer take it apart and try to stretch and retrim it so that it looks better, but I'd be tempted not to do that. A friend bought a Sprinter with wrinkles, and after a few months of hemming and hawing about whether or not it was really a problem, the factory paid for a dealer to fix it. After fixing it, they had problems with seam leaks. No problems before the fix.
They dumped the trailer and switched to a Jayco, saying they wouldn't buy again from a Thor company. I think not all Thor companies are run the same, and all brands have issues. My friends, after two years with there current TT, are finding assorted details, engineering choices and construction, saying "this is supposed to be a good trailer, they shouldn't have made it like that."
The point being, you will find that you have issues with almost all of them, particularly matters of appearance and "they should have done that better." Sometimes something doesn't need to be fixed, sometimes you can fix something yourself to make it better. Makes a lot of people unhappy with the RV industry, but it is all about managing costs to meet the price points at which we will buy.
I often see wrinkles in that part of a TT with that type of construction, usually not so pronounced. It might have (probably did?) come out of the factory like that and nobody paid attention until now.
The factory might pay to have the dealer take it apart and try to stretch and retrim it so that it looks better, but I'd be tempted not to do that. A friend bought a Sprinter with wrinkles, and after a few months of hemming and hawing about whether or not it was really a problem, the factory paid for a dealer to fix it. After fixing it, they had problems with seam leaks. No problems before the fix.
They dumped the trailer and switched to a Jayco, saying they wouldn't buy again from a Thor company. I think not all Thor companies are run the same, and all brands have issues. My friends, after two years with there current TT, are finding assorted details, engineering choices and construction, saying "this is supposed to be a good trailer, they shouldn't have made it like that."
The point being, you will find that you have issues with almost all of them, particularly matters of appearance and "they should have done that better." Sometimes something doesn't need to be fixed, sometimes you can fix something yourself to make it better. Makes a lot of people unhappy with the RV industry, but it is all about managing costs to meet the price points at which we will buy.
