Much better day at the office!

[sheridany]

All I can say that was $$ well spent versus trying to diagnose and repair yourself in a non emergency situation. What about the cruise? Wait and see if it happens again?

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

All I can say that was $$ well spent versus trying to diagnose and repair yourself in a non emergency situation. What about the cruise? Wait and see if it happens again?

Yep! They were unable to duplicate the problem we had, so really had no way to know the cause or potential fix.

Since it happened during a very heavy downpour and we got an error message on the Meritor-Wabco screen saying there was a signal blockage, I'm guessing that caused the issue with the inter-connected cruise control. I'm also thinking that if we had found a place to stop and shut down the engine, the cruise might have rebooted itself on restart as it apparently did the next morning. If it happens again, we will certainly try shutting things down and restarting.

I must say that the adaptive cruise control is something I would not add as an option as we did with our coach. It may be a standard feature now, but I have seriously considered having it removed. We have had several different issues with it.

TJ

 

[sheridany]

I must say that if the adaptive cruise control is something I would not add as an option as we did with our coach. It may be a standard feature now, but I have seriously considered having it removed. We have had several different issues with it.

That is really a shame because it should work and you are not the first one to say that either. I have heard from some Prevost owners that is one of their favorite features for safety while driving.

 

[Akdare]

I have it on my 2020 New Aire. I did have to set it to the shortest following distance to like it. Really good driving on the highways in cities where jerks think it’s acceptable to pull right in front of you.

 

[NWIP]

Glad your ready for a little R&R. Not that it compares to your day but after 12 hrs in Yellowstone looking at wildlife I am all for a little Negro Modelo.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

Had one tonite myself! Felt I deserved it.

Were you able to see a lot of wildlife? When we were there last (couple years ago) the place was over-run with Bison. When I worked there...way back in the Dark Ages...as a firefighter, there were very few Bison but lots of bears and Elk.

TJ

 

[NWIP]

Place is overrun with bison, amazing how people stop in middle of road to take a picture of one lying close by. We did get to see a group of wolves, not sure you could say a pack, couple of adults and lots of new pups. Seen a couple bears, coyote and lots of elk.

There were certainly a lot more vehicles this week compared to last week when they opened the MT gates.

 

[Ernie]

Glad to hear you are back in your coach. The "we couldn't get it to start/stop/squeak/whatever for us" is one of the worst things to hear from a tech.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

"On the road again..." as Willie Nelson sang. Left Guaranty RV yesterday morning with the coach working fine. Ran up the Columbia River on I-84 and up I-395 to I-90 to Spokane Falls, Washington, for the night. We'll head over to Polson, Montana, today.

The cruise control issue has not reappeared and both the adaptive and regular CC worked flawlessly. We didn't have any rain though, so we'll see how that goes down the road.

Nice to be back on the road with a fully functioning and completely serviced coach.

I guess we can now put this thread to bed. All is good "in the office."

TJ

 

[Ken C]

Glad to hear Sherry and crew got you taken care of and back on the road. Sherry is very knowledgeable regarding Newmar coaches. We had planned to be in the area by now to see our grandson in Eugene as well as see if Sherry could take care of a couple minor issues, but not sure if we will do that this summer or not. Maybe late July or August if things improve. Time will tell.

I have noticed after driving in significant rain that the firewall and generator area were wet. Although we have not had any issues as a result, while changing the Gen oil yesterday, I was looking at the hood opening and thought there is no reason one could not apply a foam/rubber seal across the top of the hood which should stop water from entering the generator area. Likely my next mod.