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RustyJC wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
We camped next to a lady with a Mobile Suite and she said she had to take it back to the factory to have all the problems fixed. She was very happy with it now, but was unhappy that something that cost so much had so many problems.

Bear in mind that what is a "major problem" to some RVers is a minor maintenance item to others. Example: about 5-6 months after purchase, I noticed water dripping out on the ground below the plumbing bay on our current MS 38RSSA. Some RVers unfortunately don't know a hammer from a screwdriver when it comes to maintenance; it took me probably 30 minutes to locate the leak, remove a NPT fitting, apply teflon tape and reinstall the fitting. Problem solved. Someone else may have been looking for an RV repair facility or hauled the thing back to Howe, Indiana. Has ours been absolutely without fault? No - I've never had an RV that was. Has ours ever required the services of a dealer, independent repair facility or DRV in Howe, Indiana to repair a problem? No, and our 2004 MS 36RE3 never saw Howe, Indiana in 10 years of ownership - it was in a dealer repair facility twice; once for a broken slideout gear (in warranty) and again for a failed Dometic fridge cooling unit (in warranty).

Rusty

There you have it. If seen lists of ten to fifteen things that need fixed under warranty. Even could make my own. But I've seldom seen a list that I couldn't fix most of them in the time it would take to to hitch it up and pull it to your local dealer. A person taken theirs to the dealer because a shade needs adjusting then complains about the trailer makes no sense to me. Same as defective appliances that a manufacturer has no control with.