Bay doors caved in

[Jazzz10]

My bay doors are caved in on my 2003 32' Newmar Scottsdale. Four of the doors are already caved in. Some of the dents look like somebody has hit them with there fist,and some are narrow. The other doors are showing signs of caving in. They are not getting wet inside. The cave in is only on the outside. I have contacted Newmar Costumer Service, and sent them pictures. The Owner Relations Representative said that the doors are being caved in due to the foam in the doors compressing, and causing the fiberglass doors to cave in. They said that the doors would need to be replaced, and they would replace them at a reduced cost to me.





2003 - 32' Newmar Scottsdale
Workhorse

[GaryKD]

Hi Jazzz10,
All my bay doors did the same thing. Almost all my bay doors have been replaced 4 times and a couple of them 5 times (all under warranty). The doors will need to be replaced. They will only get worse. I saw the work order the dealer submitted to Newmar several times. With full body paint and the doors needing 3 different colors the bill was for around $700 per door!

If you do this ask for aluminum doors not the composite we have now. Newmar has been installing aluminum doors on 05 and more recent doors. I do not know if they will do this for your 03.

Opening and leaving open (even fully open) in direct sun light, the doors will what I call "delaminate". If you do this and they are replaced with the same composite door what I did was carry several old bath towels. If I am going to leave a door open in direct sunlight, I put the towels over the open door. It's a PIA, but so far so good.

["007"]

You must be in the sunny south my 03's are as stiff as a board.
Its going to be in the 30's tonight no warmth for this old horse.
It would be a pain but would a steel bar across backside of door help.

[GaryKD]

No, nothing on the back side of the door will help. The material inside the door collapses/degrades. The outside of the door gets a wave(s) in it. The back side of the door remains perfectly flat. From a layman's view the material/glue used on the inside of the door can not take direct sunlight (higher temp) for more than a couple of minutes. When replacing one of the doors, the tech mistakenly left the door flat on the ground while he removed the defective door. The new door "delaminated" right there in front of us, laying flat on the ground! For some reason, when the doors are closed and exposed to the same sunlight, they remain flat as the day they were factory installed.