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We own a 2006 Mandalay 40E. Same Freightliner chassis. We replaced the hydraulic fan motor twice last year. (Don’t ask why...☹️) The part was available and not that expensive. Find another dealer, or call Freightliner in Gaffney direct. 855-253-0421. Or Freightliner Help at 800-385-4357. I have found that support for motor homes in the Freightliner dealer network is a joke.

I would never purchase a brand-new motorhome from anybody. The as-built quality control on all of them is terrible. We purchased a 6-year old motorhome that had all the “new” issues fixed over the years. We also didn’t take that huge first-year hit in depreciation, either.

We have used a Select Comfort air mattress in the sticks & bricks home for many years. Absolutely love it. One of the first things we did when we bought the motor home was to install the exact same Select Comfort model in the coach. Sleeping in the coach now is exactly the same as sleeping at home.

Our Mandalay has the same furnace and thermostat setup. In ours, Zone 1 is the front and Zone 2 the rear. The single thermostat is actually two-in-one. Somewhere in the bedroom is a temperature sensor that lets the thermostat know what the temperature is back there. That’s how you get two zones out of a single thermostat.