NHTSA Complaint #10892838 — 2015 KEYSTONE FUZION

WE WERE IN THE GIFFORD PINCHOT NATIONAL FOREST TRAILING OUR UNIT. THIS WAS ON A NICELY PAVED ROAD, NF90 NORTH OF COUGAR, WA. HAD TO TURN AROUND SO WE COULD FIND A PLACE FOR THE NIGHT, AND DID SO AT A T INTERSECTION. I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK TO INSURE SAFETY AND GUIDE MY FIANCE'. I NOTICED THAT THE WHEELS DID NOT LOOK RIGHT. I CALLED MY FIANCE' OUT OF THE TRUCK TO LOOK. HE AGREED, BUT SAID WE NEEDED TO GET THE TRAILER STRAIGHT WITH THE TRUCK BECAUSE WE HAD TWO INDEPENDENT AXELS. HE PULLED THE TRAILER BACK ONTO NF90 GOING SOUTH WHERE IT WAS IN LINE WITH THE TRUCK AND THE ROAD WAS LEVEL. IT APPEARS AS IF THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN ON-GOING, EVIDENT BY RUST. AT TIMES WE HAVE GONE 70MPH. AT THE TIME WE NOTICED WE WERE BARELY MOVING. WE ARE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. THE DAMAGE IS QUITE SEVERE. THE FRAME IS GAPING AT THE CENTER HANGER 'REINFORCEMENT' WELD AND BULGING JUST FORWARD OF THAT AREA. THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROGRESSIVE ISSUE WITH THE AMOUNT OF RUST INVOLVED AND WHERE IT IS AT. FROM MY LIMITED RESEARCH, FRAME TEARS HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE WITH LIPPERT GOING AS FAR BACK AS 2005. THE SUSPENSION HAS CRACKS IN IT AS WELL, AGAIN PROGRESSIVE WITH RUST. THE AXLES ARE BOTH PUSHED TO THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE UNIT. THE LEAF SPRING BUCKLES HAVE SEPARATED WITH THE SHIFTING OF THE AXLES. **SEVERAL COMPLAINTS RE LIPPERT FRAMES (KEYSTONE USES LIPPERT PARTS) ARE FOUND IN THE ODI DATABASE** MY FRAME HAS TORN IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE AS THE "FIX" POSTED ON THE ODI WEBSITE - HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/ACMS/CS/JAXRS/DOWNLOAD/DOC/ACM18731969/RCRIT-11V486-1111.PDF WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE SLIDES AND DOORS OF THIS UNIT SINCE WE PURCHASED IT - ALL INDICATIVE OF A MISALIGNED FRAME OR FRAME COMPONENTS. I HAVE MORE PICTURES AND INFO THAN WEBSITE WILL ALLOW TO UPLOAD. PLEASE CONTACT.