Front Crack Under Bedroom Slide Out

[wireslotsnow]

2020 Jayco North Point. I had a crack under my bedroom slide. it was fixed under warranty. The repair failed under warranty. I reported the failure under warranty. Now I have more cracks under the bedroom slide, the ceiling is separating, the hitch is crooked, all because the warranty repairs failed. I'm frustrated. Any helpful suggestions appreciated.

[Dan50]

Your problem is more than just a crack—the crack is a symptom. You have frame failure, which is why the repair attempts have failed. Jayco failed to diagnose and repair the frame problem from the beginning and should still be on the hook for a proper repair under warranty. Good luck with that though.

[Dave The AV Guy]

There are tons of videos all over YouTube about the issue you are experiencing, especially with Grand Design models. My personal opinion is that the responsibility should lie both with the RV manufacturers and with the frame supplier, mostly Lippert. I think they’ve all participated in the race to the bottom in terms of engineering and manufacturing quality just to cut costs. I hope you are able to get Jayco to treat you properly, but you may want to talk to some of the other consumers who have the same issue and talk about legal actions. Frame failure is the latest example of why we chose to keep our 2007 Carriage Carri-Lite in good repair instead of ‘updating’ to a newer model.

[sourdo]

But it's all fixable, you just need to find someone with a brain that can weld and do "stuff".

It's not as daunting as it sounds. I did the work in a week under scorching hell hot conditions, other wise, in 3 10 hour days this repair could of been done.

IF you can get some warranty work done, great. Otherwise, go find a good welding shop that has experience doing this type of repair. This is not an uncommon repair. Until then park it.

In the end, I have a much stronger 5th wheel hitch and front beam. The materials used in my 2009 Sierra was shockingly thin 3/32ths thick 2x5 box metal. I replaced that with a 3/16th thick metal that was quite a bit heavier.

Labor is the big cost here as everything in the front bedroom needs to be disassembled and the floor pulled up. You can read about my experience here. Good luck.
https://www.5thwheelforums.com/forum...ead.php?t=4617

[Dave The AV Guy]

Originally Posted by sourdo

But it's all fixable, you just need to find someone with a brain that can weld and do "stuff".

It's not as daunting as it sounds. I did the work in a week under scorching hell hot conditions, other wise, in 3 10 hour days this repair could of been done.

IF you can get some warranty work done, great. Otherwise, go find a good welding shop that has experience doing this type of repair. This is not an uncommon repair. Until then park it.

In the end, I have a much stronger 5th wheel hitch and front beam. The materials used in my 2009 Sierra was shockingly thin 3/32ths thick 2x5 box metal. I replaced that with a 3/16th thick metal that was quite a bit heavier.

Labor is the big cost here as everything in the front bedroom needs to be disassembled and the floor pulled up. You can read about my experience here. Good luck.
https://www.5thwheelforums.com/forum...ead.php?t=4617

Most issues on RVs are fixable, if you have the time, knowledge, experience, equipment, facility, the will to do it, and can put up with the frustrations about how these manufacturers cheap out on building them. Also, adding a lot of steel to correct the original frame deficiencies will reduce your legal cargo carrying capacity, which in some units wasn’t very much to begin with.