2019 Keystone Cougar - PSA

[Bill2e]

Hi all, I want to share an issue that I just had with my Keystone cougar 27SAB.

I’m not bashing Keystone I just want to war other people so I could possibly avoid what happened to us.

I traded in our Cougar yesterday. They found water damage I'm two places.

One was in the front storage area. I think hose water leaked under the vynil and got in the floor decking. Ended up with a mold spot on the bedroom floor.


That one's on me. Becare not getting water in your storage.

The second place confuses me, the corner of the slide floor completely rotted out underneath.

The other side of the same slide is ok, but I imagine damaged too.

I have absolutely no idea how water could’ve possibly gotten in there.

This unit is only 2 years old.

Very frustrating ended up costing me two grand on my trade, not the end of the world we got our new camper.

Just warning others to check their slide flooring and make sure they don’t get water in the front storage.

If you catch it earlier that I did it so much easier fix it could save you money.

We did like that camper a lot but it was just too small for us.

[JRTJH]

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW TRAILER !!!!!

As for slideout water damage along the bottom, there is a trim piece on most Keystone trailer slides that covers the DARCO bottom wrap and the FILON side walls. It's placed on the FILON and screwed into the bottom wall brace. Any water flowing down the slide sidewalls will run across the screwheads on that trim piece and further, if it's not properly sealed, water can run behind it as well. That water 'wicks" into the wood floor of the slide and can cause quite a bit of damage in a very short time.

Take a look at the way the bottom edges of the slide are "trimmed and sealed" and in the "closeup photo," pay particular attention to the screwheads. Water can easily "wick" under the screws and destroy the wood floor.

Just one more thing to add to the "routine roof inspection" which really ought to be renamed the "routine water intrusion inspection" since it's not just the top of an RV that can be damaged by water, it's any surface that's in contact with water....

[Bill2e]

Wow. Thanks for sharing that does make sense.

Hopefully this information help some else.

Really loved the Cougar, just wanted something larger.