11-17-2012, 07:34 PM
Too bad it took three years but glad it worked out.
mjgkramer wrote:
Back in 2000 we bought a new Winnebago Rialta RV from a dealer in Buda, Texas. After a couple of short shakedown trips we headed out in June for a five week 7000 mile trip to the Pacific Northwest and western Canada. We had lots of small problems and a couple of biggies including an exploding A/C line going over a mountain pass in BC and a thrown fan blade in southern Utah. The latter required a 250 mile tow to the nearest VW dealer in Flagstaff, AZ. We were going to have to wait a week for a new fan, but the kind sales manager agreed to robbing a fan blade off a new unit in their lot. We were unable to get the A/C fixed during the trip in spite of stops at many Winnebago and VW dealers due to long waits for parts and disagreement between VW and Winnebago as to who was responsible for the repair. The trip from Flagstaff back to our home near San Antonio with no A/C was pure hell with temperature reaching 125 in the cab.
We sued Winnebago, VW, and Crestview RV under deceptive trade practices rather than the Lemon Law to avoid having to pay for miles driven. We won in mediation after three long years of hassling and were given a new Ford based model, which we promptly traded on a Monaco diesel pusher.