Kodiak 2014 279RBSL Looks like a lemon
My wife and I purchased our first TT about two weeks ago. Since my signature went on the dotted line the problems grow worse. First of all, I have never done any RV'ing; my wife has done some before w...
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tsetsaf wrote:
While I agree with the first responder here that RV owners need to be able to fix and work on their own rigs I believe this situation is completely different. OP bought a brand spankin new RV that supposedly just passed the dealers PDI only to immediately spring a leak. The suggested fix of using silicone was ill informed and only made your problem worse by forcing the water into the walls down to the floor and out the belly.
Not sure about the lemon laws in WA but in most states RVs are not covered. OP will need to work with the dealer in a cordial manner to get the issue righted.
Thanks for the good wishes. The silicone probably fixed a little problem. The big problem apparently happened overnight when something let go in the pipes. The PDI was less than perfect. Lots of little things were left undone: labels sticking to windows and other surfaces that tracked dealer inventory, fingerprints all over the windows and appliances, white styrofoam on the floor. Not big stuff, but not the way a car dealer would deliver a car.
I may have it wrong, but I think of the RV as a second home. You buy it from the builder who makes sure everything works and doesn't leak. Then I would expect to do minor repairs and use my warranty and extended warranty to cover things I don't want to deal with or feel unqualified to fix. I am good at fixing things, just draw the line at correcting manufacturing defects like this.
