I purchased a used Class A motor home from Barry's Auto/Camper Sales a year ago, below is the review I wrote the week I brought it home.
Unfortunately this is not the review I would have liked to leave nor is it one I take lightly in leaving. I understand Barry's purchased the motorhome from a bank that had to repossess it. I am told they were not aware of all the problems it had, but a horse trader knows a bad horse and a RV trader should know a bad RV especially with so many years of experience. I will admit I am naive to RVs although I had seen several prior to this one while shopping. When I purchased this one I was told that the roof had just been resealed although the first day after bringing it home it started raining and the roof started leaking. I found there are multiple places needing sealed even a hole where something was mounted and was never sealed it appears their idea of resealing was to put caulk on top of the old caulk without even cleaning the dirt and mildew off. After calling to report it I was offered to have some sealer sent to me so I could reseal it myself. I was also told the windshield was just resealed by their windshield guy. I found that wasn't true either, it was leaking in in several places during the rainfall as well; their idea of resealing was to glue the edge of the rubber trim down not the windshield. I tried to add sealer on the windshield under the rubber trim to stop the leaking which is more than they had done, it didn't work it was still leaking, now I will take it to a professional windshield company to have it done correctly...$$$ They had two weeks after I purchased it to have these two things done before I picked it up He even said they checked it after several rains and found no leaks, he failed to mention it never moved from under the shelter during the rains according to his daughter. I was told all the dash gauges worked but the fuel gauge was a little off after taking it home I discovered none are working or working right, someone had went so far as to glue the fuel level needle down so it showed a half tank after destroying the back of the gauge trying to fix it. It will probably have to go to Freightliner to repair them... $$$. Someone installed a wireless back up camera system and broke the antenna on the camera. When I ask during the test drive why it was flickering so bad I was told some systems are better than others we have to draw a line somewhere when putting money in the used units. Someone installed a new TV over the dash to bad I have had to disassemble the entire front overhead TV cabinet to finish hooking it up. All of the wires were scattered all over after several hours of testing I have it all connected. Probably a good thing it was all about to fall out anyhow. I will have to disassemble the shower before using it I discovered it was separated from the wall the screws are stripped. One of the Hydraulic leveling jacks is leaking that will be expensive. I am concerned to know what may be found when I can begin to use this coach. I know the owner does not do the work nor does he supervise it but he is responsible for it, a thorough inspection by an experienced RV Tech would have disclosed these items. I would suggest before buying anything from any used dealer bring you own RV tech and have it gone over extremely well. I had originally posted this review in November 2018 a few days after bringing it home, after receiving a message threatening legal action by the owner against me even while stating they appreciate honest feedback. I redacted some statements that could appear I was being slanderous towards them, after all he reminded did sign a paper saying I was happy with my purchase and he felt that I appeared knowledgeable when I looked the coach over for 3 hours. The dealer called me later and stated he would have the windshield fixed if I would take it to the windshield guy which was three hours one way from me and he would help me with the cost to repair the gauges when I had them repaired if I would remove my review he didn't care how many stars I left just remove the review. In good faith I agreed to his request. It cost twelve hours of my time and fifty gallons of diesel fuel and fifty gallons of gas to take the coach to Alabama and return two weeks later to pick it up to have the windshield fixed, it no longer leaks but there was no compensation for that cost. I spent several hours trying to repair the gauge system on the chassis with the assistance of Freightliner customer service, I discovered someone had broken the gauge, striped the wires and taped them up at the level sender in the tank, had broken the return hose on the tank and had also left the tank straps loose while trying to repair the gauge. I finally surrendered and drove the coach to the Freightliner repair shop. After 6 weeks and $4300 later all the gauges are working. The lot owner has not paid anything on it. read more
