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[jim k] fleetwood is even worse in 2001. the short story is that quality is not job one , or two... i think that fleetwood should stop printing adds in any publication, and instead of spending money on race cars, spend it on warrenty service. hopefully this would be right after they spend some on making the prouduct better. the attention to detail at the factory level has become non-existant. i have asked the company to buy back my unit at the factory level and suggested to them that they pay their employees and them selves in my unit, but of course they declined to purchace my prowler back. they "can make it just like new" so i gave the factory all the time they needed and then went to pick it up when they said it was "just like new". this must be some fine factory(i thought to myself). it only took them 30 days to repair all 57 (yes fifty seven items). so for the second time , i drove to the plant 650 milesone way and started checking it out. i started looking for "candid camera". after giving up on anything that looked "JUST LIKE NEW" i climbed onto the roof and was shocked to find that they had calked over old calk and made the roof look as if the unit had ben the victem of an indoor monsoon and it had never leaked (water),from the cealing,just the FLOORS, DRAINS, HOLDING TANKS, PROPANE PIPING , SINKS, SHOWER and SEWAGE SYSTEM. we found that water and snow from the road is collecting on the floors and carpet at all three slides and that it was easyer to clean up after water and snow than it was to wash "THE ENTIRE UNIT AND ITS CONTENTS" as we must every time we travel on a nice dry day. on dry days we have to wash everything in every drawer (CANT EVEN KEEP DIRT OUT OF MICROWAVE OR STOVE) the refrigerator is the only place that dirt does not invade. this makes for an interesting pattern of mud flow if we go from dry to rain/snow or viseversa this is problem #1. more details to follow on a regular basis..... PROBLEM #2 we will discus the dangers that fleetwood is willing to put us all in for the cost of a lock-nut...jim k