Itasca Itasca 1996

Model Itasca made in 1996 by Itasca got 5 consumer complains as well as 1 service bulletin. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to equipment and structure. Technical service bulletines regarding equipment.

Model 1996

Bulletins


BulletinBulletin dateReplacement BulletinItem no.SummaryAdded
EQUIPMENT - MECHANICAL - CARRIER/RACK
#6802/14/199751322Recall 97v-012- winnebago industries, inc has determined that a defect exists in certain winnebago and itasca motor homes built between 1989 and 1997- the defect is in the spare tire carrier hoist system- during transit, the hoist compone06/27/1997

Consumer Complaints


Fail datemilesoccurencesPurchase date
EQUIPMENT - MECHANICAL - SLIDE-IN CAMPER
11/20/1995
 Slide out motor failed.
STRUCTURE - BODY
12/20/2000165001012/20/1999
 I am a certified licensed automotive technician with 30 years experience. i own my own shop and replace gaskets and seals regularly. i believe that something was wrong with the adhesive or the process that was used to bond the fiber glass sides of my motor home. i was told by the winnebago factory rep. that it was my fault that delamination was taking place because i did not take the motor home in every 6 mos. to their facility to have gaskets and seals inspected or resealed. i maintain that i have done the inspections myself and all gaskets and seals are in excellent shape. i see no water damage. *jb
SUSPENSION - FRONT
04/11/19961
 Misalignment, causing vehicle to steer down highway, wanders. *ak
 Vehicle is difficult to steer down highway, wanders. *ak
TIRES - TREAD/BELT
08/25/19991
 Tire 1 : whle traveling through south dakota on the interstate, the front right tire on the rv started making a thumping sound and within seconds the entire tread came off the tire, leaving the belts and inner tire only, the tire deflated and almost caused the rv to crash. the state police located a local repair center that came and changed tire to a new tire he had brought with him. he also mentioned the tires looked like retreads. tire 2: while traveling through nebraska on our way back to texas, the inner right rear tire did the same thing, a thumping sound and the tread came off the tire leaving the belts and inner tire only, within seconds the tire was flat. because there are dual tires on the rear of the rv, we were able to safely move off the road, however one tire would not take us to the next town as it was damage and deflating. this caused damage to the inside wheel well as well as to the outer tire. the local police were able to find us a repair shop to come replace one tire and put the spare on for the second tire. at this time he notied that the spare was cracking on the sidewall right next to the tread (the spare had never been used), he also asked if they were retreads, as did the police officer, since he had stopped up the road and picked up the pieces of the tread so no one would run over them. these were new tires as delivered with the rv. at this point both the service man and police officer both looked at our tires and said the safest thing we could do was replace the rest of the tires. having had 2 problems on the same vacation within days, we than replaced the all but 1 of the remaining tires, which we kept as a spare and brought the 2nd tire home with us. on aug. 31/99 we contacted firestone and they wanted us to send all the tires to them. wanting an independent inspector to check the tires we have not sent the 2 remaining tires to them. we have one inflated tire and one damanged tire we brought back from the 2nd incident.

Car dealers selling


StateCityZipNamePhone
FLJACKSONVILLESUNCOAST RV641-3352