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01-25-2016, 03:05 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Arkansas
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Not a happy camper
New to the forums.
Just bought a new Columbus 320RS 2 weeks ago and have had nothing but problems. Most of the problems are small, but we have been having trouble with sewage smell in the kitchen and in storage compartment of the camper. I found the problem today, the belly of the camper is filling up with sewage for some reason and camping world just says bring it in we will check it out. Will they ever be able to get rid of the smell after it is fixed, after it has soaked into everything for 2 weeks? Has anybody else ever encountered a problem like this with a Forest river unit? What should I do?
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01-25-2016, 03:11 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Iowa
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Not a happy camper
I've got a new 320 with no issues as of yet.
Let them see what's wrong and go from there.
What other issues are you having?
2015 Columbus 320RS
2008 2500HD Duramax
2015 nights camped "34"
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01-25-2016, 03:19 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Arkansas
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The other issues are the auto level system don't work, the back-up camera and key-less entry doesn't work, microwave is mounted crooked, off my over and inch. Plus many other small problems.
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01-25-2016, 03:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Idaho
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Good grief!
That's gonna bite hard, I have no real idea if the smell will go away but I would not bet on it.
The whole unit is now a biohazard so it is going to take some time.
I wish you the best of luck.
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01-25-2016, 03:22 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: North Texas
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That sounds horrible. Sorry for sure!!! Of course the sewer wasnt checked but was the rest of the stuff working as intended during the walk through? I pick my Columbus up tomorrow. I am going to really go through this thing.
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Current RV: 2016 Palomino Columbus 381FL Fifth Wheel
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01-25-2016, 03:23 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Iowa
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I was going to say if the microwave was off by an inch no one noticed till you got the unit home?
Leveling system worked during pdi?
2015 Columbus 320RS
2008 2500HD Duramax
2015 nights camped "34"
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01-25-2016, 03:30 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Western, MA
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The smell can be cured. I have a good friend who had the black tank fitting leak on his unit. It went back to the factory, not to the dealer though. They removed and replaced his entire underbelly and did some kind of steam cleaning. Not a hint of odor when it got back to him.
One tip for you. If you are bringing it to the dealer, drill a couple of small holes in your underbelly to drain the "goodness." You don't want the extra weight pulling down the underbelly while on the road to the dealer.
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01-25-2016, 03:32 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 6
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Well. when we done the walk through we found several problems that were addressed, and one major one that took a day and a half for them to figure out. It had a bad propane smell in the camper when the furnace was running. They tried to tell me it was just the new furnace burning off the oils and paint. I didn't believe them and refuse to move my stuff into the camper until it was found and fixed. They finally found leak in furnace line the goes to the burner and fixed it. while all this was going on we never got a chance to finish walk through and never tried out leveling system.
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01-25-2016, 03:38 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Arkansas
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If your new Columbus has a residential fridge, make sure it has straps to hold all the doors shut. They forgot to install them on mine and that cause a lot of problems too.
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01-25-2016, 04:41 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Iowa
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Does the leveling system just not level?
2015 Columbus 320RS
2008 2500HD Duramax
2015 nights camped "34"
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01-25-2016, 05:01 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
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Not a happy camper
You said you only had it two weeks? I would contact the factory and ask what's up? Why you shipping such junk?
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01-25-2016, 08:12 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Arkansas
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First the right rear jack wouldn't do anything, I found a loose wire in a plug in the storage compartment and now it tries to level and the same jack sounds really weak and shows an error and says it's over extended. The jack is only extended about 2 or 3 inches. So the unit will not level on it's own so the middle jacks won't go down.
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01-25-2016, 08:14 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Arkansas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tkmi
You said you only had it two weeks? I would contact the factory and ask what's up? Why you shipping such junk?
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I've called forest river several times already, and they just keep telling me to take it back to the dealer and they will fix it under warranty.
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01-25-2016, 08:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 442
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Quote:
Originally Posted by my6bglsmx
I've called forest river several times already, and they just keep telling me to take it back to the dealer and they will fix it under warranty.
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well there is the answer to your question, take back and let them fix it and start keeping all the work you have done and other are gonna do in a journal
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01-25-2016, 08:42 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Burton, MI.
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are you talking Hydraulic, or Electric
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01-25-2016, 08:45 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Burton, MI.
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I had a black tank split open on mine, it was fixed, and they replaced all the insulation, and chloroplast on the bottom, the smell wet away.
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2018 Silverado 3500HD Dually 6.6L Duramax/Allison
2018 Columbus 366RL 1492 Edition
Camped 2012 19, 2013 110, 2014 129, 2015 97
2016 93, 2017 79, 2018 84, 2019 59, 2020 0,
2021 4 reserved
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