NHTSA Complaint #10345761 — 2008 MONACO COACH CAYMAN

2008 MONACO CAYMAN RR4R CHASSIS-PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN 2009. AT THE TIME OF FAILURE THE MOTORCOACH HAD LESS THAN 10K MILES. DRIVING ON SMOOTHLY PAVED TEXAS STATE HIGHWAY AT LESS THAN 35 MILES PER HOUR. THERE WAS AN OCCASIONAL ROLLING HILL THAT WOULD CAUSE THE RV TO BOUNCE A LITTLE BIT. THE REAR OF THE MOTORCOACH DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY TOWARDS THE GROUND, THE REAR MUDFLAP WAS DRAGGING THE GROUND AND THE MOTORHOME INSTANTLY BEGAN VIBRATING AND HANDLING IN A SQUIRRELLY MANNER AND WITH VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AS THE COACH WAS COASTED WHILE IT SHIMMIED TOWARDS THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD TO A COMPLETE STOP. NEWLY MANUFACTURED REENGINEERED STUDIER TRAILING ARMS WERE OBTAINED AND INSTALLED BY A MONACO CERTIFIED REPAIR CENTER. THE BROKEN TRAILING ARMS WERE THE SAME PART RECALLED ON EARLIER RR4R CHASSIS MODELS DUE TO THIS SAME FAILURE. THE RECALL ON THE EARLIER MODELS DID NOT COVER MY NEWER MODEL BUT SHOULD HAVE SINCE IT IS THE SAME OEM INSTALLED PART WHICH EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE THAT THE RECALL WAS INITIALLY BASED ON. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WERE "LUCKY" BY THE RV TOW EXPERT THAT WE WERE TRAVELING SO SLOWLY AT THE TIME OF FAILURE OTHERWISE OUR COACH MAY HAVE ROLLED OR THE REAR AXLE MAY HAVE CAME ALL THE WAY OUT FROM UNDER THE COACH. THIS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE ON MY COACH BECAUSE THE TRAILING ARMS WERE REPLACED WITH A STURDIER PART MADE BY A NEW MANUFACTURER. *TR