Bought my 2025 Winnebago spirit 26T 10 months ago. It had 1700 miles on it when I bought itI am now up to 3900mi. Since then I made several small trips within a hour or two from my home. As expected, I;ve had to make several field repairs myself, which I do not mind but at this point I am really questioning the Winnebago quality control process as this should have never made it off the production line!!!!!
First weekend out the hot water switch did not work stuck in the off position. Somehow that led to burning out the water pump second trip to dealer that was the first week of ownership. all seemed fine for the next couple of trips except for the radio screen/ backup cameras blanking in and out constantly. Back to the dealership found the wiring loom was not routed incorrectly pulling on a connector. In the fall of last year went out for a couple of days and realized NO HEAT from the heater. It would NOT turn on. Back to the dealer and found some Blue wire was never crimped. Not sure what that meant but was documented on the repair order. Then one night I heard a dripping noise coming from the shower. Went out and checked in the rear cargo bay and lots of water in it. I removed the shower faucet and sure enough drip drip drip. The fitting looked as if it was driven over by a forklift or something and the internal gasket chewed up not being able to make a seal. Luckily, I was able to get a fixable solution the next day from a local hardware store. Later I notice several fender well screws backed out over one of the front tires, easy fix.
Now yesterday on my way home from a two-hour trip I started to feel a vibration through the vehicle . My normal cruise speed is 65-68mph as this is the best fuel economy throughout my data collected. I flipped the dash screen to tires and rear was 74-78 psi on all and front 85psi looked normal, but I knew something was not right so I pulled off an exit to see if I could tell what was going on. Nothing visible so back on the road. Ten to fifteen minutes later it sounded like the rear end exploded. The tire shredded its tread . Crazy part is it still had air pressure. limped it 4 miles to the next exit at 10mph and got to where I could change the tire. Got the spare down and it had 4 psi in it. Impressed yet once again by WB QC. Luckily I do carry an onboard air pump easy fix. The tire still had 70psi so I stabbed it in the side wall to not have to worry about it blowing out.
Guess I needed to rant about my experiences so far but 4k miles on a new tire, COME ON !!
First weekend out the hot water switch did not work stuck in the off position. Somehow that led to burning out the water pump second trip to dealer that was the first week of ownership. all seemed fine for the next couple of trips except for the radio screen/ backup cameras blanking in and out constantly. Back to the dealership found the wiring loom was not routed incorrectly pulling on a connector. In the fall of last year went out for a couple of days and realized NO HEAT from the heater. It would NOT turn on. Back to the dealer and found some Blue wire was never crimped. Not sure what that meant but was documented on the repair order. Then one night I heard a dripping noise coming from the shower. Went out and checked in the rear cargo bay and lots of water in it. I removed the shower faucet and sure enough drip drip drip. The fitting looked as if it was driven over by a forklift or something and the internal gasket chewed up not being able to make a seal. Luckily, I was able to get a fixable solution the next day from a local hardware store. Later I notice several fender well screws backed out over one of the front tires, easy fix.
Now yesterday on my way home from a two-hour trip I started to feel a vibration through the vehicle . My normal cruise speed is 65-68mph as this is the best fuel economy throughout my data collected. I flipped the dash screen to tires and rear was 74-78 psi on all and front 85psi looked normal, but I knew something was not right so I pulled off an exit to see if I could tell what was going on. Nothing visible so back on the road. Ten to fifteen minutes later it sounded like the rear end exploded. The tire shredded its tread . Crazy part is it still had air pressure. limped it 4 miles to the next exit at 10mph and got to where I could change the tire. Got the spare down and it had 4 psi in it. Impressed yet once again by WB QC. Luckily I do carry an onboard air pump easy fix. The tire still had 70psi so I stabbed it in the side wall to not have to worry about it blowing out.
Guess I needed to rant about my experiences so far but 4k miles on a new tire, COME ON !!
