2006 WINNEBAGO VIEW Problems & Recalls

WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC - WENT TO ACCELERATE AND NOTHING. ENDED UP BEING THE TRANSMISSION. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AT 30K. HAD THE TRANNY FLUID AND FILTER CHANGED. JUST SPENT 7000 K ON REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION. IT HAD A TOTAL OF 53307 MILES ON IT. THIS IS A CRAP VEHICLE. EVEN THE M...

Mileage: 53,307

PEGASUS ADVANTA CLT TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. INSPECTION SHOWED CASING FAILURE ON OUTSIDE EDGE OF SIDEWALL. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED INCOMPLETE DOT NUMBER - NO MANUFACTURE DATE. LAST 4 DIGITS WERE BLANK (EMPTY CIRCLES). THE DROP DOWN TIRE LIST DID NOT LIST PEGASUS SO I PICKED API SINCE THE...

Mileage: 25,500

LOST WHEEL COVER ENROUTE. *TR

Mileage: 19,000

2006 WINNEBAGO VIEW. ENTERING THE HIGHWAY, TRANSMISSION STAYED IN 1ST GEAR CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE CARS BEHIND STACKED UP BEHIND ME, AS WELL AS THE HIGHWAY --- I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO MERGE ON TO. DEALER SAID ITS THE ABS MODULE THAT IS BAD. I HAD THE AMBER TRIANGLE, WHEEL PSI,CHECK EN...

Mileage: 43,400

2006 WINNEBAGO VIEW. ENTERING THE HIGHWAY, TRANSMISSION STAYED IN 1ST GEAR CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE CARS BEHIND STACKED UP BEHIND ME, AS WELL AS THE HIGHWAY --- I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO MERGE ON TO. DEALER SAID ITS THE ABS MODULE THAT IS BAD. I HAD THE AMBER TRIANGLE, WHEEL PSI,CHECK EN...

Mileage: 43,400

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 WINNEBAGO VIEW. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL HUBCAP DISENGAGED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NORMAL ROAD SURFACES AND BUMPY ROADS. THE HUBCAP WAS PURCHASED FROM THE DEALER AND INSTALLED BY THE CONTACT. ALL FOUR WHEEL HUBCAPS WERE EVENTUALLY RE...

Mileage: 7,000

2006 DODGE SPRINTER/WINNEBAGO VIEW. CONSUMER EXPRESS THEY BELIEVE MOTORHOME IS A LEMON AND REQUEST RELIEF UNDER ACT 297 OF 1993 *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE RV HAS BROKEN DOWN ON THREE OCCASIONS FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM; A BROKEN RESONATOR. *JB

Mileage: 2,890

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, AND TURBO RESONATOR CRACKED ON 2006 ITASCA NAVION (DODGE SPRINTER CHASSIS/MERCEDES DIESEL). THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE, RESULTING IN DECELERATION NECESSITATING STOPPING AND CALLING SERVICE, OR IF YOU CONTINUE TO DRIVE, PROGRESSIVE DECELERATION UNTIL THE VEHICLE QUITS MOVING ALTO...

Mileage: 9,000

RECALL NOTICE FOR WINNEBAGO VIEW MOTOR HOME EXTERIOR SLIDEOUT STORAGE DRAWER. CONSUMER IS STILL WAITING FOR REPAIRS. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING ONE NIGHT ON THE INTERSTATE, THE DRAWER SLID OUT/OPEN. ANOTHER SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM WAS THE CEILING LIGHTS. WHEN THE CEILING LIGHTS WERE US...

RECALL NOTICE FOR WINNEBAGO VIEW MOTOR HOME EXTERIOR SLIDEOUT STORAGE DRAWER. CONSUMER IS STILL WAITING FOR REPAIRS. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING ONE NIGHT ON THE INTERSTATE, THE DRAWER SLID OUT/OPEN. ANOTHER SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM WAS THE CEILING LIGHTS. WHEN THE CEILING LIGHTS WERE US...

IN JANUARY 2007 I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 WINNEBAGO VIEW DOWN I-95 TO ORLANDO FLORIDA. SOMEWHERE IN GEORGIA THE TURBO FAILED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I COULD NOT GO OVER 60MPH IN TRAFFIC FLOWING AT 75MPH PLUS. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS. I TOOK THE WINNEBAGO TO A DODGE DEALER IN ORLANDO AND ...

Mileage: 11,000

IN JANUARY 2007 I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 WINNEBAGO VIEW DOWN I-95 TO ORLANDO FLORIDA. SOMEWHERE IN GEORGIA THE TURBO FAILED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I COULD NOT GO OVER 60MPH IN TRAFFIC FLOWING AT 75MPH PLUS. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS. I TOOK THE WINNEBAGO TO A DODGE DEALER IN ORLANDO AND ...

Mileage: 11,000

FAILURE OF TURBO RESONATOR. THE PLASTIC PART HAS TWO ELEMENTS, HELD TOGETHER BY GLUE. THEN THE TURBO KICKED IN THE RESONATOR CAME APART AND THE VEHICLE'S COMPUTER FORCED IT INTO "LIMP HOME MODE", WHICH MEANT FREEWAY TRAVEL AT 25 MPH!*TR

Mileage: 34,590

2006 WINNEBAGO VIEW SUFFERED TURBO RESONATOR FAILURE ON I-75 BETWEEN KNOXVILLE, TN AND CHATTANOOGA, TN. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SINCE VEHICLE WOULD BARELY CLIMB THE HILLS, REQUIRED MANUAL DOWNSHIFT TO 1ST GEAR, TOP SPEED 45 MPH GOING DOWNHILL. SEVERE ACCIDENTS ALMOST OCCURRED FOUR TIMES. EXTREME POWE...

Mileage: 8,408

VEHICLE ENGINE COMPUTER SENSED ERROR IN WENT INTO A LIMP HOME MODE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE UNABLE TO GO FASTER THAN 50MPH ON THE FLAT ROADS AND LESS THAN 35 MPH ON HILLS. MODE IS DANGEROUS ON THE HIGHWAY AS COMES ON WITHOUT WARNING (NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT).

Mileage: 3,000

2006 WINNEBAGO VIEW BUILT ON A DODGE SPRINTER 3500. CURRENT MILEAGE 7655.. TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED THREE TIMES WHEN CLIMBING STEEP HILLS; VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS, IN ONE INSTANCE CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BODY DAMAGE. FIRST FAILURE AND REPAIR ON 6/23/2006; TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED. SECOND FAILURE A...

Mileage: 7,655

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER CAUSING ENGINE SPEED TO REDUCE TO 40 MPH. THE PROBLEM HAD HAPPENED 4 TIMES AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR SERVICE. EACH TIME THE RESIGNATOR (PART # 5137154AA) WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER ...

Mileage: 20,911

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SIDE MIRRORS WERE NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT VIEWING OF THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THIS MADE IT DIFFICULT TO MOVE OVER INTO ANOTHER LANE AND WAS MORE DIFFICULT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE.

Mileage: 6,500

VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND BARELY ABLE TO MAINTAIN SPEED ON GRADE, ENTRY TO FREEWAY, FROM STOPS, ETC. THIS IS REFERRED TO AS "LIMP HOME MODE" IN TYE YAHOO GROUPS WINNEBAGO-NAVION GROUP. A MAJORITY OF THE OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS DIFFICULTY RESULTING IN A SAFETY HAZARD. *JB

Mileage: 3,300

MY 2006 WINNEBAGO VIEW MOTORHOME SHUTS DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING. EVERY SYSTEM GOES FLAT LINE AND I HAVE TO COAST OVER TO THE SHOULDER, PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND THEN RESTART THE ENGINE. *NM

Mileage: 2,200

DRIVING UP A HILL AND THE MOTOR LOST POWER. AS HILL BECAME STEEPER, MORE POWER WAS LOST. *JB

Mileage: 9,826

MY 2006 WINNEBAGO VIEW KEEPS GOING INTO A REDUCED POWER LIMP HOME STATE. VERY DANGEROUS ON THE INTERSTATE.. I CAN'T MERGE PROPERLY AND VEHICLE WON'T GO OVER 60 MPH. VERY LITTLE POWER AT HIGHER SPEEDS. NOT POSSIBLE TO DRIVE WITH FLOW OF TRAFFIC. THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT SOONER OR LATER. ...

Mileage: 1,000

I HAVE A 2006 DODGE SPRINTER CHASSIS WITH A WINNEBAGO MOTOR HOME COACH. THE BRAKES ARE SO SOFT THAT THEY GO TO THE FLOOR AT TIMES. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER TWICE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY TELL ME IT IS NORMAL. I AM SURE THAT SOMEDAY I WILL HAVE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE BRAKES FAILING. ...

Mileage: 500

I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON MY DODGE SPRINTER 3500 MOTORHOME TO NO AVAIL. THE DEALER CONTINUES TO TELL ME THAT A SOFT PEDAL IS ACCEPTABLE. WHEN BRAKING I HAVE TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO GET A HARD PEDAL. I KNOW THAT SOME DAY I WILL GET INTO A PANIC STOP SITUATION AND WILL PROBABLY...

I SUGGEST YOU LOOK AT THE NEW LINE OF RVS FROM WINNEBAGO, CALLED THE "VUE" AND THE "NAVION" IN THEIR ITASKA LINE. ACCORDING TO THE STICKERS IN THE ONES I SAW, THEY HAVE A NET CARRYING CAPACITY THAT IS UNDER 350 POUNDS. THAT IS THE WEIGHT OF TWO AVERAGE ADULTS. THERE IS THEREFORE NO ROOM FOR ANY C...

I SUGGEST YOU LOOK AT THE NEW LINE OF RVS FROM WINNEBAGO, CALLED THE "VUE" AND THE "NAVION" IN THEIR ITASKA LINE. ACCORDING TO THE STICKERS IN THE ONES I SAW, THEY HAVE A NET CARRYING CAPACITY THAT IS UNDER 350 POUNDS. THAT IS THE WEIGHT OF TWO AVERAGE ADULTS. THERE IS THEREFORE NO ROOM FOR ANY C...