daperera@juno.com

I have a 2003 HR Ambassador that had 2 recall for suspension concerns done in 2005. The recall included 2002, 2003 and some 2004 Monaco Knight, Cayman, HR Ambassador, Neptune, Safari Cheetah, Sahara and Zanzibar. A few days ago I was driving my RV on I80 near Sacramento and it started to get very "squirrely" on me. I pulled into an RV dealer and ask they inspect it. Tech found right rear wheel was several inches back of the left one. Further inspection revealed a broken rear trailing arm that was part of the 2005 recall. Monaco doesn't supply the parts any more but referred me to a "Source Manufacturing" in Portland who is now making the parts. They only ship both arms because they are hearing from quite a few HR and Monaco owners who are having this same problem. NHSTA didn't think they could do anything because Monaco is out of business. Monaco wasn't much help. FMCA may put something in their magazine. I don't know if there are any other Monaco chassis that have the same rear suspension, but it would be wise to have somebody inspect the rear trailing arms and U-Bolts. I'm lucky I didn't make the 6 o'clock news.

I have a 2003 Holiday Rambler Ambassador that had two recalls for suspension concerns in 2005. The recall included 2002, 2003 and some 2004 Monaco Knight, Cayman, HR Ambassador, Neptune, Safari Cheetah, Sahara and Zanzibar models. A few days ago I was driving my RV on Interstate 80 near Sacramento and it started to get very "squirrely" on me. I pulled into an RV dealer and asked them to inspect it. The tech found that the right rear wheel was several inches in back of the left one. Further inspection revealed a broken rear trailing arm that was part of a 2005 recall. Monaco doesn't supply the parts anymore but referred me to a Source Manufacturing in Portland, which is now making the parts. They only ship both arms because they are hearing from quite a few Holiday Rambler and Monaco owners who are having this same problem. NHSTA didn't think they could do anything because Monaco is out of business. Monaco wasn't much help. FMCA may put something in their magazine. I don't know if there are any other Monaco chassis that have the same rear suspension, but it would be wise to have somebody inspect the rear trailing arms and U-bolts. I'm lucky I didn't make the 6 o'clock news.