Factory Warranty

[Bob_Vaughn]

I find it strange that an automobile or truck that is driven and used every day comes with at least a 3 year warranty but an rv comes with a 1 year warranty and if purchased in the fall will be out of warranty before any serious usage occurs. Why don't rv manufacturers install hub o meters on a wheel to document miles driven. Then could warranty miles rather than years. Extended warrantys are both expensive and very restrictive about how they are administered. I think the CC dept. of rv mfg. are hoping no one uses the rv purchased until it is out of warranty..

[wildtoad]

I think the warranty periods are reasonable, and if you don't use you unit for whatever reason then that's on you. Major components of chassis covered for several years, house covered for five on my yet to be delivered Newmar, all appliances, converters, have individual warranties ranging from a year to three.

[Homer1]

There are many warranties on an RV, Drive train is usually 3-36, appliances a couple of years. So do not judge the warranty limitations by that on the coach itself. I do think there should be a longer term catastrophic warranty on major items such as construction failures of the RV body.

[NC_Hauler]

Bob Vaughn wrote:

eheading wrote:
I agree that it is unfortunate that most RV warranties are only for 1 year. Newmar used to have a 3 year warranty, but people took such advantage of it, they finally went back to the 1 year. I belive Entegra still has a 2 year warranty.

However it does seem to me that if you have a 1 year warranty, it does not matter when you purchase it, you will have 12 months to find warranty issues. This means that unless you skip usage for an entire year, you will always have a good camping season within the warranty period.

Ed Headington

Ed I agree except, had I purchased my 5th wheel in the month prior to getting my hip replaced it would have been out of warranty before I was able to take it out of the drive way. Plus those up north do not camp from Labor Day to Memorial day so much....

We traded our 06' HR Presidential Suite in for unit in my sig on August 12th and it's STILL at the dealership. I had a stroke on August 19th and am still re-habing ..slight limp in left leg and a very, very weak left arm and hand...Dealership has been great to us during this time frame...couldn't ask for better treatment, but as to warranty, Jayco comes with a 2yr warranty and at 65 1/2 yrs old, will retire 1 Aug this year, and this is the first time I EVER purchased a 7 yr. extended warranty, (only did it due to retirement plans). We've probably had the longest PDI ever 🙂

Hope all is well with you now

Jim

[DutchmenSport]

It's just the nature of the industry. It is, what it is.

[Bob_Vaughn]

eheading wrote:
I agree that it is unfortunate that most RV warranties are only for 1 year. Newmar used to have a 3 year warranty, but people took such advantage of it, they finally went back to the 1 year. I belive Entegra still has a 2 year warranty.

However it does seem to me that if you have a 1 year warranty, it does not matter when you purchase it, you will have 12 months to find warranty issues. This means that unless you skip usage for an entire year, you will always have a good camping season within the warranty period.

Ed Headington

Ed I agree except, had I purchased my 5th wheel in the month prior to getting my hip replaced it would have been out of warranty before I was able to take it out of the drive way. Plus those up north do not camp from Labor Day to Memorial day so much....

[Artum_Snowbird]

I would think that the most damage to an RV can come from lack of use rather that constant use, and the miles on the wheels would have little use as a measure of any RV's actual condition. Certainly, around here many rigs are lived in full time all year round in RV Parks..(yes, this is Canada), but winter conditions can be horribly dismal, pouring rain and blowing, then freezing after rains sometimes. The most dangerous of all possible environments. As medium size stores fall under the onslaught of internet buying nowadays astute buyers of empty buildings have been turning them into RV storage warehouses all over town. The one thing to watch out carefully for in RV purchase: condition, condition, condition!

[eheading]

I agree that it is unfortunate that most RV warranties are only for 1 year. Newmar used to have a 3 year warranty, but people took such advantage of it, they finally went back to the 1 year. I belive Entegra still has a 2 year warranty.

However it does seem to me that if you have a 1 year warranty, it does not matter when you purchase it, you will have 12 months to find warranty issues. This means that unless you skip usage for an entire year, you will always have a good camping season within the warranty period.

Ed Headington