texhater42
04-26-2015, 04:24 PM
First I will say that we had an AWESOME time in our new Passport 2400BH. I am a realist, however, and I realize after reading many many reviews/forum posts on rv's/tt's that there'd definitely be some issues...I was no exception. A couple of these may have been of my own doing, as there is lots of trial and error and tons of learning going on with each trip. Here's a list of some of the issues I came across, and I was wondering if others had similar experiences/advise to lend, I'd greatly appreciate it.
1. I didn't do a 'proper' burn-off of furnace apparently since every time i kicked it on it would set off smoke alarm (even though it was working just fine during PDI)
2. I noticed some water below the blue/red low point drains next to black/grey discharge valves so got to messin with stuff and realized that there was actual water in the underbelly (this one has the enclosed reinforced cardboard crap for the belly)...i pushed up on certain spots of the belly and water would drain out from random opening...have NO idea where that water is coming from...need to remove some of those bolts to have a look
3. TV antenna crank seemed to be binding to raise it...i didn't want to force the issue and break something so I just let it be...
4. I had a brake controller (Tekonsha Voyager as it turns out) installed from dealership and it seemed to work great on way to campground. On the way back however, about halfway through drive it seems the brakes on the trailer were locking up with very little brake pressure on the TV. I had to keep adjusting the gain on the right hand side of the controller to make a smooth braking action...the light still turns from green to yellowish-reddish but I don't feel the same slight tug I used to get from the trailer so I am not sure how much braking is being done on the trailer side.
5. The dealership also threw in an E-2 WDH, and set it up. I had absolutely NO issues on journey up...but on the way back, when a big rig or large vehicle would pass me I'd get that 'sucking' action towards them. That didn't happen on the way up. It was only on vehicles that passed me on the freeway, didn't notice a thing on small two-way country roads with on-coming traffic. Everything was set up just as dealer had...kinda hard to mess that up actually.
Anyway, these were some of the things I ran across on our first trip with our new '15 Passport 2400BH. Any of these happen to anyone on here? Any advise would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance...
1. I didn't do a 'proper' burn-off of furnace apparently since every time i kicked it on it would set off smoke alarm (even though it was working just fine during PDI)
2. I noticed some water below the blue/red low point drains next to black/grey discharge valves so got to messin with stuff and realized that there was actual water in the underbelly (this one has the enclosed reinforced cardboard crap for the belly)...i pushed up on certain spots of the belly and water would drain out from random opening...have NO idea where that water is coming from...need to remove some of those bolts to have a look
3. TV antenna crank seemed to be binding to raise it...i didn't want to force the issue and break something so I just let it be...
4. I had a brake controller (Tekonsha Voyager as it turns out) installed from dealership and it seemed to work great on way to campground. On the way back however, about halfway through drive it seems the brakes on the trailer were locking up with very little brake pressure on the TV. I had to keep adjusting the gain on the right hand side of the controller to make a smooth braking action...the light still turns from green to yellowish-reddish but I don't feel the same slight tug I used to get from the trailer so I am not sure how much braking is being done on the trailer side.
5. The dealership also threw in an E-2 WDH, and set it up. I had absolutely NO issues on journey up...but on the way back, when a big rig or large vehicle would pass me I'd get that 'sucking' action towards them. That didn't happen on the way up. It was only on vehicles that passed me on the freeway, didn't notice a thing on small two-way country roads with on-coming traffic. Everything was set up just as dealer had...kinda hard to mess that up actually.
Anyway, these were some of the things I ran across on our first trip with our new '15 Passport 2400BH. Any of these happen to anyone on here? Any advise would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance...