Carriage CAMEO problems and owner complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CARRIAGE CAMEO EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR TIRES, TIRE LINE: WRANGLER SR-A, TIRE SIZE: LT235/85/R16 TIRES AND DOT NUMBER: PJORH5HV3110. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE PARKED, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIRE TREAD WAS SEPARATING. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THREE OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE AND TIRE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

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DT: CARGO TRAILER, FENDER HAS LIGHTS ON THEM AND THE SCREWS THAT HOLD THEM ON ARE LONG AND THEY HIT THE TIRES WHEN VEHICLE HITS BUMPS. THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY THE SCREW. DEALER GAVE CALLER THE MANUFACTURER'S PHONE #, AND CALLED THEM. THEY HAVE NOT CALLED HIM BACK . MANUFACTURER WAS NOT IN OUR LIST. CARRY-ON TRAILER CORP. [phone removed]. THE TRAILER IS BODY TYPE 'UTILITY LANDSCAPE' , MAKE IS A CARRY-ON TRAILER, MODEL #6X12WGATV.*AK

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WE OWN AN RV DEALERSHIP IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. WE HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. WE ARE HAVING CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH BLOWOUTS ON CUSTOMERS UNITS THAT HAVE THE TOW MAX POWER KING TIRES ON THEM. THIS TIRE HAS MANY ISSUES, BUT THE BIGGEST IS BELT FAILURE, RESULTING IN BLOWOUTS. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. WE HAVE REPLACED FAR TOO MANY OF THESE TIRES AND I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. THE TIRE SIZE IS 235 80R16 LOAD RANGE E. IF YOU NEED ANY FURTHER INFORMATION - PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CALL. *TR

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BOUGHT NEW 2010 CARRIAGE CAMEO 37 FT 5TH WHEEL IN OCT OF 2011. HAD APPROX. 2000 MILES ON AND WAS 600 MILES FROM HOME WHEN NOTICED BULGES IN ALL FOUR DURO TIRES. CALLED DURO TIRE AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS COMMON. NO DURO TIRE STORES IN AREA, BUT WAS TOLD THEY WOULD SHIP 5 NEW TIRES TO ME. WOULD TAKE ONE OR TWO WEEKS. EXPLAINED THIS WOULD NOT WORK AND THEY SAID TO TAKE PICTURES OF BULGES & COULD FILE A CLAIM WHEN I RETURNED HOME. I SENT PICTURES OF TIRE DAMAGE AND PICTURE OF 5 TH WHEEL BILL OF SALE TO DURO TIRE. WAS THEN TOLD THEY ALSO WANTED …

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PURCHASED A NEW 2011 CARRIAGE CAMEO B34 FIFTH WHEEL RV FROM TEXAS DEALERSHIP ON AUGUST 13, 2011. RV WAS MANUFACTURED ON FEBRUARY 10, 2011. DURING PRE DELIVERY INSPECTION WROTE DOWN THE TIRE MANUFACTURING DATES OF ALL FOUR TIRES UNIT WAS RIDING ON. TIRES WERE MOUNTED TO HI SPEC 07 SERIES RIMS BY COMPANY CALLED LIONSHEAD IN ELKHART INDIANA. CARRIAGE THEN MOUNTED RIMS AND TIRES PN AL725 TO DEXLER AXLES. AXLES HAVE A JANUARY 2011 MANUFACTURING DATE. DATE CODES ON TIRES REVEAL TIRES WERE MANY YEARS OUT OF WARRANTY FROM THE MANUFACTURER DURO …

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DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TIRE BECAME FLAT WHILE PARKED. THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE WAS REPLACED BECAUSE OF TREAD SEPARATION. THEN WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE POURING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT. THAT TIRE WAS REPLACED. THEN, A PASSERBY ALERTED THE CONTACT THAT THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS SHREDDING, THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE WAS STARTING TO SHRED. THESE WERE REPLACEMENTS FOR RECALLED TIRES, NO RECALL INFORMATION WAS AVAIL…

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WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOWOUT. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER. FIRESTONE, SIZE# LT225 75 R16, DOT# UNKNOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *TS *JB

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ALL (4) DURO TIRES FAILED WITHIN 300 MILES OF EACH OTHER, WITH BELT SEPARATION AND BUBBLING ISSUES. TIRES ARE POSSIBLY UNDERRATED FOR WEIGHT OF TRAILER, OR TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE. *KB

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DT*: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CARRIAGE CAMEO MODEL # F34CK3 TRAILER. THE CONVERSION KIT THAT SWITCHES THE AC TO DC IS MALFUNCTIONING. THIS RESULTS IN THE LIGHTS DIMMING AND THE BATTERY BEING DRAINED OF WATER. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT ALERTED AND NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK

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WHILE STATIONARY IN A CAMPGROUND, WATCHING TV, THE MICROWAVE/OVEN TURNED ITSELF ON AND BEGAN SPARKING AND THE SMELL OF AN ELECTRICAL FIRE AND HAZE FILLED THE COACH. LATER INSPECTION AT AN RV REPAIR SHOP REVEALED THE IOTA AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH ITS-50R HAD OVERHEATED, SHORTED OUT CAUSING A FIRE, MELTING WIRES, GFI AND 50 AMP BREAKER BOXES AND CAUSING APPROXIMATELY $2,400.00 IN DAMAGES. THIS TRANSFER SWITCH WAS LOCATED IN A 2010 CARRIAGE CAMEO FIFTH WHEEL. PICTURES WERE OBTAINED.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CARRIAGE CAMEO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER COMPLETING MAINTENANCE WITH THE REFRIGERATOR, IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REFRIGERATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

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THE VEHICLE IS A CAMEO LXI RECREATIONAL TRAVEL TRAILER, WHICH MAY NOT FALL IN YOUR JURISDICTION. I UNDERSTAND, AFTER SOME RESEARCH, THAT THE KY LEMON LAW APPLIES TO AUTOMOBILES ONLY. I WOULD APPRECIATE IF THERE WERE SOME APPLICABLE LAW THAT WOULD ALLOW ME RECOURSE WITHOUT HAVING TO FILE SUIT. THIS IS A BRAND NEW 2003 TRAILER, AND THE PROBLEMS STARTED FROM THE BEGINNING. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED IMMEDIATELY OF THE PROBLEMS, AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED IMMEDIATELY ALSO. THE RUN-A-ROUND HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE TO SAY THE LEAST. WE HAVE REC…

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SPRING SHACKLES NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY BY MOR/RYDE NUTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE WERE NEVER TIGHTENED 3 NUTS WERE MISSING AND 3 NUTS WERE ONLY FINGER TIGHT. COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AXLE BECOMING DETACHED ON RIGHT SIDE. SCARY WAS CAUGHT ON AN INSPECTION. *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CARRIAGE CAMEO RV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER MOUNTED METAL ON METAL WHERE THE AXLE WAS ATTACHED TO THE LEAF SPRINGS AND THE PIVOT POINT. THE CONTACT STATED THE DEFECT WAS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 0.

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2008 CAMEO 35FT FIFTH WHEEL RV HAS IMPROPER WIRING. *NJ THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THE TRANSFER PANEL WAS WIRED WRONG WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO CONNECT A GENERATOR TO THE UNIT. IT BLEW BOTH SPEAKERS ON THE GENERATOR ALL THE AC BREAKERS, THE POWER SUPPLY AND THE MAIN FUSE TO THE BATTERIES. DURING A TRIP, THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THE LEFT REAR WHEEL WOULD STAY WARM. THEN ON THE WAY HOME, THE WHEEL WAS GETTING WARMER AND HE HAD TO USE MORE OF THE BRAKES TO STOP THE RV. THE RV WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE WHEEL BEARINGS WERE REPLACED. THE MECHA…

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THE VEHICLE IS A CAMEO LXI RECREATIONAL TRAVEL TRAILER, WHICH MAY NOT FALL IN YOUR JURISDICTION. I UNDERSTAND, AFTER SOME RESEARCH, THAT THE KY LEMON LAW APPLIES TO AUTOMOBILES ONLY. I WOULD APPRECIATE IF THERE WERE SOME APPLICABLE LAW THAT WOULD ALLOW ME RECOURSE WITHOUT HAVING TO FILE SUIT. THIS IS A BRAND NEW 2003 TRAILER, AND THE PROBLEMS STARTED FROM THE BEGINNING. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED IMMEDIATELY OF THE PROBLEMS, AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED IMMEDIATELY ALSO. THE RUN-A-ROUND HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE TO SAY THE LEAST. WE HAVE REC…

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I PURCHASED A 4X6 TRAILER MADE BY DOOLITTLE TRAILER MANUFACTURING FROM A FORT SMITH DEALER. THE PAPER WORK, INCLUDING THE TITLE, INFORMATION INSPECTION PACKAGE, AND THE GVWR ON THE TRAILER TONGUE STATED THE TRAILER WAS RATED FOR 2990 GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING. TRAILER WAS PURCHASED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WOULD GROSS THIS MUCH WEIGHT. AFTER PURCHASING THE TRAILER, I VIEWED THEIR WEB PAGE AND FOUND THAT THEY LISTED IT ON THEIR WEB PAGE FOR ONLY 1500 GVWR. AFTER CONSULTING WITH DOOLITTLE TRAILERS ABOUT THEIR ERROR ON THEIR WEB PAGE, …

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