1997 GEORGIE BOY MAVERICK Problems & Recalls

NEWS ARTICLE ON TV ABOUT FIRES BEING CAUSED FROM HYDRAULIC BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH LEAKING ON HOT MANIFOLD CAUSING FIRES. OUR MOTOR HOME WAS BUILT ON A 1997 FORD E350 CHASSIS. I WENT TO A FORD DEALER IN THE AREA WE WERE CAMPING & THEY SOLD ME THE REPLACEMENT SWITCH. I INSTALLED THE SWITCH IMMEDIATELY. TH...

Mileage: 24,000

PE00-040; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH MAVERICK 1997 MOTOR HOME. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED 3 BLOWOUTS OUT OF 6 SIX FIRESTONE TIRES(P22575R16) WITHIN 30,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING. RUBBER SEPARATED FROM TIRE, AND ONE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT . *AK DOT# V01L1XA146, ONE OF THE TIRE FAILURES CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEH...

FRONT TWO TIRES HAVE SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION. CHUNKS OF TREAD WERE MISSING ON FRONT BOTH TIRES. ONE TIRE HAD A BULGE WHERE TREAD AND SIDEWALL MEET. TIRE SIZE LT22575R16 MS, ORIGINAL TIRE EQUIPMENT. TIRE MILEAGE ABOUT 27,000. OWNER HAD REPLACED TIRES WITH ANOTHER BRAND. OWNER WAS NOT ABLE TO ...

ON MOTORHOME WERE BRIDGESTONE TIRES R273SWP. REPLACEMENT FOR FIRESTONE R4S. DRIVING 60MPH TIRE BLEWOUT AT DIFFERENT TIMES. TREAD HAD SEPARATED. THREE (3) BRIDGESTONE TIRES HAD BLOWN, BUT ONLY 2 HAD TREAD SEPARATION. TIRE SIZE 222/75R16. REAR RIGHT INSIDE, TIRE HAD 500 MILES, NO SEPARATION. REAR R...