NHTSA Complaint #10543557 — 2007 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY

IN 2010 THE FRONT HOOD, REAR ENGINE ACCESS DOOR AND PART OF THE REAR BUMPER PANEL WERE FOUND TO BE LOOSE FROM THE METAL FRAMES THAT THEY ARE MOUNTED ON. THESE WERE REATTACHED AT WINNEBAGO'S FACTORY SERVICE CENTER IN FOREST CITY, IOWA. IN 2012 THE FRONT HOOD WAS AGAIN FOUND LOOSE FROM THE FRAME AND I REPAIRED IT. ON AUG. 28, 2013, MILEAGE 79,500, WHEN WE STOPPED FOR THE NIGHT I FOUND THAT 7 OF THE 8 ATTACHED POINTS FOR THE REAR BUMPER PANEL HAD COME DETACHED FROM THE BODY OF THE COACH AND THE LEFT SIDE WAS SWINGING FREE ABOUT 10 INCHES FROM THE COACH. THE BUMPER PANEL WAS ONLY STILL ON THE COACH BECAUSE MY BIKE RACK KEPT IT FROM SWINGING FURTHER OUT. CLOSER CHECKING REVEALED THAT THE REAR ENGINE ACCESS DOOR AND SEVERAL LOWER SIDE BODY PANELS WERE COMING LOOSE FROM THEIR FRAMES. ALL OF THE ABOVE ATTACH POINTS ARE CONNECTED BY SOME TYPE OF EPOXY. THE 2013 PROBLEMS WERE REPAIRED AT WINNEBAGO FACTORY IN SEPT. 2013. THEY REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESE DETACHED PANELS WERE A COMMON PROBLEM. WHILE IN THE FOREST CITY AREA IN SEPT. 2013 I SAW 3 OTHER 2004 TO 2007 JOURNEYS WITH THE SAME LOOSE PANELS. MY CONCERN IS THAT ONE OF THESE 8.5 FT. BY 20 INCH BUMPER PANELS IS GOING TO COME OFF AND LAND ON ANOTHER VEHICLE'S WINDSHIELD. *TR