Check Your Windows!

Originally posted by Gavin Well not to beat good ol forest river to death but while camping this week close to hunting island SC I found another leak coming from underneath the bath room sink. It was coming from under the sink but soaking the small wood frame work on the other side of the wall which supports the seat...the plywood seat deck and frame support was soaked...and the emergency window which stared this whole grueling thread was still letting water in ( from a rain yesterday and today) but not as bad as it did this past summer...great! I'm done with forest river crap...I kinda liked the rpod but at this rate I won't have anything left but a moldy rotting heap in 5 years. I'm dumping this lemon as soon as possible! Caveat Emptor folks! Its not even worth chasing a warranty with these continuous problems...I could have a load of warranty work done only to limit out on the one year warranty and still have a mountain of issues later! I challenged forest river to step up to the plate and address the quality issues by listing my rpod serial number and did they do so? Well folks what do you think? Do think a first-rate, second-rate organization be expected to step do so??? Not a word was heard from them and I know they read these threads! But for the life of me I wonder why reputable companies such as dometic, high pointe and Surburban would want to be connected to such a shoddy organization!

So.. you refuse to use the warranty and get it repaired? Interesting.

BTW, the windows on a pod are not supposed to be caulked. They have a compression seal. The correct way to handle it is to tighten the clamping force on the window, by tightening the screws on the inside of the window.

As far as plumbing leaks.. they happen. Check your plumbing. unlike your house, they go down the road at 70mph.

 70 mph? is that a serious rationalization? Warranty, you're kidding right?
 With the problems I was having, how many would I continue to have after the warranty expired?  You really expect me to hang on to hope at this point?  I simply do not expect everything will be rectified before the warranty expires!
 Likewise, windows adjusted right or not should have been properly done at the FACTORY, and not by a new consumer who plunked down 15k.
Lastly, the gas alarm went off while using the gas heater, the very same evening, but I guess I need to also adjust the gas alarm or gas fittings too huh...yea I know it goes down the road at 70 miles an hour, so that also will rationalize that gas leak for you too. Yep those copper gas line fittings can shake loose at 70 miles an hour when you only hand tighten them....may I can get in the trailer and have someone zip me down the road at 80 miles and hour while I tighten up the windows and gas lines...hey a 10 mph buffer might buy me another month or two without problems huh?

I will stand by the fact that the R-pod is a great concept but is produced by a first-rate, second-rate organization who has some serious internal problems at that Forest River mfg facility....Disgruntled; not Satisfied employees produce these kind of quality problems.
 However, today good news! I dumped the r-pod... that lemon was squeezed before I even bought it and bought another travel trailer, NOT mfg by Forest River!
Berkshire Hathaway, might need to divest themselves of that outfit as soon as possible.
However, these windows are fully caulked everywhere by the MFG and it has been raining good today and no leaks! And the gas heater worked without alarm too! But I digress, I only had it up to 60 miles an hours! Wow I had no idea 10 miles an hour would make all the difference in the world! ....groan
If you send me a PM, I will tell you were you can buy it and you can tighten the windows yourself for a spectacular deal...how does that sound to ya? You can get it up to about 90 mph and fix away, surely you would not have any reservation whatsoever in placing yourself in harms way with a superior product huh?

Originally posted by Keith-N-Dar I think you made the right decision to sell your pod.  I do think you are in a fools paradise if you think your new trailer will be without problems.  The good news is that we don't have to hear about them.  Have a nice life Gavin.

as we say elsewhere..

"quoted for truth"

Also.. Gavin, NEVER buy a new home. It's obvious you will lose your mind.

Appears that when people become extremely angry they lose all sense of being rational, hence the 2nd post.

Originally posted by J&Jcf I have owned a number of campers and had leaks in most. Do not forget that the campers are flexing as they are towed down the road. I don't leave home without caulk,caulk gun, duct tape, plumbers hanging strapping, Teflon tape and the basic tools to make repairs. I also will not own a trailer with a slide out ( extra weight & another hole in the camper to leak ). Just my opinion & choice. I also never buy new . I don't want to take the depreciation hit. I am also very handy in making my own repairs. This doesn't make it OK to produce a product that has problems and not stand behind it.

But see, there is the rub, He clearly stated he refused to take it in for warranty work. FR, and/or his dealer, never got an opportunity to address a single one of his "issues".

I am betting on "buyers remorse".