[gearhead]

Oh the fridge. It's the standard one...8cu.ft.? 4 door. First trip in July we go to the casino in Louisiana that is 2 hours from home, for the shakedown cruise. The 2nd day there we discover the fridge isn't very cool. It was pouring rain so we decided to call it done and go home. Get home and try running the fridge...not cooling. Take it across Houston to the dealer to repair. They called later and said it'd fixed. What did you do? Reset a thermal switch. Show me. Our Personal Service Advisor couldn't find it. Forget it. Got home and the fridge didn't work. Called the dealer...bring it back and we'll put our best certified fridge tech on it. So me and Jack went all over it in the service bay. He decided the sheet metal that forces the fan exhaust out the top vent needed re-positioned. Declared it fixed. Took it home. It didn't work. OK, time for me to look at it some more. Discovered that the plastic "hook" that the door latches hook into was broken and the doors didn't stay latched. Ordered a new latch from Dometic. About $50. Installed that. Discovered that the doors were so out of level (high/low) that they wouldn't stay latched. Eventually got circlips from the hardware store and used them to shim the doors up. Fridge still wouldn't work. I called a different location for my same dealer...2-3 week wait. Then remembered a RV parts/repair shop that I used many years ago. Called them...yes they were Dometic authorized warranty repair. Praise God. Took it there. They diagnosed chemical decomposition in the cooling system. Dometic approved and sent parts. Wrong parts. Dometic sent parts. Parts damaged in shipping. Dometic sent parts. Looked used, shop refused to install. Dometic sent parts. All OK, shop installed. Fridge fixed.
I think the fridge overworked/overheated itself because the doors never sealed shut.
I should have seen it at PDI, dealer tech should have seen it at PDI, first trip repair tech should have caught it, Jack the crackerjack should have caught it. Old gearhead the knuckle draggin refinery redneck had to catch it.
So.... check if your doors latch.
Ahhh....I feel better....I don't think I ever told the whole story on here before.
Now...that don't include the dinette light that wouldn't turn off. The infamous dealer 's tech removed the switch and ordered the finial (nut) that holds the globe on. Genius. I bought a switch from my new best friends forever independent shop and installed myself. Fixed.
In all fairness it didn't help that our "Personal Service Advisor" was incompetent and was fired in the middle of all this. And it don't help that I said I'd never grace their shop again, and sent some ugly emails to all involved plus the service manger, plus the parts manager, plus the make ready lady, plus the salesman that we liked, sorta. Of course they have 2 other facilities in the Houston area I can use. Just hope none of those guys transferred and recognize me!! LOL
edit...we really like the trailer, no other issues except the shower doors that don't stay latched and the front closet doors that don't stay latched. I added a 5thAirborne hitch because it shook my truck pretty bad. Changed the tires to Maxxis after the first trip. I'm pushing 2800 pounds pin weight. We just need to get this 6 month old trailer on the road. When you add the generator be aware of pin weight. I see you say your truck is a dually so you should be good. Go for it.