"RVs are too much trouble - I would gladly trade in mine for a Honda or Lexus RV (if only they made RVs)."

This was a comment by one RVer to Roaming Times.  What are your views?  We ask about your views and experiences.  These may be useful to other RVers and wannabees.  These polls and comments are read by manufacturers and dealers and who knows? - your views may make a difference ...

Summary:

RELIABILITY

People think RVs are pretty reliable.  We asked:

"How reliable are RVs from your experience?" - on a scale of
5 = wonderful and 0 = unbelievably awful.

While the average answer was 3.14 - the results were very skewed towards the wonderful end.
The people taking the poll were very experienced - 16.19 average years experience RVing! - 46% were very satisfied (scoring 4 or 5) and only 11% thought reliability was awful (scoring 0 or 1).

We then asked: "How reliable do you think RVs could or should be considering their complexity?" - once again, on a scale of  5 = wonderful and 0 = unbelievably awful.

Despite their complexity, people think RVs could or should be very reliable.  The average answer was 4.32 with 94% of people thinking very reliable (scoring 4 or 5).

MADE IN AMERICA

We asked:  "Would you trade your RV in for a Honda or Lexus RV (if only they made RVs) ?"
76% said NO.

We asked:  "Have you owned a brand new RV?"
89% said YES.

WARRANTY

We then asked the 89% of the people taking the poll who had owned a brand new RV how the warranty was dealt with - once again on a scale of  5 = wonderful and 0 = unbelievably awful.

While the average answer was 3.55 - once again, the results were very skewed towards the wonderful end.  A surprising 62% were very satisfied (scoring 4 or 5) and only 11% thought their warranty experiences were awful (scoring 0 or 1).

SERVICE FACILITIES

We asked:  "From your experience with any RV, what do you think of RV service facilities?" - once again, on a scale of  5 = wonderful and 0 = unbelievably awful.

The average answer was 2.92 - once again, the results were skewed towards the wonderful end.  31% were very satisfied (scoring 4 or 5) and only 12% indicated their RV servicing experiences were awful (scoring 0 or 1).

To summarize - generally speaking, people think their RVs are reliable, they believe the warranty was handled well and - to a somewhat lesser extent - they're happy with service facilities.  Many of the comments, however told tales of woe and many gave cautionary examples of how things can work out less than well.