Dianizon
RVF Newbee
- Joined
- Jul 26, 2022
- Messages
- 2
- Location
- Somewhere, USA
- RV Year
- 2020
- RV Make
- Coachman
- RV Model
- Leprechaun
- RV Length
- 26ds
- Chassis
- Ford
- Engine
- F 350
- TOW/TOAD
- CRV Honda
- Fulltimer
- No
Sorry, it's a long story so delete if you don't want to read our experience.
Bought the 2020 Leprechaun 26ds from a friend Oct. 2021. He bought new and circumstances changed so he had no need for it. We are familiar with traveling with it as owned a Thor 26ft previously and traveled 62,000mi. with it. Had no problems driving to FL in Oct, and returning to OH in April with a week of camping stops for sightseeing on the way home in 2022 except a leak from under middle of frame when using water pump. Previous owner told us he would pay to have it fixed as he had it back to dealer once and it wasn't fixed. We had one outlet over the futon that didn't work also. So we decided to take to local RV shop to be fixed. We told them we had the roof coated in April before coming home so don't mess with the roof. But look at the outlet under the cabinet that isn't working and find the reason for the leak. Turns out the leak was caused by an O ring in the pump hook up that was bent over double, so easy fix. (would say manufacture error). The outlet was different story. Fuse box was drizzled with a lot of green/blue TST gunk and could have caused a fire/short. So it had to be cleaned out. Guess last owner spilled it from the cabinet over the fuse box and not told us. We use orange TST, so I know it wasn't us. That was an $800.00 fix. Of course as a courtesy they go over EVERYTHING to make sure it's all in working order. They recommended the A/C get a cleaning as they said it was very dirty, so yes we got that done. ($280). Then oil change. Got it back, camped in it wkend of 16th, woke up to rain Sunday, parked in the driveway, unpacked. Wednesday, we opened RV to show the kids since they hadn't seen it yet. All was well that that time. Stormed here Wednesday night. HERE IS THE PROBLEM NOW. Was going to take it to storage, and walked into water on the cabin floor between the booth and futon up to edge that drops to the cab floor. Looked like someone poured a cup of water on floor to see it roll down, as our drive is on a slight slope. Water on booth cushion behind the passenger seat, and overcab bed was SOAKED. Checked all the sun roofs fans and all was tight. It's a total mystery how the water got in a locked RV that was dry 2 days ago. Also there is a front window in the over cab bed and below it was soaked, along with insulation, and as I said the bed. We ran it back to the RV dealer Friday and they found that front window is not seated correctly, and leaked. They need to remove it, reseat, and remove the overcab floor, insulation and replace. I can't believe RV's are made this poorly. I'm totally flummoxed!!
That doesn't explain to me how the center floor got wet. And when it poured down rain Sat. night we were camping, all was dry. We were fine until rain storm Wed. night! It's a total mystery.
Dianizon
Bought the 2020 Leprechaun 26ds from a friend Oct. 2021. He bought new and circumstances changed so he had no need for it. We are familiar with traveling with it as owned a Thor 26ft previously and traveled 62,000mi. with it. Had no problems driving to FL in Oct, and returning to OH in April with a week of camping stops for sightseeing on the way home in 2022 except a leak from under middle of frame when using water pump. Previous owner told us he would pay to have it fixed as he had it back to dealer once and it wasn't fixed. We had one outlet over the futon that didn't work also. So we decided to take to local RV shop to be fixed. We told them we had the roof coated in April before coming home so don't mess with the roof. But look at the outlet under the cabinet that isn't working and find the reason for the leak. Turns out the leak was caused by an O ring in the pump hook up that was bent over double, so easy fix. (would say manufacture error). The outlet was different story. Fuse box was drizzled with a lot of green/blue TST gunk and could have caused a fire/short. So it had to be cleaned out. Guess last owner spilled it from the cabinet over the fuse box and not told us. We use orange TST, so I know it wasn't us. That was an $800.00 fix. Of course as a courtesy they go over EVERYTHING to make sure it's all in working order. They recommended the A/C get a cleaning as they said it was very dirty, so yes we got that done. ($280). Then oil change. Got it back, camped in it wkend of 16th, woke up to rain Sunday, parked in the driveway, unpacked. Wednesday, we opened RV to show the kids since they hadn't seen it yet. All was well that that time. Stormed here Wednesday night. HERE IS THE PROBLEM NOW. Was going to take it to storage, and walked into water on the cabin floor between the booth and futon up to edge that drops to the cab floor. Looked like someone poured a cup of water on floor to see it roll down, as our drive is on a slight slope. Water on booth cushion behind the passenger seat, and overcab bed was SOAKED. Checked all the sun roofs fans and all was tight. It's a total mystery how the water got in a locked RV that was dry 2 days ago. Also there is a front window in the over cab bed and below it was soaked, along with insulation, and as I said the bed. We ran it back to the RV dealer Friday and they found that front window is not seated correctly, and leaked. They need to remove it, reseat, and remove the overcab floor, insulation and replace. I can't believe RV's are made this poorly. I'm totally flummoxed!!
That doesn't explain to me how the center floor got wet. And when it poured down rain Sat. night we were camping, all was dry. We were fine until rain storm Wed. night! It's a total mystery.
Dianizon
