The son of elderly parents in New Jersey has asked for help thru another forum in iRV2.com. His parents bought a "new" 34' Four Winds Hurricane motorhome from a Four Winds dealership near the coast in New Jersey. They hadn't driven it until recently. Now, a year later, they discover the coach had been flooded with 3' of salt water before they bought it. They do not live near the coast, and the coach has not been exposed to salt air or water since they bought it. The underside is badly corroded, and the rear differential is destroyed. Of course, the dealership refuses to discuss the issue.
We know the dealership where they bought the coach has never flooded, so the motorhome would have come from another dealership. The mileage on the motorhome when purchased matched closely the distance from the plant in Indiana, so it would not have been driven far, less than 100 miles.
Another member logged on and said that about the same time this coach would have been purchased by the elderly couple, he was shown a "new" motorhome at a dealership in Greensboro or Winston-Salem, NC, that had been flooded. The salesman showing the coach apparently didn't realize it had been flooded, and the coach had "just been delivered from the coast."
If anyone has information to contribute, like if they know of flooded dealerships on the New Jersey east coast, or had similar experiences of buying/looking at flooded motothomes on the east coast about one year ago, please post on this forum, or if a member, go to iRV2.com, and join in on the thread on the Thor Industries Owners Forum entitled "Stuck in Florida with a Lemon."
The son of elderly parents in New Jersey has asked for help thru another forum in iRV2.com. His parents bought a "new" 34' Four Winds Hurricane motorhome from a Four Winds dealership near the coast in New Jersey. They hadn't driven it until recently. Now, a year later, they discover the coach had been flooded with 3' of salt water before they bought it. They do not live near the coast, and the coach has not been exposed to salt air or water since they bought it. The underside is badly corroded, and the rear differential is destroyed. Of course, the dealership refuses to discuss the issue.
We know the dealership where they bought the coach has never flooded, so the motorhome would have come from another dealership. The mileage on the motorhome when purchased matched closely the distance from the plant in Indiana, so it would not have been driven far, less than 100 miles.
Another member logged on and said that about the same time this coach would have been purchased by the elderly couple, he was shown a "new" motorhome at a dealership in Greensboro or Winston-Salem, NC, that had been flooded. The salesman showing the coach apparently didn't realize it had been flooded, and the coach had "just been delivered from the coast."
If anyone has information to contribute, like if they know of flooded dealerships on the New Jersey east coast, or had similar experiences of buying/looking at flooded motothomes on the east coast about one year ago, please post on this forum, or if a member, go to iRV2.com, and join in on the thread on the Thor Industries Owners Forum entitled "Stuck in Florida with a Lemon."
DennyM