Frame Crack at 18 Months

Frame crack. Eighteen months of ownership. Submission this week. The defect that ends an RV — and the dealer told her it's wear and tear.

Right here. Six-inch crack in the main frame rail. Eighteen months in. Family of five. The dealer said — and this is a quote from the submission — 'overloaded, not covered.'

Frame rails are not consumables. They are the structural skeleton. A six-inch crack in eighteen months is not 'overloaded' — that's either a defective weld or a defective material. Both are manufacturer responsibility.

If this happens to you — get a third-party RV inspector. Cost — three to five hundred bucks. Their report is admissible. Don't accept 'wear and tear' on a structural component.