Grand Design RV’s Can’t Actually Be Used. Check out my video on missing frame bolts please share

[@QuadTap]

we recently bought a camper and and intentionally bought a small single axle travel trailer for like 26k... Coachmen Apex...So far so good... I figure we can try to make some memories in it.. which we are.. and max downside for trash quality is... 26k :)... hopefully the industry has a revolution or something before the wife and I want to go on the road full time in retirement... not buying trash for 100k+

[@MikePoulson-qt1me]

You can stay a minimum of 500 days at a 5 star hotel for the cost of campground fees and nice 5th wheel that will be unusable in a few years.

[@Mike-q8u8p]

I own a Coachmen Class C. If you are looking for quality in an RV, you will be disappointed. If you think customer service will help, it is very likely you will be disappointed. I’ve learned to fix the numerous issues that have arisen with my camper myself. Good Luck trying to get your camper repaired by a dealer during the camping season. Enjoy the camping experience despite the shortcomings you will find in your camper.

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

I have no issues fixing things myself. My problem is the amount I paid for the camper, the problems that I’ve already had and I’ve only used it a couple times

[@bryanduke1]

Grand Design has just gone downhill ever since being purchased by Winnebago. We had an older PW Grand Design (Pre-Winnegago) and it was an excellent RV. We full timed in it for a while and it was built pretty well. We recently sold it and purchased a brand new Brinkley. I will say the Brinkley is in fact made pretty well. We have been so pleased with it. As always, even with brand new RVs, I suggest getting an inspection done by a third party and do not accept delivery until you are satisfied that all items are in the condition you are satisfied with.

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

I’m glad you’re pleased with your Brinkley. The wife and I walked through a few of them at the dealer when our grand design was in getting repaired and we both agreed they aren’t what people are saying they are. They’re still low quality campers and that’s just our opinion.

[@mickeyvenstra5436]

They're all garbage. Bought a brand new keystone raptor 43.5 ft. Everything fell off it. Microwave quit 4 months in. Head board didn't even make it home from dealer. Shock absorber broke on stairs. Igniter in furnace quit 3 months in. Toilet leaked fix that myself. Owned it for 18 months got rid of it . Lost 25 thousand dollars. What a piece of shit.

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@mickeyvenstra5436 Sounds like a piece of junk also. I’m looking at about a $40-$50,000 loss to get rid of this piece of 💩

[@tpkyterooluebeck9224]

I don't own, but in my research on new RVs, it seems that they are cutting corners left and right as I keep finding mega issues and lemons. I think that a class action lawsuit and a over haul of the RV industry is in order. Ford company I has allegedly had more lemons. One RV needed a lot of fixing on warranty as the RV wasn't even fit for purchase when it was finally delivered.

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

You would be surprised how bad this camper is the more I look it over the more I find it is horrible and unsafe to use.

[@tpkyterooluebeck9224]

@@GrandDesignRVproblems I'm sorry! I hope you can get justice and a better RV!

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@tpkyterooluebeck9224 Thank you. I hope so too because I can’t use this camper.

[@Daniel-gb5np]

Grand design was a really well done trailer before it was sold to Winnebago. Now I agree, not so much. I know plenty of people with one before 2020 and are fine. The same people who originally had GD now build Brinkley after a 5 year no build moratorium

[@davidray629]

Bought a 2020 Solitude S-class 3740BH in 2019. Owned it for 21 months, it was on dealers lot for 15 of those months. Total junk, i don't know what was worse Grand Design quality or Northside Rv in Lexington Ky service department. Lost thousands getting rid of it but just couldn't deal with it any longer

[@phillipc4865]

Owned by Winnebago, they have a strong balance sheet. Not that easy to to just decide to file bankruptcy. Winnebago could decide to shut down GD, however, I think people could still go after the parent company, Winnebago. Every owner with all these problems with any RV needs to flood the social media sites with videos and documentation of the issues and how they are being handled.

[@kens7234]

Typical Grand Disaster build. We had a 2018 solitude 310gk, that after 9 months of owning it from new, went back to the factory. After looking at it, and how it was falling apart, they sent me a 2019 to replace it. After 6 months of owning it, we unloaded it! The replacement unit was as bad as the first one. NO MORE GRAND DISASTER RV FOR US!

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@kens7234 You did better than us. Ours broke on the way home from buying it. It made it one 200 mile trip and the wall was falling off and had bad frame flex.

[@seminolewind1999]

What did you switch to and how is it holding up?

[@seminolewind1999]

What did you switch to and how is it holding up?

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@seminolewind1999 I still have this grand design and it’s not holding up. I’ve used it twice now and I swear it breaks just looking at it! Do you have a RV and how’s it been for you if you have one?

[@seminolewind1999]

@@GrandDesignRVproblems momentum 350G. Got it used 3 years ago. No problems. 11,000 miles on frame around 6 trips each year. Some time hauling side by side in garage. .

[@GrandDesignRVMajorIssues]

Glad you came over to our site at Grand Design RV Major Issues. Wish you didn't have to but hopefully we can help and coach you through the Grand Design customer service obstacle course. It really can be difficult to get through to them. -Pete

[@daviddailey4959]

2021 373FB. Couldn’t be happier.

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@daviddailey4959 That’s good you got lucky.

[@Doh1962]

2022 337RLS no issues

[@billkrill4656]

You’re lucky af.

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@Doh1962 I’ll second that your luck af

[@GaGooch71]

I wonder what kind of people they're hiring ? I have my beliefs and its all about greed. Smh

[@MrPauloAmf]

Winnebago owns Grand Design, they will never go bankruptcy because people still wasting money or their trash. Winnebago makes money on other brands they own, same for Thor.

[@JP-mu3xl]

Yep, I'll NEVER buy an RV built during the Covid years, Its a hard Pass...

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

Ya they are not built very well

[@jasonbruney8842]

I bought mine in 2020. Not 1 problem. I'm a full timer since March 2021

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@jasonbruney8842 That’s good, what brand and model do you have?

[@jasonbruney8842]

@@GrandDesignRVproblems Grand Design 22mle

[@jasonbruney8842]

@Rvcamperproblems I will also tell you that most 5th wheel owners overload there campers. I've seen it at weigh scales when they want to see how much they weigh loaded

[@randypues203]

You did a walk through correct

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

Yes. Some things are my fault for missing. Something’s broke on the way home from the dealer when we bought it and something’s couldn’t be seen unless you took panels apart and the dealer won’t let you do that.

[@ronaldohagenow1467]

I’m curious did you spend as much time inspecting your RV before you signed the purchase papers did you? Or were you so giddy with a new RV that you just hooked up and brought it home? Was there a hose and power cord hooked up so you could test haul the functions of everything did you open up every cabinet door, pull out every drawer and inspect everything before you sign the documents! I have owned over 31 RVs in my life I have never ever had a problem with anything except for one time in the year 2000 I ordered out a brand new fifth wheel and it had a Center support for the awning, they neglected to drill a hole in the awning roller. That is the only issue in all my years since the 60s having an issue with any RV.

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@ronaldohagenow1467 Ya I inspected before buying it. The camper is a piece of junk. It just came back from the grand design factory and it literally broke on the way back. So on average you keep a camper two years or less if you’ve had 31 campers. That’s not very long to have much problems. No I didn’t get giddy about buying it. My kids and wife make me giddy. I bought this camper in June 2023 and it has either been at the dealer or grand design getting fixed or in winter storage broken since I’ve owned it other than one trip. So I’m a little pissed that they’re taking all my family vacations and memories from me for building such a junk camper.

[@ronaldohagenow1467]

Did you buy this new or used? In other words, were you the first to title it in your name? Also that additional grey electrical box is Not Factory. Did you ask them (the dealership why it was there) ? How many RVS have you owned in the past, total number.

[@ronaldohagenow1467]

@@GrandDesignRVproblems No, I do not sell, trade or renew every 2 years. My present toy hauler is 11 years old, my first camper I bought in 1967, I still have it, and my smaller weekend camper is 7 years old. I’ve owned multiple RVs at once, I even kept my toy hauler and weekends camper when I bought my Prevost,

[@bobconner422]

Totally happy with our grand design 2930rl 15k miles and a piece of trim fell off that's it been trouble free . You can get a bad one of anything 😮

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

I agree but Grand Design is having some major issues with most of there campers.

[@miracleyorkies4212]

What year is this particular rig

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@miracleyorkies4212 2022. Bought new in June of 2023. It’s been to the dealer multiple times and it went back to grand design in Elkhart on July 1st 2024 and came back August 19th. We went on vacation from August 21-29. Lots of things broke on it again and it has to go back to grand design in Elkhart again but it is sitting right now broken and they said it’s not recommended to travel with it. Please share these videos people need to see how bad these rvs are.

[@miracleyorkies4212]

@@GrandDesignRVproblems I was wondering because I know that it doesn't matter what brand of RV is if it was built between 2020 and the end of 2022 that it was during covid and most places that were having these built or shorthanded and had people there building them that were not qualified

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@miracleyorkies4212 They still don’t have people qualified to build them or fix them.

[@patriot8087]

What a pile of junk, I'm sorry they deserve to go bankrupt by putting out terrible, pathetic products like this.

[@HardTimesPlumbingLLc]

Grand Disaster. I own one, they are junk. everytime its moved something breaks and it's almost always major.

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@HardTimesPlumbingLLcI believe it. Mine is a POS.

[@bobcorio5145]

Did you buy from local dealer?

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@bobcorio5145 The dealer was about 4 hours away.

[@The1833FarmhouseFerals]

@@GrandDesignRVproblems CAMPING WORLD???

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@The1833FarmhouseFerals No it was a dealer in Hallie wi

[@jaysonstebbins2539]

These are all things that should be caught by PDI (Pre Delivery Inspection). Water leaks can't always be found during PDI. That power box is not a stock item which makes me think it's been pre-owned. Something rattle loose when traveling any distance. Your putting grand design down so hard for such little things and you act like you know grand design is going to be bankrupt. If anything, grand design is one of the rv manufacturers doing the best and has one of the customer service teams. Go find a few other brands that I won't mention and let me know how that "Pre-owned" Grand design is doing...

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@jaysonstebbins2539 This camper was bought brand new that power box is in there because they didn’t have the right parts so they scabbed together enough stuff to build the camper. They willing admitting that to me. I took this camper on one 200 mile trip and now the frame is so bad that if you set it on the truck, the side storage door will pop open because the frame flexes so bad. The sidewall is cracked and bowed out and the bedroom door frame is bowed out 3/4 of an inch in the center because the wall sagged down so much. I said they they are going to go bankrupt because if they keep producing what they are, they won’t be in business for long. I’ve been dealing with grand design with issues since I bought this camper in June 2023 their customer service is not very good.

[@jaysonstebbins2539]

@Rvcamperproblems that's sad to hear. They were doing so well. This isn't the first time I've heard of frame issues. I'm guessing they dropped their standards on their frame welds and went to a smaller I beam as well. That company has so much money that I would like to say they will make things right. Unfortunately, not soon enough but in the future. Thanks for the feedback and professionalism. I'm not on here to bash people but I spent 5 years working on almost nothing but fleetwood and grand design. So my past with working on and with grand design team makes me a little sensitive to such videos.

[@johnsmanson1821]

CANADA LOVE'S PREVOST ❤CANADA MADE ,Quebec ❤🎉😂

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@johnsmanson1821 Thanks I’ll check them out

[@Gsnoop440]

Grand Disasters!!

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@Gsnoop440 They are so bad!!!!

[@1hasbeen531]

Grand Illusion

[@BoostDeuce]

What a thumbnail. Bankruptcy is coming 🤣🤣🤣 no, no it's not.

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@BoostDeuce Maybe not but you clicked on it 😂

[@BoostDeuce]

@@GrandDesignRVproblems didn't watch the video though. No view for you

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@BoostDeuce Thank you for the comments and helping the KZbin algorithm.

[@stevehartz4615]

So much for MADE IN USA!!

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@stevehartz4615 😂

[@rictech.]

Call Liz .

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@rictech. What’s her contact information?

[@nettysgurl]

Welcome to the club you never wanted to be a part of! 🤬

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@nettysgurl I don’t want to be a part of it anymore. Nothing but a money pit.

[@bobconner422]

@Rvcamperproblems Having a camper is a total money pit to think otherwise your not going to be happy. You don't buy one thinking you will save money somehow be real !

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@bobconner422 I am real nobody ever said that they would save money on an RV. They are just pieces of shit doesn’t matter what brand you have. We got one 200 mile trip out of our $100k camper before it became unusable

[@RaaJra1992]

@@GrandDesignRVproblemswhy is it unusable?

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@RaaJra1992 the frame is fubar

[@jt36048]

What an oxymoron...! "GRAND DESIGN" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I make better campers in my backyard..!

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

@@jt36048 😂 Ya it wouldn’t be hard to build something better

[@jamesm8965]

Sue, Sue, Sue

[@GrandDesignRVproblems]

That’s what it’s gonna have to come down to