2006 Keystone LAREDO: complaints, problems and recalls

I HAVE HAD "TOWMASTER" TRAILER TIRES ON MY RV. OUT OF 5 TIRES I HAVE HAD 3 FLATS, 2 BLOWOUTS AND ONE TREAD SEPARATING IN A PERIOD OF LESS THAN 2 YEARS AND BOUT 14000 MILES. *TR

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THE TIRE PRESSURE CHART ON THE SIDE OF 5TH WHEEL R/V STATES TIRE PRESSURE SHOULD READ 85 PSI WHILE MAXIMUM PRESSURE ON TIRES STATES 65 PSI. WE WERE TOLD TO FOLLOW TAG ON R/V WHEN WE PURCHASED NEW IN FEBURARY 08. WE HAVE REPORTED THIS TO DEALER OVER SIX WEEKS AGO AND NO REPAIR AT THIS TIME. *TR

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THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER ON MY 2009 KEYSTONE COUGAR 318 WITH THE BIKE RACK IS DRAGGING THE GROUND WHEN I DRIVE OVER AND INCLINE SUCH AS A DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE OR SIDE STREET. THERE IS A RECALL ( NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V063000 ) FOR UNITS WITH 16 IN. WHEELS, BUT NOT FOR 15 IN. WHEELS LIKE I HAVE. I HAVE HAD THE CARRIER REPAIRED ONCE, BUT IT IS DAMAGED AGAIN. ALSO THERE IS NO COUGAR MODEL LISTED UNDER THE KEYSTONE MANUFACTURER. *TR

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PURCHASED A 2010 KEYSTONE BIG SKY TRAILER FROM JMATT RV IN OKLAHOMA. LEFT KALISPELL MT FOR A TRIP TO AZ AND WHILE DRIVING EASTBOUND ON I-10 WE HAD AN "EXPLOSIVE" BLOWOUT AT MILE MARKER 52 WHILE GOING ABOUT 56 MPH. THE BLOWOUT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER AND NEARLY CAUSED IT TO TURN OVER. WE HAD THE TIRE CHANGED AND CONTINUED TO CASA GRANDE,AZ WHERE THE SECOND TIRE BLEW OUT. UPON REMOVAL OF THE FIRST TIRE WE SAW WHERE THE STEEL TIRE BEAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE AND RIM AND THE SECOND TIRE HAD A LARGE BUBBLE IN THE SIDEWALL AND WAS SEPARATIN…

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TIRE BLOW OUT. I WAS PULLING MY CAMPER AT 60 MPH, JUST N OF THE FLA LINE ON 1-95. THE ROAD TEMPERATURE WAS MODERATE. I CHECKED TIRE PRESSURE BEFORE LEAVING SAVANNAH, 80 PSI. THE TIRE HAD APPROXIMATELY 4500 MILES ON IT, IT WAS NOT WORN AND WAS IN GOOD SHAPE. THE TIRE BURST WITH A LOUD NOISE AND IMMEDIATELY DEFLATED. I HAD TO CHANGE THE TIRE ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. WE REPLACED THE TIRE IN JAX FLA. THE TECHNICIAN EXAMINED THE TIRE AND SAID HE HAD NO CLUE WHY IT FAILED. I AM TIRED OF TRAILER TIRES BLOWING OUT. I HAVE HAD THREE TIRE FAILURES ON…

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TIRE #1 BLEW OUT IN OKLAHOMA ON JUNE 14TH AND WAS LEFT BEHIND. AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT IT WAS A RANDOM FAILURE AND JUST MOVED ON. TIRE #2 BLEW OUT IN TENNESSEE ON JUNE 28TH. THE TIRE TECHNICIAN AT DISCOUNT SHOWED ME HOW TIRE #3 WAS SEPARATED AND READY TO FAIL. THE SPARE NEXT TO IT WAS FLAT ACROSS THE TREAD, BUT #3 WAS NOTICEABLY DOMED. AFTER IT WAS REPLACED HE PUSHED DOWN ON THE TREAD AND YOU COULD HEAR THE SOUND OF THE METAL PLIES IN THE TIRE MOVING AROUND. TBC BRANDS PASSED MY CLAIM ONTO UNICORN TIRE CORPORATION. THEY HAD THE TIRE INSPECTE…

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FAMILY WAS TRAVELING ON GOOD HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH AND RIGHT FRONT TIRE ON KEYSTONE RV FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER BLEW OUT AND SEVERED THE PROPANE COPPER TUBING THAT SUPPLIES FUEL TO THE COOK STOVE. FORTUNATELY I SAW THE TIRE BLOW AND STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. THE VENTING FUEL FROM THE PROPANE TANKS WAS SPRAYING IN THE WHEEL AREA WHICH COULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE AND BURNT UP THE CAMPER AND TOW VEHICLE/OCCUPANTS. UPON INSPECTION I DISCOVERED THERE WAS NO WHEEL WELL OVER THE TIRES AND THE PROPANE AND WATER LINES WERE DIRECTLY ABOVE THE WHEELS ONLY PROTECTED BY A…

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TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 KEYSTONE LAREDO FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPARE CARRIER WAS DEFECTIVE. THE SPARE TIRE WAS LOOSE AND FLOPPED AROUND ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS. UPDATED 01/13/11 *BF UPDATED 01/24/11

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FAMILY WAS TRAVELING ON GOOD HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH AND RIGHT FRONT TIRE ON KEYSTONE RV FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER BLEW OUT AND SEVERED THE PROPANE COPPER TUBING THAT SUPPLIES FUEL TO THE COOK STOVE. FORTUNATELY I SAW THE TIRE BLOW AND STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. THE VENTING FUEL FROM THE PROPANE TANKS WAS SPRAYING IN THE WHEEL AREA WHICH COULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE AND BURNT UP THE CAMPER AND TOW VEHICLE/OCCUPANTS. UPON INSPECTION I DISCOVERED THERE WAS NO WHEEL WELL OVER THE TIRES AND THE PROPANE AND WATER LINES WERE DIRECTLY ABOVE THE WHEELS ONLY PROTECTED BY A…

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The driver side main support beam that runs the entire length of the trailer from front to back cracked. Also, many of the support beams that run the width of the trailer were twisted and nearly falling off. We had to replace the entire main support beam on the driver side as well as smaller supports that ran the width of the trailer. The first repair was in June 2022 for the smaller support beams. The second repair was in April 2023 for the long, driver side support beam.

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TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 KEYSTONE LAREDO FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER. THE SPARE CARRIER WAS FAULTY. THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER WAS LOOSE AND FLOPS AROUND ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THERE WAS A RECALL NHTSA #10V063000; COMPONENT: TIRES: TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE BUT HIS TIRE CARRIER WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. UPDATED 01/13/11*BF THE CONSUMER STATED KEYSTONE SENT HIM A NEW SPARE TIRE HOLDER, BUT IT IS THE SAME MODEL AND IT ALSO LOOSE. THE SPARE TIRE HOLDERS DO NOT HOLD THE SPA…

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THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER ON MY 2009 KEYSTONE COUGAR 318 WITH THE BIKE RACK IS DRAGGING THE GROUND WHEN I DRIVE OVER AND INCLINE SUCH AS A DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE OR SIDE STREET. THERE IS A RECALL ( NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V063000 ) FOR UNITS WITH 16 IN. WHEELS, BUT NOT FOR 15 IN. WHEELS LIKE I HAVE. I HAVE HAD THE CARRIER REPAIRED ONCE, BUT IT IS DAMAGED AGAIN. ALSO THERE IS NO COUGAR MODEL LISTED UNDER THE KEYSTONE MANUFACTURER. *TR

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I BOUGHT THIS KEYSTONE LAREDO 295RK IN 2012. THE CAMPER CAME WITH POWER KING TOWMAX STR ST235/80R/16E TIRES. THEN IN OCT 2015 THE RIGHT REAR SEPARATED INTERNALLY, BUT DID NOT GO FLAT, DATE CODE 4910 CALLED MANUFACTURER AND THEY ADJUSTED TIRE. THEN IN OCT. 2016 ANOTHER TIRE SEPARATED RIGHT FRONT POWER KING TOWMAX STR ST235/80R/16E DATE CODE 4910 CAUSING DAMAGE TO CAMPER, CALLED WRECKER AND HAD SPARE INSTALLED. AT THE TIME THE TIRE BLEW I WAS DRIVING ON 2 LANE STATE HIGHWAY WITH SPEED LIMIT OF 45. GOT TO CAMP GROUND 1/4 MILE AWAY AN INSPECTED…

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A 2015 TRAVEL TRAILER, KEYSTONE LAREDO 240MK PURCHASED IN AUGUST 2015 HAD THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM, CONSIDERED A SAFETY HAZARD: WHILE UNDERWAY WE HAD A FLAT TIRE. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE TIRE AND INSTALL THE SPARE TIRE, IT TURNED OUT THAT THE BOLT PATTERN DID NOT MATCH THE AXLE LUGS. IT WAS CLOSE BUT NOT QUITE. WE HAD TO MANAGE TO CRAWL TO A SAFER PLACE WHERE FROM HELP COULD BE SUMMONED. AN INEXPERIENCED OR OLDER DRIVER MAY MISTAKENLY HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE WHEEL WAS SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE AXLE AND DRIVEN OFF. THAT WOULD UNQUESTIONABLY HAV…

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2009 KEYSTONE LAREDO TRAVEL TRAILER. AS I WAS BACKING UP MY TRAILER TO PARK IT, MY STABILIZING CHAINS PINCHED THE WIRING FOR MY BREAKAWAY BRAKES WHICH IS MOUNTED ON THE FRAME. A FIRE RESULTED AND BURNED THE WIRING. I HAD TO PUT THE FIRE OUT TO AVOID MORE DAMAGE AS IT WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE 2 PROPANE TANKS. I HAD TO REPLACE THE WIRING AND RUN IT UP UNDER THE FRAME TO AVOID THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. THE POSITIONING OF THE WIRES MAKES IT VERY SUBJECTIVE TO FURTHER INCIDENCES. *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 KEYSTONE LAREDO TRAVEL TRAILER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE REAR LIPPERT STABILIZER JACK FAILED TO ACTIVATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO ACTIVATE THE STABILIZER JACK. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS UNTIL THE JACK NO LONGER WORKED. THE TRAILER WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE MOTOR FOR THE STABILIZER JACK FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRAILER WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILU…

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