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Old 02-18-2018, 10:23 PM   #1
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Is there a Dutch Star fabric problem?

At the Tampa RV show last month, a DS owner told me "about 10% of the DS Strada fabrics have a peeling & flaking problem" including his. He was in warranty talks with Newmar about it, and referred me to the Bradd & Hall exhibitor for more info.

The guy at the Bradd & Hall booth did confirm a problem with the Strada 703 fabrics, which Newmar still uses on the DS.

Anyone know more?
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Old 02-19-2018, 06:25 AM   #2
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I can't speak to the DS fabric problem but I also had a long discussion with BraddandHall about my Ventana. For the past 5 years i thought that I had Ultraleather but Bradd told me that it was actually a product called Halo Aberdeen. Didn't want to believe it so when I got back home, looked at the brochure and Newmar calls it Ultra-Lux which is apparently a Chinese substitute.

Called Newmar about the problem and they quoted $2466 just for replacement covers. Plus any additional upcharge for better material. They finally offered a 50% discount. No way!!!!!!

Your signature says Ventana, curious why you're questioning DS?
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There was a fabric problem with the 2015 model year but I had not heard it went beyond that year.
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Your signature says Ventana, curious why you're questioning DS?
As a special I substituted DS Sea Pearl 'leather' for the standard fabric on the 2 front chairs, 2 sofas, and 4 dinette chairs.
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Old 02-19-2018, 09:01 AM   #5
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I can't speak to the DS fabric problem but I also had a long discussion with BraddandHall about my Ventana. For the past 5 years i thought that I had Ultraleather but Bradd told me that it was actually a product called Halo Aberdeen. Didn't want to believe it so when I got back home, looked at the brochure and Newmar calls it Ultra-Lux which is apparently a Chinese substitute.

Called Newmar about the problem and they quoted $2466 just for replacement covers. Plus any additional upcharge for better material. They finally offered a 50% discount. No way!!!!!!

Your signature says Ventana, curious why you're questioning DS?
I had a 2012 CS before our 2018 DS and the CS interior had all kinds of flaking and bubbling going on and when I contacted Newmar about it they were a wear of the problem and he said he would get back to me and see what could be done about it so the next morning I got a call from customer service saying they couldn't get replacement cover for me but what they are going to do was replace everything with a 2017 interior and I couldn't be happier with Newmar for stepping up to the pump and making everything right...
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... what they are going to do was replace everything with a 2017 interior ...
The 2017 'leather' is different than your 2018 leather?
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The 2017 'leather' is different than your 2018 leather?
They swapped the interior that was in my 12 Canyon Star 3920 for the 17 Canyon star interior... No problems with the DS yet.... lol We went with the Essex leathers for under $1000 upgrade and well worth every penny in my opinion ...
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