flojoe
Newton Grove, NC
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Anyone with Cardinal Fifth Wheels have problems with brakes or other issues that required repairs @ dealer while still under warranty? We've had several brands of campers over the years, and we never had major problems with any of them till the Cardinal. Would like to hear input from past/current Cardinal owners.
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wild acres
Brandemburg, Ky 40108
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Hi flojoe, and welcome to the forum. I've only had 2 problems that required trips to dealer, under warranty. One for black tank valve and one for propane gas line. Dealer fixed black tank valve on the spot, and took about 3 weeks to order and install new gas lines. Both were done on the off season, and I was in no hurry. All other repairs I did, with help from this forum and from the cardinal forum. hereAlso the cardinal club has rally's and we all went to the cardinal factory a couple months ago. We also had input for future, cardinal models which forest river appreciated. Linda and I love our cardinal. Hope you don't have any big problems with yours. John
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Jake (soft haired Wheaten terrier)
02 Ford F-250 7.3L PSD 4 x 4
05 Cardinal WBLX 29'
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Traveler II
Lindstrom, Minnesota
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We've had real good luck with both the dealer and the people at Cardinal. We stopped by the factory several weeks ago, not only did they solve our problem they found that our radio needed to be replaced and I didn't know we had a problem. We've had a number of RVs over the year, Holiday Rambler was good and so has Cardinal. I won't go into the company that we had all kinds of problems with.
Jim & Jane
2008 Cardinal 30TS
Trail Air Pin Box, Air Suspension, Smartair Air Spring Self Leveling, Reese Signature Series 18K hitch
2008 Chevy Silverado 2500HD 4x4 Duramax/Allison Ext Cab Long box
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plumqik
St. Augustine, FL USA
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We had a 2003 Cardinal 312BHLE and now have a 2006 Cardinal 37RL and never had any major issues with either one. Both had tire blow outs that did some damage (Forest River was using crappy Chinese tires) and other than that repairs have been minor. Our 2003 had the main slide sheer a pin while we were out of town and we got the slide in 80% and drove 200 miles home like that (dealer fixed) and then 3 months out of warranty the same slide had some delamination and Forest River covered the whole bill for replacement of the entire outer wall. Other than that, we have been lucky and happy with out Cardinals. Good trailer for the money.
Cheryl & Ron Butler, St. Augustine, FL
2006 GMC 3500 Turbo Duramax/Allison 3.73 LB ExtCab, Line-X bed liner
2006 FR Cardinal 37RL w/ 4 slides, Prodigy brake controller, Draw Tite 16K hitch, Yamaha 3000iSEB generator, Xcom wireless cam & 9 Yorkies (yes~9!)
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donn0128
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flojoe wrote:Anyone with Cardinal Fifth Wheels have problems with brakes or other issues that required repairs @ dealer while still under warranty? We've had several brands of campers over the years, and we never had major problems with any of them till the Cardinal. Would like to hear input from past/current Cardinal owners.
Specifically what sort of problem do you have? All brand new RV's will have some issues that will require repairs. Many of them people simply take care of them selves because they do not want the hassle of taking it back to the dealer. Some are minor annoyances, and some are major repairs that have required the RV being returned to the factory. Which is yours?
Donn
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Chickie
Slatington,Pa USA
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flojoe while not a cardinal I have had brake problems with my KZ Sportsmen Sportster. The brakes squealed and they replaced the lining with different lining. Now about 10,000 miles later the lining is squealing again and it is almost wore out. Never had brake trouble with any of my other trailer before. It sure is agravating.
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2002 F350 Lariat SC 4x4 PSD 6 speed,
2008 Goldwing GL 1800/2008 CSC trike conversion
2008 KZ Sportsmen Sportster 35'
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donpop
Derby, KS USA
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I've had two Cardinals. A 2000 32CKT which was back after two weeks for some minor things and was never back to the dealer until we traded it in Sept 2007. We now have a 2008 34QS we special ordered and took delivery in Sept 2007 and it has never been back to the dealer. Your questions are much too broad for anyone to answer. What exactly are you fishing for??
2008 Ford Super Duty F350 XLT CC 4x4, LB SRW, V10, TorqShift Auto, 4.30 LS, Tow Command, Loaded
2008 Cardinal 34QS
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donn0128
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Yea, I kind of thought he might be trolling. He posted at 10:30 last night and has not been back to comment any more. Makes you wonder?
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GWilson
El Dorado, KS
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Have been happy with my Cardinal. No problems except for the 15" tires (have updated to 16' wheels and tires).
GW
2000 Ford 250 Crewcab Powerstoke
1998 Cardinal 28RKB
1974 Catalina 22 Sailboat
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BruceStarkey
Ontario, Canada
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Every so often you will get a poster that throws out a query like that and it begs the question: "why would they not go to the specific club forum where the saturation of specific brand would lend better info"? Of course there are folks who have had problems with their Cardinals, as there are folks who have had problems with their $1.5mil Prevost Motorcoachs.
Today is just the tomorrow you worried about yesterday!
'04' International 4400 LoPro 310Hp/950FtLbs 10Spd Harley/RV Toter
'05' Mobile Suites 38RL3
'01' Harley Ultra in the bike barn.
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