2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR Suspensionrearspringsleaf Spring Assembly Problems

REAR TRAILING ARM ON MONACO AND HOLIDAY RAMBLER BREAK MY VEHICLE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN RECALLED ( 05V053000 ) IN 2005 FOR SAME PROBLEM. A CHECK OF RV FORUMS INDICATE MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME FAILURE. THE COMPANY THAT IS NOW MANUFACTURING REPLACEMENT PARTS INDICATED TO ME THEY WERE SHIPPING 8 TO 10 SETS (THEY ONLY SUPPLY PARTS IN SETS, BOTH SIDES) A WEEK. COMPANY'S NAME IS SOURCE MANUFACTURING, ELMIRA, OR 541-935-0308. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED LOW ON THE RIGHT SIDE ALMOST AS IF HE HAD A FLAT TIRE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY AND NOTICED THAT THE TRAILER ARM WAS BROKEN, AND THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE WAS SHIFTED BACKWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A CERTIFIED MONACO REPAIR SHOP, WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE TRAILER ARM BROKE AND DAMAGED THE BEAUTY RING BY RUBBING THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL WELL OF THE REAR SUSPENSION. THE INNER TIRE WAS DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER PER RECALL # 05V053000. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE REPAIR WAS NOT MADE, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. ALSO, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT BECAUSE MOTOR HOME WAS INSPECTED THEY WILL NOT REIMBURSE THE CONTACT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE...

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR HAD THE SPACER PLATE UNDER THE TRAILING ARM AND HAD A TRANSVERSE WELD AND THE REAR SUSPENSION BROKE IN HALF. THE OWNER WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN THE REAR SUSPENSION GAVE WAY AND NEARLY CAUSED THE FAMILY IN THE MOTOR HOME TO CRASH. THE DRIVER WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET THE MOTOR HOME TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. WHEN THE OWNER HAD GOTTEN THE MOTOR HOME TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THEN THE AIR BAG SUSPENSION BLEW UP. THE OWNER FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET THE MOTOR HOME TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE OWNER THEN HAD TO HAVE THE MOTOR HOME TOWED INTO A TRUCK REPAIR SHOP, AND THEY WELDED THE RIGHT SIDE BACK TOGETHER, THEN SENT THE FAMILY BACK HOME IN THE MOTOR HOME. THE REPAIR SHOP TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE OTHER...