2011 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RV EQUIPPED WITH DAY/NIGHT DUEL SHADE SYSTEM(WINDOW SHADES) COVERING THE WINDSHIELD. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE SYSTEM ELIMINATED LIGHT DURING THE DAY AND A TRANSLUCENT DAY SHADE, WHICH HE COULD THROUGH, BUT NOT WELL ENOUGH TO DRIVE WITH THE SHADE DOWN. IT WAS MOTORIZED, WITH EACH SIDE HAVING A SEPARATE MOTOR AND SWITCH. IN EARLY JUNE, THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING IN HIS MOTORHOME, WHEN THE SIDE SHADE STARTED DROPPING DOWN BELOW THE 15 INCH SET POINT. FIRST IT DROPPED ABOUT THREE INCHES, THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER ANOTHER SIX AND AGAIN 12 INCHES. THE SWITCH FAILED TO OPERATE THE SHADE. THE CONSUMER ONLY HAD VISIBILITY THROUGH A NARROW PORTION OF THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A GAS STATION AND MANUALLY ROLLED UP THE SHADE AND SECURED IT WITH A VELCRO STRIP. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE MOTOR OPERATING THE SHADE MUST HAVE FAILED .*JB
2011 Winnebago Journey Express
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the equipment. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsEquipment
Filed Jul 31, 2014FL
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.