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    Posted: 30 Oct 2012 at 1:25pm
Has any body experinced any serious problems with the new 2012/13 hood river ed.177
getting real close to buying one but need honest input before i jump
in advance thanks
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99% of your troubles or non-troubles will concern your dealer. If they seem to have knowledge of your trailer while going through your run through, and are able to answer all your questions with no hesitation, you should be alright. I have just had a door issue dealt with by my dealer/FR and I can't say enough about how well I was treated. Check out warrenty section.
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Agreed. The dealer is more important than anything else. I think the incidence of real "build quality" problems is fairly low.

The appliances are pretty much the same in all TT's so if Dometic (for instance) has a bad day.. doesn't matter what brand TT you have, but it does matter how well your dealer handles the problem. And appliances seem to be where most of the problems arise. In 3 years I have only heard of one or two actual structural problems, and FR has been all over them near as I can tell.

If you like the Pod, and think it will work for your family, no reason I can think of not to get one.

Well.. one. If you are intensely private, or an introvert. Because you WILL give tours. While setting up. While cooking. While eating. While reading. While at the dump station... And that was just on one outing. lol.
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OK. Thanks for the input as for the appliances i can relate as i was made on a Friday and havent been right sience.
Make it a great day.
 
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