Tiffin Tiffin 2003

Model Tiffin made in 2003 by Tiffin got 6 consumer complains as well as 6 service bulletins. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to engine and engine cooling and service brakes, air. Technical service bulletines regarding equipment and equipment adaptive.

Tiffin year 2003

Technical Service Bulletins
Consumer Complaints

Model 2003

Bulletins

Bulletin	Bulletin date	Item no.	Summary	Added
EQUIPMENT
SB-21	03/18/2008	10026734	Tiffin motorhomes: switch box grounding lug. the tap screw is not tight enough. this could cause problems at the load center causing a loss of ground. csc letter was received. *pe	12/09/2008
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE
SB-21	03/18/2008	10026734	Tiffin motorhomes: switch box grounding lug. the tap screw is not tight enough. this could cause problems at the load center causing a loss of ground. csc letter was received. *pe	12/09/2008
EQUIPMENT - ELECTRICAL - NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM)
SB-23	06/06/2008	10026732	Tiffin motorhomes: a wire is not hooked up and needs to be. the navigational system will work until its program for a destination and get the path to the destination. csc letter was received. *pe	12/09/2008
EQUIPMENT - OTHER - OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
SB-21	03/18/2008	10026734	Tiffin motorhomes: switch box grounding lug. the tap screw is not tight enough. this could cause problems at the load center causing a loss of ground. csc letter was received. *pe	12/09/2008
EQUIPMENT - RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
SB-21	03/18/2008	10026734	Tiffin motorhomes: switch box grounding lug. the tap screw is not tight enough. this could cause problems at the load center causing a loss of ground. csc letter was received. *pe	12/09/2008
EQUIPMENT - RECREATIONAL VEHICLE - LPG WATER HEATER
SB-20	03/29/2008	10026736	Tiffin motorhomes: there is a potential problem with the water heater by pass in your unit. there is a possibility it was incorrectly plumbed. csc letter was received. *pe	12/10/2008

Consumer Complaints

Fail date	miles	occurences	Purchase date
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
10/15/2008
	Tl-the contact owns a 2003 tiffin allegro bay motor home equipped with a workhorse w22 chassis. while driving 65 mph on the interstate the reduce power lighted illuminated on the dashboard and the vehicle stalled. he coasted to the side of the road and read the manual. he waited a few minutes and the vehicle started back up as normal. the failure has happen about twenty times. the vehicle was taken to a dealer twice and they were unable to duplicate the failure. the failure continued and the vehicle was taken back to the dealer and they replaced the throttle body modular. later,the failure happen again and the vehicle was taken back to the dealer. the contact stated that the vehicle had stalled twice on the interstate. he also stated that the vehicle had been at the dealer 30 plus days and was still there. the failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 28,000. vwb
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR
11/22/2004	15000	4	11/20/2004
	2003 motorhome, mfg by tiffin on a freightliner (fl) chasis. pur'd used in 11, 2004. i had one occurance (east or) - brakes sticking on while decending long steep grade. brakes smelled hot and stop lights stayed on after shut down . hot brakes will fail. tapped brake - lights went off. took rig to fl in pdx -could find nothing wrong and said they couldn't do anything without condition to arise at their facility. brakes stuck again - hot, smelly, stop lights stayed on etc. again, tapping released the brake. again, fl could find nothing - same story. on way to ca again - proceeded to sacramento and explained to the motorhome svc mgr. he said a light problem, not brakes - i urged that i knew a little about vehicles and was sure it was brakes. when he sent a mechanic to talk to me i said i had a brake problem and he said oh, i thought it was a light problem. again, he couldn't do anything unless i could get the problem to happen - i finally went round and round some blocks with the accelerator pedal down and the brakes on - after several trips i got the condition to happen and drove back using the parking brake so as not to lose the condition. the mechanic then said yes, it was brakes. i explained that i thought it must be a condition close to the brake pedal as if it were further down the line, the brakes would stay on but the stop lights would not. they thought they diagnosed it as one thing and when they tore it down it was another - just after the brake pedal there is a cylinder that pushes up into a cavity and both the piston and the cavity were badly scored and one time in ______ the piston would stick. the tapping jarred it loose. at that point they were happy to fix it and suggested it might not be a warranty issue but accepted that it was. it certainly did not appear to be an item that any freightliner was having problems with but as i say, if it is/becomes a common problem it is a safety issue.
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR - DRUM - DRUM
11/22/2004	15000	4	11/20/2004
	2003 motorhome, mfg by tiffin on a freightliner (fl) chasis. pur'd used in 11, 2004. i had one occurance (east or) - brakes sticking on while decending long steep grade. brakes smelled hot and stop lights stayed on after shut down . hot brakes will fail. tapped brake - lights went off. took rig to fl in pdx -could find nothing wrong and said they couldn't do anything without condition to arise at their facility. brakes stuck again - hot, smelly, stop lights stayed on etc. again, tapping released the brake. again, fl could find nothing - same story. on way to ca again - proceeded to sacramento and explained to the motorhome svc mgr. he said a light problem, not brakes - i urged that i knew a little about vehicles and was sure it was brakes. when he sent a mechanic to talk to me i said i had a brake problem and he said oh, i thought it was a light problem. again, he couldn't do anything unless i could get the problem to happen - i finally went round and round some blocks with the accelerator pedal down and the brakes on - after several trips i got the condition to happen and drove back using the parking brake so as not to lose the condition. the mechanic then said yes, it was brakes. i explained that i thought it must be a condition close to the brake pedal as if it were further down the line, the brakes would stay on but the stop lights would not. they thought they diagnosed it as one thing and when they tore it down it was another - just after the brake pedal there is a cylinder that pushes up into a cavity and both the piston and the cavity were badly scored and one time in ______ the piston would stick. the tapping jarred it loose. at that point they were happy to fix it and suggested it might not be a warranty issue but accepted that it was. it certainly did not appear to be an item that any freightliner was having problems with but as i say, if it is/becomes a common problem it is a safety issue.