On certain motor homes built on workhorse chassis and equipped with gm 8.1L v8 engines, improper hardening during the heat treatment process can cause the fuel rail pulse damper retainer clip to fracture, resulting in inadequate retention of the damper. If...
Engine & cooling
Four Winds Chateau Engine problems by year
2 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Four Winds Chateau's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
Engine complaints by model year
Engine recalls
On motor homes built on ford e-series chassis, the air filter element material process resulted in an air filter paper element that can smolder or burn. This change in filter paper composition combined with the configuration of the air induction system, may...
Latest Chateau engine complaints
No. 10 Spark plug blowout at 60 mph on freeway, damaging the ignition coil, engine block and wiring harness. This is a known issue since 1997 with the ford triton engine due to a long-standing shoddy design (use of steel engine block w/aluminium inserts for the spark plugs, and only 4 threads for the spark plugs, instead of the standard 6 threads.
The ford v-10 engine on my 2006 class c motor home has completely shut off on 2 separate occasions with no warning while traveling on a freeway at approximately 60 mph. The latest incident was on 06/20/2014. I lost all power including brakes and steering. I was lucky enough to coast to a stop without causing an accident and after a few minutes was able to start the engine and continue my trip. I believe this is a serious safety issue and have read about other rv owners, with the same engine, having the same problem and no one has been able to explain why this is happening. *Tr
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data