2026 View 24T Ownership/Repair Experiences

[ARKBIZ44]

We bought a 2026 View 24T. Ours is AWD! It has been in the shop from 27 January, when we returned home with our new purchase, until today (6 April 26) and counting. To be fair, we may not have time to even use it until fall of 2026. We have lots of houseguests coming in and out through the end of summer. We traded in a 2007 View which had 160K miles and was in good shape, notwithstanding that we kept it outside and never re-caulked the roof. We did drive the new one 2000 miles back from the selling dealer at the height of winter. It was fast and smooth and climbed the Rockies much better than our original View.

We will de-winterize it in May, 2026, and have it fully inspected at that time.

Obviously, there were some initial problems to be in the shop so long. The inverter, the generator, and the Blind Spot sensors all needed replacement. And I am a little worried about the slide, which makes a variety of noises under different circumstances. WGO slides feature Lippert hardware. But, all that said, Winnebago Corporate Customer Care has been great, in sharp contrast to our experience with it back in the day. Likewise, the WGO dealers (we use two) have given excellent service. They're the salt of the earth. They are Lichtsinn in Iowa and Beaver, in Oregon. And we've generally gotten great service from Mercedes all across the country.

Some advice relevant to the modern Views: Wait for the 2027 model. The 2026s lack much cargo carrying capacity, despite all the storage space. I think the 2027s will be on the stronger "4500" chassis. More advice: budget $11K or $12K for the following add-ons and substitutes: Fox shocks, Hellwig sway bar, 3PMSF certified tires, better hood hinges, and a Vroom slide system.

 

[creativepart]

Sorry you're having issues with your new 2026T. We bought a new 2026R in Sept 2025 and got very lucky with almost zero issues. The only issues have been one or two trim pieces that came loose and I easily reattached them.

I read you list of add-ons and feel like the only needed thing is to get gas struts for the Sprinter hood - that thing is heavy!

The 2026 models were built on the remaining quantity of Mercedes Sprinter 3500xd chassis at the Winnebago factory. They switched to the 4500 chassis and decided to make it a whole new model year designation. So, all 2027 models at dealers now are on the 4500 chassis. Here's the thing about the 4500, the posted CCC is about a 1200 lbs higher than the 3500xd's CCC - that sounds great until you see that they reduced the towing capacity by about 1200lbs. So, it seems they dropped the tow rating and just added all that to the CCC.

Also, the AWD option went away with the chassis change. So, you're lucky to have gotten the one you have.

One thing about the long stay at the dealer for repairs, much of that time was likely just neglect from the dealer's service dept. They love to blame Winnebago for all the delays because... who's to know?? If you had the time to take it to the factory service center in Iowa it probably could have been totally fixed in 3 or 4 days.

The 2026R has a smaller slide than the 2026T but our slide works great. These slide are Lippert Slim Rack slides, not Schwintec, and have a very good track record. Our previous Winnebago motorhome had 2 Slim Rack slides and neither gave us any trouble in 8 years and 60,000 miles.

The best advice I can give you is to get out there and use that RV, even if it's just a couple of days to someplace nearby. There's nothing worse that not using your new RV.

 

[fanrgs]

We have a 2020 Navion 24V with a Helwig sway bar and Michelin Defender 2 all-season tires. We live in Colorado, boondock and dry camp in the mountains in summer and fall, and are frequently on gravel roads. We also snowbird south of I-10 in winter. Because we are mainly cruising on Interstates and US highways for most of our our miles, I choose all-season tires for ride comfort and highway noise reduction.

We get so little rain in the arid SW, there is no reason to have "mud tires". And, in 5 years, we have been in snow only once, a whiteout while crossing Raton Pass on I-25. It was in January of this year, the storm was not predicted, and it was not snowing in Trinidad or Raton. Just a freak storm down to 7,000' that no one expected. If we had known, we would have stayed the night in Trinidad. But the Michelins had no trouble with it, going up and coming down!

 

[Miami Bluebird]

We bought a 2026 View 24T. Ours is AWD! It has been in the shop from 27 January, when we returned home with our new purchase, until today (6 April 26) and counting. To be fair, we may not have time to even use it until fall of 2026. We have lots of houseguests coming in and out through the end of summer. We traded in a 2007 View which had 160K miles and was in good shape, notwithstanding that we kept it outside and never re-caulked the roof. We did drive the new one 2000 miles back from the selling dealer at the height of winter. It was fast and smooth and climbed the Rockies much better than our original View.

We will de-winterize it in May, 2026, and have it fully inspected at that time.

Obviously, there were some initial problems to be in the shop so long. The inverter, the generator, and the Blind Spot sensors all needed replacement. And I am a little worried about the slide, which makes a variety of noises under different circumstances. WGO slides feature Lippert hardware. But, all that said, Winnebago Corporate Customer Care has been great, in sharp contrast to our experience with it back in the day. Likewise, the WGO dealers (we use two) have given excellent service. They're the salt of the earth. They are Lichtsinn in Iowa and Beaver, in Oregon. And we've generally gotten great service from Mercedes all across the country.

Some advice relevant to the modern Views: Wait for the 2027 model. The 2026s lack much cargo carrying capacity, despite all the storage space. I think the 2027s will be on the stronger "4500" chassis. More advice: budget $11K or $12K for the following add-ons and substitutes: Fox shocks, Hellwig sway bar, 3PMSF certified tires, better hood hinges, and a Vroom slide system.

We have a 2025 View 24T AWD, which was built on a 2023 MB 3500XD chassis. We had a long process much list of issues when taking delivery, which took LaMesa service about 2-3 months to fix. But after that we have put about 20K miles on it, traveling from our home in Florida up to Montana, plus a few other short we trips.

A couple of the upgrades we made were to get the VanCompass 4.3 suspension upgrade, which gives not only better shocks, but also beefed-up rear leaf springs, so now the van rides level, rather than sagging down in the rear. We also added a 2nd 320ah Lithium battery. Both of these upgrades have been great and I would definitely recommend.

Regarding the slide out, I would hope this is fixed for 2027 models, but our RV was recently in for a Winnebago recall to add a much needed 3rd “roller”. Without it, we got a tear in the vinyl flooring, caused by the heavy slide out rubbing in the center.

 

[ARKBIZ44]

Sorry you're having issues with your new 2026T. We bought a new 2026R in Sept 2025 and got very lucky with almost zero issues. The only issues have been one or two trim pieces that came loose and I easily reattached them.

I read you list of add-ons and feel like the only needed thing is to get gas struts for the Sprinter hood - that thing is heavy!

The 2026 models were built on the remaining quantity of Mercedes Sprinter 3500xd chassis at the Winnebago factory. They switched to the 4500 chassis and decided to make it a whole new model year designation. So, all 2027 models at dealers now are on the 4500 chassis. Here's the thing about the 4500, the posted CCC is about a 1200 lbs higher than the 3500xd's CCC - that sounds great until you see that they reduced the towing capacity by about 1200lbs. So, it seems they dropped the tow rating and just added all that to the CCC.

Also, the AWD option went away with the chassis change. So, you're lucky to have gotten the one you have.

One thing about the long stay at the dealer for repairs, much of that time was likely just neglect from the dealer's service dept. They love to blame Winnebago for all the delays because... who's to know?? If you had the time to take it to the factory service center in Iowa it probably could have been totally fixed in 3 or 4 days.

The 2026R has a smaller slide than the 2026T but our slide works great. These slide are Lippert Slim Rack slides, not Schwintec, and have a very good track record. Our previous Winnebago motorhome had 2 Slim Rack slides and neither gave us any trouble in 8 years and 60,000 miles.

The best advice I can give you is to get out there and use that RV, even if it's just a couple of days to someplace nearby. There's nothing worse that not using your new RV.

Interesting reply. Your use of the slim track system is reassuring. The CCC theory is potentially useful; we never tow. I hear you on using it but also competing for our time are temporary non-chronic health issues and the doctor visits they entail. For instance, I just got a pacemaker and, nowadays, because they're about the size of an unfired .22 long rifle bullet and wireless, it's almost an outpatient procedure. Still, there is follow up w/ a bunch of people.

An update on our coach's Blind Spot monitoring. Mercedes ultimately determined that WGO's manufacturing application of hot glue interfered with one of the sensors. The initial confusion, per Mercedes, is that a WGO used ostensibly front sensors (from Mercecdes' POV) on the sides.

Lastly, I am blown away by WGO Customer Care's responsiveness so far...a new experience for me.

 

[ARKBIZ44]

We have a 2025 View 24T AWD, which was built on a 2023 MB 3500XD chassis. We had a long process much list of issues when taking delivery, which took LaMesa service about 2-3 months to fix. But after that we have put about 20K miles on it, traveling from our home in Florida up to Montana, plus a few other short we trips.

A couple of the upgrades we made were to get the VanCompass 4.3 suspension upgrade, which gives not only better shocks, but also beefed-up rear leaf springs, so now the van rides level, rather than sagging down in the rear. We also added a 2nd 320ah Lithium battery. Both of these upgrades have been great and I would definitely recommend.

Regarding the slide out, I would hope this is fixed for 2027 models, but our RV was recently in for a Winnebago recall to add a much needed 3rd “roller”. Without it, we got a tear in the vinyl flooring, caused by the heavy slide out rubbing in the center.

Good to know about the recall. On our 2007 23J, now traded in, there were two widely experienced problems that should've triggered recalls but didn't. One was early rust where the cabover met the cab roof. The other was fracturing of the plastic turbo resonator at a glue seam. I had a heart-to-heart with present day WGO Customer Care about the bad history I experienced with them back in the day and they assured me their priorities have changed. I recently experienced that with getting my Blind Spot system fixed, wherein they worked very closely w/ Mercedes to get it fixed. So far, I feel their new corporate Customer Care is on par with the two or three very best examples of companies, generally, that I've ever dealt with.

 

[Wine country]

This question of 4500 vs 3500 chassis I’d they have the same combined weight. If you load up your 4500 you must have a lower tow car weight.

 

[bigbAZ]

This question of 4500 vs 3500 chassis I’d they have the same combined weight. If you load up your 4500 you must have a lower tow car weight.

Yes, the GCVW is the same for both, the numbers just got moved around, see second pic below.

The allowable curb weight on the 4500 used to be less than on the 3500 which is why upfitters didn't use the 4500. A relatively recent change (around 2023) in those numbers now allows for more curb weight, even though nothing really changed on the chassis, see first pic below of a Sprinter-Source post from 2020.




Before 2023:

2023 & Up: