I would design the coach to be repaired! Example, had to remove the microwave for repair. It's a standard, household over the range, convection microwave - I've installed several in houses, no difference here. Searching for the install bolts, they are nowhere to be seen. Finally decide a 'false floor' has been installed in the cabinet above the microwave. Hmmmm how to remove? Newmar made the exhaust ducting pretty by hiding it behind a 3-sided paneling box, and it appears the paneling is keeping me from pulling the false floor out to remove the bolts. Hmmm X2. Then I notice a little sticker:
"to access microwave mounting screws you must remove this panel and the shelf below." Well ya, I got that, but how? My first thought was that the box was just velcroed in place, one would just pull it out, then pull out the floor. Poking and prying around the box there appears to be no way to "remove" it. Finally, in disbelief, I get it. Newmar put a little spin on their sticker, what they really meant was
"to access microwave mounting screws you must dismantle this panel and the shelf below."
They installed the microwave, then installed the shelf -
stapling it in place. Then they built the 3-panel box around the vent duct, also using staples, then also stapled that in place. This all had to be carefully dismantled, then the floor removed, and finally the microwave mounting bolts were accessible. Sheesh
I carefully removed all the staples and when I reinstall will use a couple screws to hold everything in place. (I've since found out the microwave cannot be repaired. Since it's no longer made I'll need to get a new one, and I've found they rarely use the exact same back mounting bracket nor do the mounting holes typically line up, so there's that. :-\ )
Also, the latch mechanism recently failed on the battery slideout tray, jamming the tray closed. After a couple hours of playing around I managed to get the tray open. The latch is welded into the tray as an integral part - short of removing the batteries, then removing the tray (if that's even possible!) and taking it to a machine shop to grind out the old one and weld in a new one, there is no way to repair the latch. Aaaaaand.... my large basement slideout tray has the same latch and is also showing signs of failure.
There are so many other 'time bombs' just ticking away: the woofer for the surround sound is buried behind the dash - the entire dash has to be removed to get to it. The hot water and freon lines for the dash heat and AC were run inside the frame rails - completely inaccessible and impossible (I'm told) to snake new ones when the old ones start leaking. I could go on....