2001 Holiday Rambler Alumascape

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HOLIDAY RAMBLER ALUMASCAPE. THE CONTACT NOTICED HAIRLINE FRACTURES (STRESS FRACTURES) WITHIN THE STEEL FRAME, FROM FRONT TO BACK. THERE WERE ALSO WELDED BRACKETS, WHICH WOULD GIVE THE FRAME MORE STRENGTH; HOWEVER, WELDS WERE FRACTURED ON THE BRACE PIECES AS WELL. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BOX WOULD SWAY. IN ADDITION, THE TRAILER ALIGNMENT WAS OFF AND CREATED THE ILLUSION THAT THE TIRES WERE OFFSET FROM THE TRAILER. THE TIRES ACTUALLY STRUCK THE FRAME DUE TO THE SWAYING. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V483000 (STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS), WHICH DESCRIBED THE SAME FAILURE SHE WAS EXPERIENCING. BOTH THE FRAME MANUFACTURER AND THE TRAILER MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE RECALL APPLIED TO LARGER MODELS, AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I HAVE A 2001 HOLIDAY RAMBLER 26' FIFTH WHEEL RV,ON THIS DATE NUMEROUS FRAME CRACKS AND BROKEN WELDS WERE FOUND WHICH CAUSED THE AXLES TO MOVE LATERALLY ABOUT 6 INCHES RESULTING IN 1 BLOWOUT AT HIGHWAY SPEED. IT APPEARS THE OPTIONAL ADJUSTABLE SUSPENSION WAS NOT PROPERLY STRENGTHENED TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE FLEXING OF THE FRAME. RV WAS INSPECTED BY A CERTIFIED WELDER OF TRAILERS SENT TO US BY THE MANUFACTURER,AND HE NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER THAT THERE WAS NO WAY HE COULD MAKE THE RV ROAD WORTHY. THE RV WAS LEFT IN KNOXVILLE,TENN. AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY FLATBED TRUCK BACK TO THE FACTORY FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR IF POSSIBLE. SEPARATION OF THE AXLE FROM THE RV AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC TO SAY THE LEAST. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT IF WE HAD CONTINUED DRIVING THAT SEPARATION OF THE AXLE WOULD HAVE OCCURRED. *LA