woif creek 850 problems

joeshmoe wrote:
I was told exactly the same about mine at the dealer. He said "Yeah, these windows leak sometimes." He said, if it does, "Just seal it up or replace it with a solid pane." Seemed odd. Great. Yet ANOTHER fit-and-finish issue that I have to make right. However, it never has leaked heavily.

My dealer told me the same about my AF811.

Other customers had reported the same problem to them, so they called the factory.

Here's what Northwood told them: A slight vacuum is created going down the road at highway speeds. When it rains, water running down the wall of the camper behind the truck cab goes in the drain holes for the window channel of the small window behind the truck cab, or possibly around the glass of the slider portion of the window.

One solution is to leave the bathroom roof vent open slightly, which I apparently did on previous trips, because I had taken numerous previous trips in the rain and never experienced a wet step.

On the trip where the step got wet, I drove probably 7+ hours in the rain along I-5 going south from Chehalis, WA and most of the way through Oregon. I battled the problem all day. I used foil tape around where the glass meets the frame... that didn't solve it, even though that was the most likely place water was entering (through the sliding portion).

Next time I stopped, the step was still getting wet, so I taped around the perimeter of the frame, that didn't solve it. Finally, I covered the drain holes - that solved it.

I used the camper like that for at least another year like that before I finally replaced the window with a solid pane window.