DuaneG
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We are on our first trip with our new fifth wheel. We love the layout. We thought there might be a few issues with our first trip, but never imagined we would have to deal with what we have had to deal with in this short period of time.
I am possitive the dealer failed to inspect anything on the trailer before we showed up. They even charged us more because they were supposed to go through the unit with a fine tooth comb. We spent at least 6 hours going over the unit and addressing what we thought were little issues. There was some smoke from behind couch, but they were not able to locate anything. I wrote it off thinking it was just from the furnace firing up for the first time.
There are many issues with the dealer that I will be addressing when we get back to town. I will also have to put a call into the warranty division at the same time.
I am just sitting here afraid to go to sleep the second night in a row. Our first night we kept blowing fuses. Had issues with the fridge, slides and hot water. I read a bunch of posts before getting our unit and thought I was prepared, but now realize we would need another trailer to have enough parts to repair this one just for our first trip. While.working out the other issues I determined most wires around the battery compartment were loose and also discovered the converter was not actually charging the battery when all the lights went out.
We got through night one because of a nice camp host and nice person camping next to us. They helped us troubleshoot and loaned us a battery charger.
Day two there were not many issues except the ceiling fan, but that we just turned off.
Sat down to watch a movie and heard a loud noise and then what sounded like water spraying. I was not sure what happened or where it was coming from. Ran outside and turned the water off. Went looking for the problem and noticed the cargo area was flooded. Removed a few panels and determined the back end of the outside shower blew off and shot water everywhere. I think I limited the damage by immediately turning off the water. The neighbor had some fittings and I was able to cap the two lines so that I could turn water on to the rest of the unit. Because others mentioned getting a water regulator I had one and it was set at only 40 lbs, so I have no idea on why that would have happened. Anyone have ideas.
I did have some really negative thoughts about the dealer and heartland because many of these issues were preventable.
The dealer never even mentioned the cargo area panels that hide all the stuff I needed access to. If I had not known about this site I would probably still be scratching my head on what happened and would end up with warped wood and some mold.
So hopefully the dealer and heartland will step up and fix my unit in a timely manner.
Have to go check the portable heater the neighbor loaned me to see how the drying is going.
It felt good to vent.
Sent from my cell phone. Please forgive typos and spelling errors it took a long time to hit these letters with my thumbs.
I am possitive the dealer failed to inspect anything on the trailer before we showed up. They even charged us more because they were supposed to go through the unit with a fine tooth comb. We spent at least 6 hours going over the unit and addressing what we thought were little issues. There was some smoke from behind couch, but they were not able to locate anything. I wrote it off thinking it was just from the furnace firing up for the first time.
There are many issues with the dealer that I will be addressing when we get back to town. I will also have to put a call into the warranty division at the same time.
I am just sitting here afraid to go to sleep the second night in a row. Our first night we kept blowing fuses. Had issues with the fridge, slides and hot water. I read a bunch of posts before getting our unit and thought I was prepared, but now realize we would need another trailer to have enough parts to repair this one just for our first trip. While.working out the other issues I determined most wires around the battery compartment were loose and also discovered the converter was not actually charging the battery when all the lights went out.
We got through night one because of a nice camp host and nice person camping next to us. They helped us troubleshoot and loaned us a battery charger.
Day two there were not many issues except the ceiling fan, but that we just turned off.
Sat down to watch a movie and heard a loud noise and then what sounded like water spraying. I was not sure what happened or where it was coming from. Ran outside and turned the water off. Went looking for the problem and noticed the cargo area was flooded. Removed a few panels and determined the back end of the outside shower blew off and shot water everywhere. I think I limited the damage by immediately turning off the water. The neighbor had some fittings and I was able to cap the two lines so that I could turn water on to the rest of the unit. Because others mentioned getting a water regulator I had one and it was set at only 40 lbs, so I have no idea on why that would have happened. Anyone have ideas.
I did have some really negative thoughts about the dealer and heartland because many of these issues were preventable.
The dealer never even mentioned the cargo area panels that hide all the stuff I needed access to. If I had not known about this site I would probably still be scratching my head on what happened and would end up with warped wood and some mold.
So hopefully the dealer and heartland will step up and fix my unit in a timely manner.
Have to go check the portable heater the neighbor loaned me to see how the drying is going.
It felt good to vent.
Sent from my cell phone. Please forgive typos and spelling errors it took a long time to hit these letters with my thumbs.