NHTSA Complaint #10584788 — 2014 KEYSTONE MONTANA MOUNTAINEER

BEFORE RETURNING TO OR. I TOOK MY RV TO HOUSTON METALLURGICAL LABORATORY, INC. I SUSPECTED SOME POSSIBLE CORROSION. (EXCERPT). OUR FIRST OBSERVATION WAS THE ALUMINUM WELDING OF THE FLOOR FRAMEWORK IN WHICH WE COULD SEE SOME OF THE WELDING WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE TO VISUAL INSPECTION TO MORE THAN ONE WELDING CODE......ONE EXAMPLE.....PHOTO PAGES #1 THRU 7 SHOW WELDS THAT WOULD NOT PASS A VISUAL INSPECTION. I KNOW YOU ALSO HAD CONCERNS DUE TO AIR FLOW, (COMPARTMENTS THAT SHOULD BE SEALED BUT ARE NOT) THAT THE ALUMINUM BEAMS ARE SHOWING WHAT APPEARS TO BE INITIAL STAGES OF CORROSION. CONCERNS THAT CONTAMINATED AIR (FROM VENTS SUCH AS HOLDING TANKS, HEATER, GAS TANKS) MAY BE ACCELERATING THE CORROSION AND MAY ALSO BE INTRODUCING A FORM OF CORROSION KNOWN AS MIC/MAC (MICROBIOLOGICAL INDUCED OR ASSISTED CORROSION) WHICH MAY TURN BE A HEALTH HAZARD........I HAVE NOT READ OR STUDIED YOUR WARRANTY PAPERS BUT IF THE ITEMS WE SEE ARE IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE NFPA 1192 DOCUMENT THEN IF THE MANUFACTURER DOES NOT WANT TO ADDRESS THE VIOLATIONS THEN I WOULD REPORT TO THE NFPA, DOCUMENT ALL ASPECTS OF VIOLATIONS INCLUDING QUOTING THE RULES OR MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS-STATING THE VIOLATION ALONG WITH DOCUMENTATION. I WOULD ALSO CONTACT NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD IN REGARDS TO THE NFPA....I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONTACT CARR ENGINEERING HERE IN HOUSTON WHILE YOU ARE IN TOWN...HOUSTON METALLURGICAL LAB. INC. REPORT CONTAINS 24 PHOTOS THEY TOOK. NOTE MY COMPLAINT LETTER HAS 126 PG CONTAINING NFPA CODES AND PHOTOS OF EACH COMPLAINT. AS TODAY THE SELLING DEALER HAS NOT SCHEDULED MY RV FOR WARRANTY. THEY HAVE PHOTOS OF A BLADE SEAL THAT IS WAVY AND TAPE THAT IS COVERING A HOLE IN THE ROOF AND A WORN SPOT..... RECENTLY I HAND CARRIED A LETTER TO THE SELLING DEALER, SERVICE MGR HAVING WHAT I BELIEVE ARE 52 VALID WARRANTY ITEMS. TECH MGR. SAID HE HAS MY 52 COMPLAINTS. *TR