pod breaking apart - Event Date: 14 Sep 2015 |
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Jpntime
Groupie Joined: 28 Jan 2015 Location: Nv Online Status: Offline Posts: 70 |
Calendar Event: pod breaking apart Posted: 14 Sep 2015 at 10:34pm |
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Jpntime
Groupie Joined: 28 Jan 2015 Location: Nv Online Status: Offline Posts: 70 |
Posted: 14 Sep 2015 at 10:38pm |
My question is has anyone else had this problem and if so how do you fix it properly .
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4517 |
Posted: 15 Sep 2015 at 8:14am |
I have had a pod for 6 years and have not seen anything similar.
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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Keith-N-Dar
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Location: Mayville, WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 15 Sep 2015 at 6:28pm |
If this is a used pod you are thinking about buying I would pass.
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
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Jpntime
Groupie Joined: 28 Jan 2015 Location: Nv Online Status: Offline Posts: 70 |
Posted: 15 Sep 2015 at 9:01pm |
Unfortunately I own it had it for about a year and a half took it on a long road trip about 2500 miles and it opened up like that. First Time for a long trip like that on the rough highways and freeways obviously something is not aligned right and when it flexes a little bit it pulled the screws right out of the wood they screwed it into It even tour the aluminum rock shield apart
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 16 Sep 2015 at 7:28pm |
It is likely the caulking there was bad, water got in and weakened the underlying wood. I would contact a dealer to get their opinion on a repair.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Pod4Two
Senior Member Joined: 04 Dec 2014 Location: DFW Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 120 |
Posted: 01 Nov 2015 at 9:59am |
Can you keep us updated as to the fix and what they did to help.
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Ina & Philip Kennedy
2011 -177 2014 GMC Z71 4x4 |
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Jpntime
Groupie Joined: 28 Jan 2015 Location: Nv Online Status: Offline Posts: 70 |
Posted: 01 Nov 2015 at 10:12am |
The trailer is at camping world right now Waiting to see if Forest River will warrantee it but his opinion was after looking at it that they might over tighten the screws and that's why it opened up but they haven't opened it up yet to find out what exactly what happened until there's approval for warranty
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Pod4Two
Senior Member Joined: 04 Dec 2014 Location: DFW Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 120 |
Posted: 01 Nov 2015 at 10:56am |
Thank you and please let us know the outcome.
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Ina & Philip Kennedy
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Jpntime
Groupie Joined: 28 Jan 2015 Location: Nv Online Status: Offline Posts: 70 |
Posted: 12 Nov 2015 at 10:07pm |
Just an update I pulled my trailer out to camping world of Las Vegas because it was down there one month and the person I dropped it off with would not even take his time to call Forest River for me and that was all he had to do was call and talk to see if they will warranty or not I even gave him the phone number and the contact information of the person he needed to talk to but I guess he was just too busy for me to make a phone call so I went there and picked it up I could only imagine how long it would take if they actually had to work on it Pretty upset with camping world but I'm sure forest river was going to take care of it so very pleased with the response I got from Forest River but for now I'm going to try to fix it myself and hope the side don't fall off just a side note that other dealer that dealt with Forest River products wouldn't even take it here in the Las Vegas area
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