Nothing but problems. I expected a few issues when we bought a "new" Class A but I continue to be dumbfounded by what I find and thought I'd share the latest "fix" so others would know how important it is to crawl underneath and same themselves the possibility of a catastrophic failure. I won't share the whole list of issues yet just get to the jist of it. As I was crawling around with a hand full of zip ties putting wires up and out of the way as they should have been from the factory I noticed some melted plastic hanging down. To my surprise or no surprise I found a wire loom that was too close to the exhaust that had melted.
I inspected the wires and luckily there was no damage to the wires at least not what I could tell. As I continued my search for more damage I noticed that the wire loom was actually wrapped on the wrong side of the frame rail behind a riser support that had been welded in. No heat shield to protect the wires from the exhaust. From the picture you'll actually see an empty bracket on the outside of the frame rail where the wire loom should have been instead of on the inside of the frame rail where it is. Just plain baffles me at how a $150,000 motorhome can leave a factory with all the problems they have. This was clearly missed by every employee that touched this unit. It's 5 hrs to the dealer so I went to AutoZone and bought heat shield wrap, stripped out the damaged loop, installed the heat protection and sucked the loom up and away from the exhaust until I can find a more permanent solution. The wires as they run to the front run up into the dashboard area so reroute would be a real pain. It's 30+' to the rear and up into the floor so reroute that direction would be a pain. No simple fix other then heat wrap and deal with it. PEOPLE- Please look over or should I say under your MH for wiring issues. This one could have caused a fire and been catastrophic! I consider me and my family very lucky!
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