Coachmen CATALINA problems and owner complaints

PREPARED FOR 10 DAY VACATION FROM TEXAS TO SOUTH DAKOTA VIA OKLAHOMA, KANSAS, NEBRASKA, RETURNING VIA WYOMING, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO. ALL TIRE VERIFIED INFLATED AT 75 PSI (WITHIN 10% OF MAX UPON DEPARTURE. TIRE HAD 80% TREAD LEFT ACCORDING TO MIDROMETER MEASUREMENT WHEN TIRES REPLACED AFTER MULTIPLE BLOWOUTS. TIRES WERE ON 2000 COACHMAN CATALINA CLASS C 23 FT MOTORHOME. FIRST TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE, STORAGE COMPARTMENTS, AND KITCH CABINETS ON RIGHT SIDE OF MOTOR HOME. PUT ON SPARE AND WITH 15 MILES A SECOND TIRE BLEW OU…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10196491 at NHTSA ↗

WHEN HAZARD LIGHTS ARE ACTIVATED, BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN SERVICE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHILE TRAVELING IN HEAVY RAIN UP A HILL AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE OWNER OF THE TRUCK FOLLOWING ME INFORMED ME WHEN WE STOPPED AT A REST AREA. THIS FAILURE OCCURS WHILE STOPPED OR AT ANY SPEED.*AK

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 752632 at NHTSA ↗

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. OWNERS MANUAL STATES IF YOUR VEHICLE IS EQUIPED WITH AN ELECTRONIC 4-SPEED AUTOMATIC (E4OD OR 4R70W) TRANSMISSION, OPERATE IN OVERDRIVE. ETC, (PAGE 247 OF OWNERS MANUAL.) TRANSMISSION FAILED AFTER PULLING A 2,000 LB TRAILER AND CONTENTS FOR APPROXIMATE 2400 MILES. THIS IS WELL BELOW THE TOWING CAPACITY OF THIS VEHICLE. PROBLEM IS: SOME FORD DEALERS SAY THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER PULL IN OVERDRIVE REGARDLESS OF TRAILER WEIGHT AND SOME SAY THAT THIS TRANSMISSION IS OK TO PULL IN OVERDRIVE AS STATED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. THE …

Owner-reported narrative. 39,740 miles reported. Look up ODI 10032576 at NHTSA ↗

FUEL PUMP FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS DURING STOP AND GO TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THE ENGINE WOULD QUIT AND IT WOULD BE HARD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER FIGURED IT WAS WATER IN THE GAS TANK. HE PURRED 6 CANS OF HEET INTO IT AND LATER IT STARTED FINE AND SOUNDED GREAT. CONSUMER TEST DROVE IT PUTTING 12 MILES ON IT AND CONCLUDED THAT IT SOUNDED GREAT. TWO DAYS LATER THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. THE CAMPER WAS TOWED. THE CONSUMER EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM AND THE SERVICE REP. RAN HI…

Owner-reported narrative. 20,417 miles reported. Look up ODI 10042550 at NHTSA ↗

240 WB COACHMAN CATALINA SP MM 240 WB-F: HAVE NOT YET MADE FORMAL COMPLAINT; THO THEY ARE MANY, FROM FAILURE OF ELECTRIC, TO ROOF NOT BEING SEALED AND HAVING PIN HOLE, TO OVEN PILOT AND BURNING SHUTTING DOWN WHILE "ON" TO MANY MANY "MINOR" THINGS LIKE LEAKY PLUMBING, SCREWS "POPPING" OUT, HANDLES COMING UNFASTENED, COUNTER TOPS AND FINISH "PEELING" OFF, WALLS W/ ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE AND CO DETECTORS WIRED THROUGH, AND NOT BEING PROPERLY SECURED IN WALL. PREPARING FORMAL COMPLAINT AND COULD USE HELP. THANK Y…

Owner-reported narrative. 3,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10070713 at NHTSA ↗

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN CAUSING LOST OF POWER STEERING. TS

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 8021762 at NHTSA ↗