New travel trailer expectations

hddecker wrote:

MM49 wrote:

TC campers wrote:
Hello fellow campers. Purchased a new travel trailer last week. First trip for the 4 the weekend. Fresh water tank fell out at mile 105 and was drug down the interstate until fellow motorist flagged us down. Hole in the bottom skirting, many wires wore completely through, hole in water tank. None of the camper electrical works. Trailer lights seems fine. Home we went.

My question to the experienced rv crowd. What should I do? Insist on a new one, settle for repairs, be compensated for my loss of use

Attached is a link to a RV industry magazine. It has an article on the Lemon Law process. The industry doesn't think that Lemons exist. I would recommend you read this and adjust your strategy. The RV.net information naive at best.
MM49

Rick Lavers

Very interesting article, it just reiterates on common theme and that is when we have warranty issues the consumer is not treated with the respect they deserve. Of course the article is biased being that it is an industry publication.

It still doesn't change the fact that there is a lack of quality control in the products that the RV Industry puts out.

When the water tank fell out of my Winnebago they told me the tank was to hold water not transport it. I ended up fixing it my self. The root cause of the problem is the manufactures replaced a metal tank platform from Lippert with scrap 1/2" OSB board. They made a decision to reduce the coast of the BOM list at the cost of the owner.
MM49