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Tire recall question
I received a recall notice on my Michelin tires on my 2013 Leprechaun. I just retired :) and I am getting ready to do a lot of travel so I wanted to get this taken care of. I went out this morning to look at the tires and it appears that there is a difference between the front tires and the rear tires. The front tires are for sure covered under the recall. The recall notice says that the DOT sequence is DOT B3JH AKEX with a date code between 0210 and 2512. The front tires match this perfectly. (see picture) The DOT sequence on the rear tires start out the same, DOT B3JH AKEX, but then instead of the 4 digit date code they have some sort of a code beginning with E2. (see picture) I am not sure how to determine if these rear tires fall under the recall because I can't determine the manufacture date. Any insight would be appreciated because I want to know what I am dealing with before I talk to a Michelin dealer. Thanks in advance for any help.931Views0likes3CommentsRe: Coachman Leprechaun 319DS
I have 2013 Leprechaun 317SA and do like it, however I have had serious water leak issues that required it to be is the shop 123 day the first year I owned it. The 319 is basically the same unit, especially in the cab over area. That is where the water intrusion problem seems to be in these motorhomes. I have had communication with quite a few other Leprechaun owners with the same problem, plus the technicians at my dealer had told me in confidence that the issue is wide spread and continuing. If you are serious about buying one of these used, insist on inspecting the inside of the front cap for wet or missing insulation and damage to the bunk deck. That is the easiest way to tell. I would also be skeptical of this unit on such a fast trade off. The person may have bought it, discovered the water problem and decided to quickly cut his losses. I finally have mine water tight, or so it seems, but if I had known then what I know now I would have run the other direction. If you need more information please feel free to email me directly at Larry.r.hobbs@gmail.com.522Views0likes0CommentsRe: Water Leak Monitor
fourtytwo, I need to learn more about the spray on 20 year roof you are having done. I don't think I am there yet, but that may be something I want to do since I plan to hold on to this motorhome for a long time. What company is it that you are using? $4,000 to not have to deal with the issue again doesn't sound too bad actually.418Views0likes0CommentsRe: Water Leak Monitor
Yes this has been an ongoing issue since I bought this motorhome. I would love to say I could get some satisfaction from the manufacturer and/or dealer, and I have spent a lot of time trying to do that. In fact the local dealer had my unit in his shop for 123 days in his attempt to correct the issue. Since that time I have not had any water in it until earlier this week. This is the rainy season in Florida so it has been rained on a lot and I have watched it closely. If you know the history of this motorhome, it would actually accumulate water in the ceiling above the driver’s head and then dump it on him (me!) when he turned a corner. Am I happy about things as they are? No I’m not, but I also have learned enough about laws governing problems with recreational vehicles to know that there is little you as a consumer can do. The biggest issue is that the laws are very complicated and highly skewed in favor of the manufacturer. In Florida, RV manufacturers had a big part in writing the laws that govern this process. Another major issue is that the law excludes an attorney from recovering his fees if he wins a case. The only exception to this is the State of California where the consumer can recover attorney costs. If you search for an attorney in Florida that specializes in RV warrantee issues you may find a couple, but if you do the same thing in California you get tons of them. There is no money to be made by an attorney in RV law because the laws exempt it, and most attorneys aren’t Santa Claus, so unless you are in California, you are on your own. What I am saying is that the cards are so badly stacked against the consumer when it comes to RVs, it is a lost cause even before you start. Also, the manufacturer and dealer are well aware of how they are protected, so they don’t seem to worry about it. Go out and buy a new Chevy or Ford automobile and have a problem with it that keeps it in the shop and unusable for 123 days and you will get a lot of action very quickly, but have the same issue with your RV and you are just on your own. Laws governing cars have some teeth, but the laws that are on the books don’t do anything to protect the RV consumer and the dealer and manufacturer know it. All those laws do is give us a false sense of comfort and security that we are protected. I want RV consumers to know their rights, and the fact is they really have no rights under the law. I am probably oversimplifying it, but that is basically the way it is. All you can do is rely on the honesty and integrity of the manufacturer and dealer. ? So I am make the best of the situation I am in, and that is what I am doing by installing a water leak monitor in the area of my motorhome that I know is prone to problems so I can fix a leak before it causes more damage. (Personally, if I were an RV manufacturer I would be ashamed to know that I produced a new product that needed to be continually monitored for leaks.) The other thing I can do is try my best to honestly inform other owners and prospective owners of the issues I have had so they can be a more informed consumer. I receive emails regularly from people in the same situation that I have been in or that are shopping to buy, and I share with them what I know. If there was something else I could do, I would do it. I am retiring in 6 months and a large part of what we want to do is wrapped up in our motorhome, so I can either continue fighting a battle that is unwinnable or try to make the best of what I have.418Views0likes0CommentsWater Leak Monitor
My wife and I have a 2013 Leprechaun 317SA that has been very prone to water leaks in the cab over section. This is an issue we have fought for over a year now. I am finding that water leaks are a very common problem in Leprechaun's so I wanted to pass this tip along to others in my boat. Every time it rained I found myself heading out to the motorhome to inspect the cab over area for water leaks. Where water tends to collect on the Leprechaun is inside the front cap, and that area can be a pain to get to so I wanted to find something to find an easy way to keep an eye on the area. I looked around and discovered an inexpensive monitoring system called the GE Choice Alert Wireless Alarm System. This is a very simple alarm system that has a number of monitoring devices that work wirelessly with it, and one of those monitoring devices is a water leak sensor, so I ordered the base unit ($35.36 on Amazon) and several of the water leak sensors ($11.59 each on Amazon). I installed two of the wireless water leak sensors inside the front cap of the Leprechaun and paired them to the base unit which took less than 30 minutes including reading the instructions. As a bonus, the base unit comes with one door sensor that I mounted on the motorhome door. Since the motorhome is parked about 20 feet from my bedroom, I placed the base unit there so we can hear it in the house. When we are on the road I simply put the base unit in the motorhome. I did this install about two months ago and it has been silent until last night when we had a very hard, driving rain. About 10:00 last night the alarm went off and I went out to inspect and discovered a very small amount of water inside the front cap, a few tablespoons at most. I was able to find the water and dry it up before damage could occur. I think that the water was able to get inside the cap through one of the marker lights because of the way the rain was blowing. So for about $60 I was able to prevent a possibly very expensive repair and I can find and fix the water leak. I also purchased several more water leak sensors that I haven't installed yet. I am still figuring out where I want to put them. The sensors operate on lithium batteries that they say will last up to two years, and when the batteries in a sensor get weak the base unit detects a low signal and lets you know about it. These are a really neat, inexpensive way to monitor a water leak issue.3.4KViews0likes13CommentsDish Network pay as you go service
Okay, so I have my brand new Winegard SK-1000 TRAV'LER dish installed on my MH and functional so I am ready to get some programming! What I want to go with is Dish Network's pay as you go program because it sounds like it is just what we need. Where is the best place for me to go for that service? From my research it looks like there are several places you can call to enroll in Dish pay as you go but I am confused. Where should I call? Is there anything about pay as you go for Dish that I should be aware of as a brand new user? Thanks in advance for your advice!11KViews0likes41CommentsRe: My slides don't slide!
Uhhhh, you are right about it being the coach battery. When we got back from vacation in April I set the charger to not charge the battery. My thought was that the slides would operate off of the converter or the battery. Wrong! The battery is charging now and the slides are working fine and I am feeling pretty dumb. Lesson learned and thank you for information.239Views0likes0CommentsMy slides don't slide!
I have a 2013 Leprechaun that I thought I was about to get the bugs worked out of. I am able to keep my motorhome at my house so I am in and out of it frequently. Last weekend I had the slides out for a while and brought them back in after I was done with no issues. Tonight I went out to the motorhome to do something that required my slides to go out. Both slides are now not working at all. They are totally dead. This tells me that unless both slide motors died at once it has to be a power issue, right? I checked the fuses and breakes and they appear to be fine. I can't find my electrical tester so I haven't checked for power at various places along the way. I will go pick one up in the morning. One more thing. As I was looking at the switch panel where you actually bring the slides in and out, I decided to try to crank the generator and that switch also appears to be dead. Like I said, I haven't really dug into it yet other than what I have stated. Based on what i describe, does anyone have any suggestions on where to start in the morning?1.7KViews0likes7Comments
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