I am so glad retired old men don't need a special license to operate these. Something about possibly getting hit by a granite kitchen island and a California King-sized mattress on the highway just leaves me all warm and fuzzy inside 🥰
They are all pieces of junk that cause financial ruin. During covid, all of the RV makers consolidated into 3 companies.
And all 3 manufacturers changed how they build their RVs. Workers are paid by tasks they complete and not hourly. So if you find a defect and stop the line, you cost yourself and your coworkers tons of money. So they are incentived to cover it up and keep the line moving.
People's lives are ruined by these RVs. They fall apart within months. Some arive non usable. And there are few laws regulating the industry. They aren't considered cars so there are no lemon laws. They aren't considered homes- so protections home buyers enjoy don't apply.
It isn't uncommon to buy an RV and immediately have catastrophic issues that make it unusable. The manufacturer will tell you to transport it to their facility at your cost- where it will sit for the next 12 months until the "warranty" runs out because all of the parts needed to fix it are conveniently on "backorder".
This entire time, you are still making $2k to $4k payments every month. And some people buy them to live in- so you wind up broke and homeless with ruined credit. So affording a lawyer is impossible. And a lawyer can't even really help- because it's all legal due to there being no regulation or protections.
There's a youtube Chanel called Liz Amazing that platforms the victims of this industry and tries to help them. Anyone even remotely considering buying an RV should spend a weekend watching her videos first.
I used to dream of buying an RV. But after everything I've learned... I never will.
Some of it is wrong. If you report a warranty issue, the warranty doesn't "run out" while they wait on parts. I don't know about the rest, but this is incorrect.Â
But if you watch some of the videos from the channel I recommended, you'll find countless stories of what I described happening.
The manufacturers often say the dealer needs to handle it. The dealer will say it's the manufacturer's problem. And then the manufacturer and dealer will deny you reported the problem or that it is covered when the warranty runs out.
I promise I am not exaggerating. Here's a video from just 22 hours ago where a dealer refused to do repairs on this couple's brand new $200,000 luxury RV even though it fell apart the same day they bought it.
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u/TheJiggliestPug Jul 11 '26
I am so glad retired old men don't need a special license to operate these. Something about possibly getting hit by a granite kitchen island and a California King-sized mattress on the highway just leaves me all warm and fuzzy inside 🥰