NHTSA Complaint #10239956 — 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR

AS OWNERS OF 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR, WHILE TRAVELING IN NOVA SCOTIA CANADA ON THE FREEWAY AT 60 MILES PER HOUR THE PASSENGER SIDE CONTROL -ARM BROKE CAUSING THE AIR BAG TO BLOW, AND THE FRAME OF THE MOTORHOME SAT DOWN ON THE AXLE AND THE AXLE MOVED BACK SWERVING THE MOTORHOME CAUSING PARTIAL LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE RIG. WE HAD IT TOWED TO ANRV REPAIR/DEALERSHIP IN BEDFORD, NS. UPON INSPECTION BY HEAVY DUTY MECHANICS, IT WAS FOUND THE CONTROL ARM WAS BROKEN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, AND THE DRIVERS SIDE CONTROL ARM WAS CRACKED. WITH THE FORCE AND THE BANG OF THE FRAME HITTING ONTO THE AXLE, THE MECHANICS COMMENTED THIS PROBABLY CAUSED DISLODGED WIRES IN THE INVERTER CAUSING THE INVERTER TO SHORT OUT. THE COST TO REPAIR THE AIRBAG, 2 NEW CONTROL ARMS, INVERTER, AND LABOR CAME TO OVER $5000.00. WE CONTACTED A HOLIDAY RAMBLER DEALER, WHO SUBMITTED PAPERWORK TO HR'S HEAD OFFICE WHOSE RESPONSE WAS THEY WOULD COMPENSATE US $337.00. THIS MOTORHOME HAD BEEN INSPECTED ON A RECALL REGARDING THE CONTROL ARMS BY AN AUTHORIZED HOLIDAY RAMBLER DEALER AND THE ONLY DEFECT FOUND WAS A U-BOLT, WHICH THEY REPLACED. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW HOW MANY OTHER HOLIDAY RAMBLER MOTORHOMES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR