2000 WINNEBAGO MINNIE Problems & Recalls

2000 WINNEBAGO MINNIE MODEL 31C CLASS C MOTOR HOME UTILIZING A 2000 FORD E450 CHASSIS. TIRE INFLATION PRESSURES ARE RELIGIOUSLY CHECKED PRIOR TO EACH USE OF THE MOTOR HOME. ON APRIL 17, 2006 WHILE DRIVING (NORTH ON US98 AT MILE MARKER 17 IN MOBILE, ALABAMA) AT 50 MPH THE RIGHT REAR INBOARD TIRE (FIR...

Mileage: 15,250

WIRING HARNESS LOOSE, CAME IN CONTACT WITH EXHAUST CAUSING SHORT AND A COMPLETE SHUTDOWN OF PCM (BLOWN FUSE) WITH RESULTANT SHUTDOWN OF ENGINE COMPUTER AND ENGINE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. IN BOTH CASES, WAS ABLE TO PULL TO SIDE OF ROADWAY BUT WERE TRAFFIC HEAVIER, WOULD HAVE BEEN STALLED IN TRAFFI...

Mileage: 32,000

RIGHT REAR INNER DULLER TIRE EXPERIENCED A TREAD SEPARATION WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH WITH TWO ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN IN A WINNEBAGO MINNIE 2000 RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO HEAR AND FEEL THE TREAD FLAPPING AGAINST THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE PULLING OVER. THE TIRE REMAI...

Mileage: 20,170

WE WERE TRAVELING IN OUR 2000 WINNEBAGO MINNIE 31C [CLASS C] MOTORHOME. WE LEFT THE CAMPGROUND WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES NE OF RICHMOND, VA AT ABOUT 1130 AM. THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS BETWEEN 78-80 DEGREES. WE WERE TRAVELING SOUTH ON I-295 AND HAD BEEN ON THE ROAD ABOUT 15 MINUTES WHEN WE...

Mileage: 35,066

COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION, I-55 ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF EXIT TO BLYTHEVILLE AR. SPEED 70 MPH, TEMP 55. WINNEBAGO 27 FT MINNIE RV, FORD CHASIS. ORIG EQUIP TIRE APPROX 40,300 MI. LEFT REAR INNER DUAL. TIRE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY DEFLATE. DROVE ON TO EXIT AND CHANGED TO SPARE. THIS IS THIRD TIRE OF ...

Mileage: 40,300

ON A NYS INSPECTION AND TIRE ROTATIO THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE SIDEWALL WAS CRACKED AND SPLIT AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE,BUT DID NOT BLOW. *AK

Mileage: 34,400

COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION. I90, LIVINGSTON, MT, INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, SPEED 70 MPH. TEMP 100. VEHICLE WINNEBAGO 27 FT RV, FORD CHASIS. ORIG EQUIP TIRE, APPROX 33,300 MI. RIGHT REAR INNER DUAL. TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIRE OF THIS SERIES TO SEPARATE THE TREAD ON THIS VEHICLE. PROP...

Mileage: 33,300

COMPLETE TREAD SEPARATION. HIGHWAY 2 NEAR CRESTON, WA. 2 LANE HWY, SPEED APPROX 60 MPH. TEMP 102. VEHICLE WINNEBAGO 27 FT RV, FORD CHASSIS. ORIG EQUIP TIRE, APPROX 33,000 MI. RIGHT FRONT TIRE. PRESSURE CHECKED FREQUENTLY AND WAS CORRECT. TIRE DID NOT DEFLATE. PROPERTY DAMAGE NEGLIBIBLE. *A...

Mileage: 33,000

CONSUMER STATES RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH.*AK

CONSUMER STATES REAR INSIDE LEFT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. *JB

Mileage: 25,763

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE REAR DUEL INNER TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION AND DEFLATED.*AK

AM I REPEATING? OCTOBER 31,2002, 4:30 PM DRY PAVEMENT 65 MPH SOUTH BOUND I-15 FREEWAY LIGHT TRAFFIC. INSIDE RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE BLEW OFF THE ENTIRE TREAD DAMAGING MOTOR HOME CHASSIS AND MUFFLER SYSTEM. ONLY 43 MILES INTO TRIP IN VERY LIGHT TRAFFIC, WENT 17 MILES FURTHER TO SAN DIEGO EXPRES...

Mileage: 14,420

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 60 MPH, THE BUNK WINDOW OVER CAB SHATTERED AND BROKE OUT. WE ARE NOT SURE IF ANYTHING HIT IT OR NOT. AFTER CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER WE WERE TOLD THIS WINDOW DOES NOT REQUIRE SAFETY GLASS IN IT. WE FEEL VERY LUCKY THAT WE HAD THE CURTAIN CLOSED AS THIS STOPPED MOST OF T...