green_plaid
12-16-2021, 08:04 PM
Have, well had, a 2022 248BH since August and it was needing so much warranty work that the dealer cut their losses and bought it back from me.
My first Gulfstream, a 2021 199DD, had a bunch of fit and finish issues to the point where I essentially rebuilt almost everything in the interior. Finally when I thought I had everything finished up I found out my roof was not leaking at not just one but 3 corners! It's not that I missed maintenance, I just decided to peel back some dicor and give things a check and screws holding down the front cap were so rusty that half snapped. Had I not looked I would have never known. Also all the outriggers by the axles bent badly and others were starting to bend...
Traded in, sold for 500 less than I bought. Done.
After all of that I talked to Gulfstream, they said they were aware of some of the issues and have since fixed them so I bought a new 2022 248BH. At first all looked good till I found that a few windows started leaking because of a break in the silicone. Repaired... Then my floor got soaked 2x because of hole behind the awning arm for the wires...looked like they took a hammer and punched it out. And well...cabinets got soaked because of an unrelated plumbing leak. Wet compressed wood led to swelling and the bottoms of all the cabinets looked terrible. Then the skylight leaked more than once. Then one day when it was raining during camping I decided to straighten an off level outlet and found no insulation behind it. Which led to me checking everything that I could only to find that I was short insulation in the roof...alot...like completely empty between rafters. Whole front cap...no insulation. Back wall missing 1/3 of the insulation. Which also caused increased humidity and well staples in the wall were starting to rust on a 3 month old camper. So i was done. On top of that I had a creaking floor which deflected alot. I also found, after calling 3 different times to confirm, they undersized all my floor joists for what reason I don't know. They should have been 1.5x2.5 (2x3) but were actually 1.5x1.75. So the GVWR listed was wrong and the carrying capacity was wrong.
Needless to say Gulfstream is having some serious issues and it's not just fit and finish. I'm just glad my dealer did the right thing and bought it back. Also...they as a dealer are no longer ordering anything from Gulfstream anymore because they have had so many issues with them.
Best of luck and check those seals!
My first Gulfstream, a 2021 199DD, had a bunch of fit and finish issues to the point where I essentially rebuilt almost everything in the interior. Finally when I thought I had everything finished up I found out my roof was not leaking at not just one but 3 corners! It's not that I missed maintenance, I just decided to peel back some dicor and give things a check and screws holding down the front cap were so rusty that half snapped. Had I not looked I would have never known. Also all the outriggers by the axles bent badly and others were starting to bend...
Traded in, sold for 500 less than I bought. Done.
After all of that I talked to Gulfstream, they said they were aware of some of the issues and have since fixed them so I bought a new 2022 248BH. At first all looked good till I found that a few windows started leaking because of a break in the silicone. Repaired... Then my floor got soaked 2x because of hole behind the awning arm for the wires...looked like they took a hammer and punched it out. And well...cabinets got soaked because of an unrelated plumbing leak. Wet compressed wood led to swelling and the bottoms of all the cabinets looked terrible. Then the skylight leaked more than once. Then one day when it was raining during camping I decided to straighten an off level outlet and found no insulation behind it. Which led to me checking everything that I could only to find that I was short insulation in the roof...alot...like completely empty between rafters. Whole front cap...no insulation. Back wall missing 1/3 of the insulation. Which also caused increased humidity and well staples in the wall were starting to rust on a 3 month old camper. So i was done. On top of that I had a creaking floor which deflected alot. I also found, after calling 3 different times to confirm, they undersized all my floor joists for what reason I don't know. They should have been 1.5x2.5 (2x3) but were actually 1.5x1.75. So the GVWR listed was wrong and the carrying capacity was wrong.
Needless to say Gulfstream is having some serious issues and it's not just fit and finish. I'm just glad my dealer did the right thing and bought it back. Also...they as a dealer are no longer ordering anything from Gulfstream anymore because they have had so many issues with them.
Best of luck and check those seals!