R-pod HRE Pictures and Flyer

We just took a maiden voyage with the 182g HRE from Southern California to Colorado and back and towed it with a fairly heavy/modified FJ Cruiser. Here are a few of the problems that kreeped up.

1. Fridge fake wood door accent popped out. (Simple tug and shove got this fixed.)
2. Rear left speaker was not working. (Had to pull it out and fix a connection)
3. Left Fender front too close to tire causing the screw from the light to cut the tire when it flexes. This also caused the yellow fender light to stop working as the tire rubbed the electrical wire clean.
4. Inside TV mount too close to the door and not aligned right. (Reseated myself)
5. Propane detector went off when turning on water heater. (didn't happen the second time and noticed the detectors are super sensitive. It went off one time when using a cleaning product)
6. Must take the battery out of smoke detector when cooking inside... period... it will go off.
7. Heater smelled like it was burning the first time it was used for testing causing the smoke alarm to go off. (this was with the dinette down) I still have not retried.
8. Rear left window seems to have a leak though only really happened during a monsoon storm hit in Barstow. Bed and some clothes were wet.
9. dinette not aligned and placed properly with mount guides. (it works but doesn't sit just right)
10. Sewage pipe holder is a joke as it's too small. This should have been larger and mounted farther back. I think I'll use it for putting Marsh mellows.

Don't get me wrong, we still love the unit and hope to get the problems fixed soon but simple quality control and overall care from the staff when they build these things would knock out 99% of the issues.

Planning another trip to Sedona this month to see what else comes up before I take it in for warranty stuffs.

So far the dealer, Pan Pacific in French Camp, CA, has been good about taking care of things. I do know that we pay a price for having a really light weight unit and have to be careful. It is really nice to be able to tow with our old Sienna minivan! It did really well on the very steep winding roads we encountered last week!
We are going to try out the items we haven't used so far, like the microwave/convection oven and the TV/DVD player, before taking it in this time. I guess we'll have to see about anything else as time goes on. I know it doesn't leak because we had some really heavy rains just before we bought Dpod and everything was fine.

LOL!

Yup, I had the LP detector go off the other day when I turned the A/C fan on. I pushed the silence button and it went silent for a little while, then sounded again. I noticed that there is an expiration date on it and mine's been expired since last July, only three months after we bought the 'pod. We've had it go off a number of times while camping, too. Luckily not while trying to sleep, though.

Originally posted by kymooses Your LP detector will go off also if your dogs get very close to it.  It would seem that doggy breath will set the thing off.  And we just happen to put our food and water bowls right next to the detector.