FR 3 30ds

[AceJohn6928]

Are there any Fr3 people out there ? Just took delivery in January and would like some feed back if possible .

[Knoxie89]

Originally Posted by AceJohn6928

Are there any Fr3 people out there ? Just took delivery in January and would like some feed back if possible .

Get a pad an paper, put it somewhere easy to reach and get ready to create a giant list of all the **** thats wrong!

2016 FR3 30DS owner and some of the things i've encountered

- Floor lifting/bubbling while driving
- Cruise control turning off on its own
- Tow/Haul mode not working correctly
- TV antenna broke (took 3 tries to fix)
- Bathroom door separating down middle (Took 6 doors before one was in good enough shape to deliver)
- Converter went bad
- Side window randomly shattered while siting in driveway (4.5 weeks by time one was shipped and fixed)
- Black tank rinse would spray water under coach do to loose connections
- Rear window gasket started falling out
- All the outside storage compartment locks started corroding on the inside
- 12v outlets stopped working in dash
- Vehicle was not aligned properly when we received it


Other than that it's been great!

For real though, expect issues. Realistically most of the issues are very easily fixed if you have a competent dealer (we didn't, we had to go all the way up the chain to the owner before we got good service). The one issue is that if you have anything that needs to invovle FR you will probably have a long wait.

[manderson2228]

Not a single RV on the market that I have seen is aligned from the factory. Always ask for that.

I wanted to chime in on the cruise control thing. So if you are in a hilly area, and the MPH drops 10 or more MPH while on cruise it will auto shut off by design from Ford. Agree with it or not thats apparently how it works. Just wanted to let you know so you dont blow a ton of time chasing ghosts if that is what it ends up being.

[Knoxie89]

Originally Posted by manderson2228

Not a single RV on the market that I have seen is aligned from the factory. Always ask for that.

I wanted to chime in on the cruise control thing. So if you are in a hilly area, and the MPH drops 10 or more MPH while on cruise it will auto shut off by design from Ford. Agree with it or not thats apparently how it works. Just wanted to let you know so you dont blow a ton of time chasing ghosts if that is what it ends up being.

We had that issue too with the cruise, but the service update seemed to fix it happening so much since it picks better gears in general.

[manderson2228]

Originally Posted by Knoxie89

We had that issue too with the cruise, but the service update seemed to fix it happening so much since it picks better gears in general.

When you say service update do you mean a new flash of your PCM? Curious because I had a CEL pop on mine for random misfire and they put the newest latest flash on mine. I'll be interested to see if it performs a bit now too if that is the case with yours.

[Knoxie89]

Yes they did an update at the Ford dealer.

[manderson2228]

Originally Posted by Knoxie89

Yes they did an update at the Ford dealer.

Good to know. Hopefully this will make mine run smoother outside of the CEL issue