This thread hasn't been active in a while, but I'm wondering if any of you ACE owners are still lurking around?
I'm curious....HOW MANY OF YOUR STILL OWN YOUR ACE??
We are coming up on 6 years with our ACE and I have to be honest...the thing is a piece of junk. We really wish we had spent more time looking around before making this purchase. My grandparents owned their Winnebago for 25 years and that thing was pristine when all was said and done. My husband and I thought we were buying an RV that would last us many years (especially considering they will give you a 30 year loan on the thing!). We have taken really good care of it...it's always been stored inside a warehouse...and we've gotten routine maintenance. No matter what we have or haven't done, every time we get in the thing something else breaks.
I've talked about some of the issues previously, but some that come to mind right now:
- Every single blind in the RV (except the kitchen) has broken and we hardly put them up and down
- On our holiday trip this year the motor died on the slide and we had to camp with the slide in for 1 week
- The macerator pump has leaked/broken multiple times
- The leatherette material is total crap!!! We keep all of our furniture covered and it has all started to flake and fall apart.
- The generator overheats ever since we did the recall that Thor required. During the summer the generator won't run longer than 20 minutes without overheating and shutting off. We don't even camp in the hottest months any longer b/c our dogs were overheating during the drive to the campgrounds. We bought battery fans, cooling cloths and cooling jackets (for the dogs) to try to make summer trips without passing out from the heat while driving.
- The front dash AC compressor broke. It has been repaired, but from time to time it likes to emit a high pitched squeal.
- We had a battery/electrical issue that caused our front door step to get caught out and we had to drive numerous trips with the step sticking out like idiots.
- The cabinet hinges keep breaking.
I could go on an on. I am well aware that we bought an entry level coach, but I had no idea that so many things would go wrong in such a short amount of time. I figured that most people kept their RV for many years, but apparently that is incorrect as we were recently told by a dealer that on average RV's get traded every 3 years. We've also had issues with our warranty company also, but that is a whole different story for another tread..needless to say DO NOT BUY AN INTERSTATE WARRANTY!!
At any rate, we've given up on this thing and will be trading it in soon. I'm sure we will get completely ripped on the trade-in but at this point we can't take it anymore. We will be getting something that is a bit larger and 100% better quality. At this time we are looking at Newmars. I will never again purchase a Thor product, I am 100% done with them. Their QC and customer service are horrible.
So I was just curious if anyone from back in the day still has their ACE or if they were smarter than us and got rid of theirs sooner. Anyone else had a bunch of issues or were we just unlucky?