NHTSA Complaint #10100737 — 2005 WINNEBAGO VECTRA

I PURCHASED A 2005 WINNEBAGO ADVENTURER 37 B TWO MONTHS AGO AND PROCEDED TO TAKE IT ON A LONG VACATION. THE KNOWINGLY DEFECTIVE VEHICLE FAILED ON OVER 200 OCCASIONS AND WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED OVER 10 TIMES BY FACTORY AND NON FACTORY AUTHORIZED SERVICECENTERS. ULTIMATELY AFTER CONSTANTLY JEOPARDIZING MY WIFE AND PARTNER'S LIFE IN MANY INSTANCES AND AFTER BEING STRANDED AND TOWED ON MULTIPLE OCCASSIONS WINNEBAGO DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE WIRING HARNESSES THAT HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY ROUTED AND WHICH HAD BEEN MELTING AND SHORTING OUT THE VEHICLE FOR OVER A MONTH. AFTER SOME INVESTIGATION IT CAME TO LIGHT THAT THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST INSTANCE OF THIS DEFECT AND WINNEBAGO KNOWINGLY PUT OURS AND OTHER LIVES IN JEOPARDY. I PURCHASED ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM ANOTHER MANUFACTURER AS I WAS UNABLE TO RETURN WITH THIS 'LAND TITANIC" AND LOST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS JUST TO ENSURE MY SAFETY DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE WINNEBAGO REPRESENTATIVE ( MR.STEVEHUMME) TOLD ME THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND ATTEMPTED TO FORCE ME TO TAKE IT IN THE CONDITION IT WAS IN WITH MANY OTHER SAFETY RELATED VIOLATIONS. I WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE DETAILS OF THIS NIGHTMARE. I HAVE OF REFERRED THIS CASE TO MY PARTNER ( WHO IS AN ATTORNEY AND WAS IN THE VEHICLE AND WITNESS TO THE DEFECTS) TO TAKE LEGAL ACTIONS AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES TO PROSECUTE WINNEBAGO. I AM ALSO ACTIVE IN THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY AND WILL SPREAD THE WORD ON MY EXPERIENCES IN HOPE THAT WINNEBAGO WILL SUFFER THE NEGATIVE EXPOSURE IT DESERVES. *AK