NHTSA Complaint #10053296 — 2002 ALFA FIFTH WHEEL

FIRST, SOME QUALITY-CONTROL ISSUES: "AWNING WOULD NOT LOCK ON ONE SIDE  FIXED THROUGH WARRANTY "THE STEP BETWEEN THE LIVING ROOM AND BEDROOM WAS SQUEAKING  FIXED THROUGH WARRANTY "THE FLOOR IN THE BEDROOM SQUEAKED  STILL SQUEAKING. "THERE WERE TWO 9 GAS CYLINDERS IN THE OVERHEAD CABINET THAT DID NOT FIT PROPERLY. REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT MODEL OF GAS CYLINDER AND FITS BETTER BUT STILL NOT CORRECT. "THE SHOWER DRAIN P-TRAP WAS BROKEN DUE TO LACK OF BRACING UNDER TUB PAN  FIXED MYSELF. "THE DCI BOARD CONTROLLING THE HEATER WAS DEFECTIVE  FIXED THROUGH WARRANTY. "THE PEDESTAL WHICH SUPPORTS THE MATTRESS IN THE BEDROOM HAD NUMEROUS STAPLES PROTRUDING FROM THE WOOD  FIXED MYSELF. "STAPLES PROTRUDING THROUGH CARPET  FIXED MYSELF. "NO HEAT COMES OUT OF THE HEATING VENT IN THE BEDROOM.  STILL OCCURRING. BUT OUR PRIMARY CONCERN IS THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THE 20-AMP GFI BREAKER IS NUISANCE-TRIPPING EVEN WITH NO LOAD ON ANY OF THE FOUR RECEPTACLES IT CONTROLS  SEVERAL WORKMEN THROUGH OUR WARRANTY AND A FEW PAID FOR OUT OF OUR POCKET HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DIAGNOSE AND/OR FIX THE PROBLEM TO NO AVAIL. GEWEKE RV IN LODI GAVE US ONE NEW PIGTAIL AND ONE NEW CIRCUIT BREAKER AND WE PURCHASED 3 GFI RECEPTACLES, A GFI BREAKER, A STANDARD BREAKER AND SOME GROUND WIRE OUT OF OUR POCKET. THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IS OUR PRIMARY CONCERN. THE NUISANCE-TRIPPING OCCURS RAIN OR SHINE, UNDER LOAD OR NO LOAD AT ALL. WE HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT ALPHA AND THEY WERE EXTREMELY RUDE AND TOLD US IT WAS A WARRANTY PROBLEM. I CONTACTED MBA, OUR WARRANTY SERVICE, AND THEY SAID SINCE THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM FIRST BEGAN WITHIN A MONTH AFTER PURCHASE, THAT IT IS A FACTORY DEFECT AND ALPHA SHOULD HANDLE IT. *CB