multiple problems with new Forest River

Lantley wrote:

drsteve wrote:

newman fulltimer wrote:
so how is a cheap battery forest river? Have you bothered to check your crappy wfco converter for proper output seeing its as well not forest river.The ac thats not forest river needs taken off auto to stop coming on.The non forest river heater might need properly sealed

Would you be this forgiving if, say, your new truck's outsourced transmission blew up? Of course not--you would expect the manufacturer to take responsibility and fix it, and rightly so. It's Forest River's choice to use these parts, and it should be their responsibility to repair the unit.

Auto's and RV's are 2 different things, with very different assembly procedures, warranty policies and consumer protection laws.
The sooner you separate the 2 the sooner you will have a better understanding of the challenges of RV ownership.

So you accept poor design, lousy assembly, nonexistent QC, and crummy customer service, and call it a "challenge"? LOL... some of us expect value for our money. Instead, this industry, which becomes more of a monopoly by the year, continues to pump out junk and blame it on their suppliers and customers. As an example, the floor in my new Coachmen creaks and flexes worse than the floors in my 130 year old sticks & bricks. They tell me this is normal, never mind the effect it has on resale value. I can either live with it and hope it doesn't fall apart, or fix it myself.

FR in fact now expects their customers to inspect roof seals and caulk every NINETY DAYS for maintenance purposes. Here in the snow belt, that is pretty much impossible, but you can bet they'll use this provision to get out of as many warranty claims they can. Prices rise while value falls, enabled by the attitude that all this is somehow normal.