NHTSA Complaint #10291100 — 2006 HOLIDAY RAMBLER NEPTUNE

WE WERE TRAVELING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 54 THRU KINGDOM CITY MO. WHEN WE CAME TO A STOP LIGHT. UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE LISTED VIOLENTLY SIDE TO SIDE. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND INSPECTED THE VEHICLE BUT FOUND NOTHING WRONG. WE CONTINUED NORTHBOUND AND I NOTICED THAT WHENEVER I DECELERATED, COASTED THE VEHICLE WOULD LIST SIDE TO SIDE. I CONTINUED TO MY DESTINATION APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS AWAY DRIVING WITH MY FLASHERS ON AT 40 MPH. WE STOPPED 3 MORE TIMES TRYING TO FIND THE CAUSE TO NO AVAIL. UPON REACHING MY DESTINATION I DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AXLE HAD MOVED TO THE REAR 3". IT WAS THEN I FOUND THE TRAILING ARM CRACKED AND SEPARATED 1/2" AND THE AXLE MOVED REARWARD. I CALLED MONACO, THEY WERE IN BANKRUPTCY AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO A TRUCK REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THEY WELDED THE BROKEN ARM AND STRENGTHENED BOTH ARMS AS WELL. UPON RETURNING HOME A DISTANCE OF 2500 MILES I HAVE NOW DISCOVERED THE SAME ARM CRACKED AND IN NEED OF REPAIR. I CALLED "NEW" MONACO AND WAS INFORMED THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST OTHER THAN RECOMMEND AN AFTER MARKET COMPANY THAT WAS MANUFACTURING A KIT FOR $1800 PLUS AN ESTIMATED $1000 INSTALLATION. I AM ALREADY OUT OF POCKET $1000 FOR THE PREVIOUS REPAIR. I HAVE NOT AT THIS TIME CONTRACTED THE NEEDED REPAIR. *TR