Winnebago Adventurer Roof issues
Hi there! I'm hoping somebody out there has some insight for us on this topic: We have a 2005 Winnebago Adventurer 38J Over this past weekend (a very windy weekend, I might add!), we were traveling...
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Mile High wrote:Bruce Brown wrote:fenwickfam wrote:
We are still trying to work with the insurance company. We spoke with Winnebago who said that this is not a defect, as they have been using these roofs for many years producing over 10 million of these and if it were a defect, they wouldn't be using this design. They did state that it does happen, and in our situation, it was a wind issue, not a defect or a design flaw. So... now, back to the insurance company....
Yet how many other motorhomes and travel trailers were on the road that same day, driving in those same conditions that didn't have their roof blow off. And thinking about this even more, have we ever seen a post on RV.Net about a roof blowing off on anything but a Winnebago. :h I'm not saying there hasn't been one, but I sure don't ever remember seeing one. It seems we do see these posts come up with Winnies about 3-4 times a year. Nope - not a design flaw at all, it was a "wind issue". Umm...OK. :S
Good luck with the insurance company - I think you're going to need it.
MMM - I'm assuming your are trying to pin Winnebago as having the only "fiberglass" roofs that blow off in the wind, and that may be true, but overall, I encountered 3 rubber roofs blow off in my social group in the last year. The last one was my brother in laws brand spanking new Avalanche 5er that lost the roof all the way back to the 1st AC driving through Wyoming a few months ago. It peeled past his skylight and even ripped his Sensar antenna off. Damaged the side where it was flapping in the wind before he saw it.
Again the Winnebago fiberglass roof - its not the best design, but compared to a rubber roof, it is light years better.
You had 3 in your group lose their roof last year? Wow...I'm glad I'm not traveling where you travel. 3 gone in one year - that's just amazing.
I'm not a rubber roof fan either, but at least any RV shop or anyone with even the slightest amount of handiman in them can pop on a new rubber roof, the same can't be said for fiberglass.
Fortunately/unfortunately, it seems the reports of loosing a fiberglass roof appears to be limited to Winnebagos.
