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Budward
Senior Member Joined: 21 Apr 2014 Location: SC/NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 438 |
Topic: Initial Quality Posted: 28 Jul 2014 at 6:48pm |
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. |
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2014 179
Towed by a 2015 Ford Transit Diesel Supervised by a German/Aussie mix and a Labradoodle! |
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Kickstart
Senior Member Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Location: Ocean Shores, W Online Status: Offline Posts: 267 |
Posted: 28 Jul 2014 at 6:36pm |
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'10 RP 175-Replaced by 2014 Kodiak 173 QBSL
'12 Toyota Tundra '05 Sportster (half a Harley) Retired-We're on Beach Time! |
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 28 Jul 2014 at 6:12pm |
Hi D&D,
Do you mind sharing what is it you fixed (besides mods)? BTW, after 25 years on SOFLA I do not miss hurricane season! Of course, Sandy was no picnic here either. fred
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2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
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David and Danette
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1215 |
Posted: 28 Jul 2014 at 6:04pm |
I have worked the past 6 months with warranty problems and mods, fixing things the way I would like them. Today I think I am finished the last thing I had to do was seal the roof where needed and that was done today. We are ready to go camping being hurricane season I wanted to make sure camper was ready in case we would need to evacuate, if there did happen to be a major hurricane coming in our direction.
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2018 Vista Cruiser 19BFD (2018-
2012 Vibe 6503 (2014-2019) 2009 r-pod 171 (2009-2014) Middle Tn 2014 Ram 1500 Quad cab |
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 28 Jul 2014 at 5:52pm |
Wouldn't that be true with any RV, Boat, home or lawn tractor?
I have lived on and cruised many tens of thousand of miles on the open sea and had gutted and rebuilt my current house. I consider myself pretty good a spotting issues or potential issues. What do you consider an "average owner" and what do you think are common things specific to RV's that are overlooked? Thanks! Fred
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2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
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Budward
Senior Member Joined: 21 Apr 2014 Location: SC/NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 438 |
Posted: 28 Jul 2014 at 5:44pm |
I know 90% of the issues I've found would never be noticed by the average owner- at first.
Depending on how long and how one uses and stores an RV will tell the tale in a few years though as things rot out due to improper sealing etc... If any of you watch the Mike Holmes shows where he finds all sorts of issues in supposedly perfect houses- sort of like that. Most owners haven't a clue. It wouldn't be so bad but an equivalent square footage camper as the rpod can be had for about 30% LESS, so one would expect better quality. Besides as a retired engineer who spent 27+ years LOOKING for problems...I've gotten very good at it. |
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2014 179
Towed by a 2015 Ford Transit Diesel Supervised by a German/Aussie mix and a Labradoodle! |
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 28 Jul 2014 at 5:05pm |
Grateful Dead Fan, erhhh, I mean Old Hippy, The tire thing is interesting. That's one thing I was really surprised (pleasantly) over the last 8500 miles or so. Started @ 50 psi and ended @ 50 psi. I really expected to put some air in them, but haven't needed to. OK you Old Fred
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2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
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Old Hippy
Newbie Joined: 23 Apr 2014 Location: Lompoc ,Ca. Online Status: Offline Posts: 23 |
Posted: 28 Jul 2014 at 4:58pm |
Maybe Fred but then so am I I've had my 179 for a couple of months now taken 3 or 4 trips mostly short ones , but have found no problems at all ....so far !!The only problem is that my tires seem to lose pressure after sitting for a wk or so .
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 28 Jul 2014 at 4:30pm |
I think you hear a lot more about problems than not on the interwebs. Not diminishing your issues at all, but like Leo, we have had no reason to seek any warranty claim...yet. I did notice the anchor light (that's what I call the light in front by the hitch) needed a little caulk. Other than that, I honestly can't think of a single manufacturing/build issue/surprise. Perhaps we just haven't used it enough, but we do have about 10K miles on it since last September. Maybe we're just lucky.
fred
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2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4508 |
Posted: 28 Jul 2014 at 3:41pm |
That sounds bad! We had two minor issues shown to us by the tech during our walk thru . He also told us that the two replacement parts had already been ordered. We have had great luck with Mekkelsen's RV on both our pod purchases.
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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