2003 Holiday Rambler Ambassador

REAR TRAILING ARM ON MONACO AND HOLIDAY RAMBLER BREAK MY VEHICLE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN RECALLED ( 05V053000 ) IN 2005 FOR SAME PROBLEM. A CHECK OF RV FORUMS INDICATE MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME FAILURE. THE COMPANY THAT IS NOW MANUFACTURING REPLACEMENT PARTS INDICATED TO ME THEY WERE SHIPPING 8 TO 10 SETS (THEY ONLY SUPPLY PARTS IN SETS, BOTH SIDES) A WEEK. COMPANY'S NAME IS SOURCE MANUFACTURING, ELMIRA, OR 541-935-0308. *TR

AS OWNERS OF 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR, WHILE TRAVELING IN NOVA SCOTIA CANADA ON THE FREEWAY AT 60 MILES PER HOUR THE PASSENGER SIDE CONTROL -ARM BROKE CAUSING THE AIR BAG TO BLOW, AND THE FRAME OF THE MOTORHOME SAT DOWN ON THE AXLE AND THE AXLE MOVED BACK SWERVING THE MOTORHOME CAUSING PARTIAL LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE RIG. WE HAD IT TOWED TO ANRV REPAIR/DEALERSHIP IN BEDFORD, NS. UPON INSPECTION BY HEAVY DUTY MECHANICS, IT WAS FOUND THE CONTROL ARM WAS BROKEN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, AND THE DRIVERS SIDE CONTROL ARM WAS CRACKED. WITH THE FORCE AND THE BANG OF THE FRAME HITTING ONTO THE AXLE, THE MECHANICS COMMENTED THIS PROBABLY CAUSED DISLODGED WIRES IN THE INVERTER CAUSING THE INVERTER TO SHORT OUT. THE COST TO REPAIR THE AIRBAG, 2 NEW CONTROL ARMS, INVERTER, AND LABOR CAME TO OVER $5000.00. WE CONTACTED A HOLIDAY RAMBLER DEALER, WHO SUBMITTED PAPERWORK TO HR'S HEAD OFFICE WHOSE RESPONSE WAS THEY WOULD COMPENSATE US $337.00. THIS MOTORHOME HAD BEEN INSPECTED ON A RECALL REGARDING THE CONTROL ARMS BY AN AUTHORIZED HOLIDAY RAMBLER DEALER AND THE ONLY DEFECT FOUND WAS A U-BOLT, WHICH THEY REPLACED. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW HOW MANY OTHER HOLIDAY RAMBLER MOTORHOMES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR. WHILE 55 MPH, THE CALIPERS WOULD LOCK THE BRAKES, WHICH CAUSED THE WHEELS TO OVERHEAT. IN ADDITION, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL BEARINGS, SEALS, BRAKE PADS ALSO FAILED. THE DEALER MADE THE REPAIR HOWEVER; THE ABS WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 24,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED LOW ON THE RIGHT SIDE ALMOST AS IF HE HAD A FLAT TIRE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY AND NOTICED THAT THE TRAILER ARM WAS BROKEN, AND THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE WAS SHIFTED BACKWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A CERTIFIED MONACO REPAIR SHOP, WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE TRAILER ARM BROKE AND DAMAGED THE BEAUTY RING BY RUBBING THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL WELL OF THE REAR SUSPENSION. THE INNER TIRE WAS DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER PER RECALL # 05V053000. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE REPAIR WAS NOT MADE, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. ALSO, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT BECAUSE MOTOR HOME WAS INSPECTED THEY WILL NOT REIMBURSE THE CONTACT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 32,000. *AK

DT: WHILE DRIVING MOTOR HOME THE TRAILING ARM IN THE REAR END SNAPPED IN HALF. THE CALLER WAS GOING 65 MPH, VEHICLE JERKED THE REAR END TO RIGHT, BUT THE CALLER WAS ABLE TO GET VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF ROAD. THE CALLER SAID THERE WAS RECALL05V053000 ON MODEL BUILT AT A DIFFERENT PLANT BUT NOT THIS MODEL. DEALER WAS OUT OF BUSINESS. MANUFACTURER SAID THEY WOULD PAY FOR ALL COSTS AND REPAIRS. CALLER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT REPLACEMENT PARTS BEING THE SAME AS ORIGINAL PARTS. CALLER SAID POLICE WOULD NOT STOP TO OFFER HELP. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR HAD THE SPACER PLATE UNDER THE TRAILING ARM AND HAD A TRANSVERSE WELD AND THE REAR SUSPENSION BROKE IN HALF. THE OWNER WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN THE REAR SUSPENSION GAVE WAY AND NEARLY CAUSED THE FAMILY IN THE MOTOR HOME TO CRASH. THE DRIVER WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET THE MOTOR HOME TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. WHEN THE OWNER HAD GOTTEN THE MOTOR HOME TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THEN THE AIR BAG SUSPENSION BLEW UP. THE OWNER FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET THE MOTOR HOME TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE OWNER THEN HAD TO HAVE THE MOTOR HOME TOWED INTO A TRUCK REPAIR SHOP, AND THEY WELDED THE RIGHT SIDE BACK TOGETHER, THEN SENT THE FAMILY BACK HOME IN THE MOTOR HOME. THE REPAIR SHOP TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE OTHER SIDE WAS ABOUT TO BREAK ALSO. THE OWNER WAS IN CONTACT WITH HOLIDAY RAMBLER AND THEY TOLD THE CONSUMER TO DRIVE IT ON HOME. HR DID CALL AND CHECK AND THE FAMILY WHILE DRIVING HOME. HR SAID THEY WOULD ONLY FIX THE MOTOR HOME AND NOT GIVE THE FAMILY A DIFFERENT MOTOR HOME. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE SAME ISSUE ON THE SUSPENSION ON NHTSA # 05V053000 AND MONOCO # R04062. THE OWNER IS HIGHLY UPSET THAT HIS FAMILY WAS IN DANGER IN THIS MOTOR HOME. THE OWNER WANTS TO KNOW WHY HE WAS NOT INFORMED ABOUT THE RECALL AND WHY HIS MOTOR HOME WAS NOT RECALLED. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT HR IN USING THE SAME TRAILING ARMS TO PUT BACK INTO THE MOTOR HOME. THERE WERE NO POLICE OR REPORT. THE DEALER THAT SOLD THE CONSUMER THE MOTOR HOME IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS. THE REPAIR SHOP OWNER STATED THAT ONCE IT IS REPLACED WITH THE SAME THING HE WOULD NOT TRUST THE MOTOR HOME EITHER. THE NAME OF THE REPAIR GARAGE IS R & S AUTO AND TRUCK SPRING WORKS, BLADENSBURG, MD. HR IS DENING THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE SUSPENSION ON THE MOTOR HOME.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 04V 038 000 CONCERNING I-BEAM IMITATOR IN FRONT AXLE SUSPENSION CRACK IN MARCH, 2004. PARTS WERE ORDERED ON 3-15-04. AS OF TODAY, PARTS WERE STILL UNAVAILABLE. MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, AND THERE WAS NO DATE OF AVAILABILITY. HOWEVER, CONSUMER WAS THIRTEENTH ON THE LIST FOR REPAIRS. *AK