Initial Quality

Hi D&D,

I've heard from dealers and owners of older vs newer rpods that- yes quality has gone down.
RV's seem to be 40 years behind cars...if you are old enough you may remember how new cars made many trips back to the dealer for warranty work. 
Not common at all now, at least it hasn't been for me.

I was fortunate to have company cars the last 30+ years so I got to cycle through plenty I personally would have never bought.  Plus I bought plenty on my own to suit my needs. 
To be honest the last 10-15 years most were pretty well made.

The RV manufacturers have a lot of catching up to do.  Probably won't happen though as almost no RVs are imported from countries where workmanship is held to a high standard.
In case anyone doesn't remember it was the imports that got the the US makers off their butts to do better..IMO.

I too have had other RV's that were even worse than the r-pod.  My gripe is most of the defects I found would have cost nothing to do right in the first place.

As for FR caring-  I'm now 9 weeks into waiting for a replacement countertop they promised 2 weeks on.

   Fred there were few warranty problems axle was the most major but the outcome was good. There was insulation needed for refrigerator and black tank flush needed repaired and last antenna would not turn. That was very little I think nothing big that could not be fixed. Now the mods, that was a big job that took a while and did them as I had time. The biggest of the mods was to replace front dinette seats and table and kitchen counter top. In doing these mods I added storage, new sink and faucet, and relocated the battery compartment. In bathroom removed a sliding door replaced with a curtain, rebuilt a step which is also used for storage. Added vent fan above dinning table, added LED lights and other little things sealant around shower added towel hooks. Outside I added aluminum extensions to the fenders did the same on our r-pod which worked out well. And replaced exterior shower for one that is better quality and air tight one that would not allow insects to inter camper. Took care of rust on the frame replaced sewer hose storage tube for one that would fir our sewer hose. And today cleaned the sealant on the roof and covered with that sticky tape ( I forgot the name ) so now we are ready to go camping again. 

Originally posted by David and Danette    Fred there were few warranty problems axle was the most major but the outcome was good....

   My thoughts as far as quality it needs to catch up to technology. I think technology has improved with the use of fiberglass sides and roof, and aluminum framing with vacuum bonded wall, floor and roof construction. Better plumbing and other things that have improved. Quality as far as putting everything together I think that needs to improve and I don't think that there are to many camper owners that would disagree.