Alumifiber Bulging

jkjenn · July 2016

Has this happened to anyone else? Is it the heat? The whole wall is bulging, not just the clearcoat.

Verna · July 2016

I'd send an email with the photo to Ed at Pleasant Valley. Any comment from here would probably be speculation. I'm sure Ed and Marvin have seen just about everything happen with our T@B's.

ChanW · July 2016

Oh dear @jkjenn, that's sad!

Please keep us posted on what you find out.

Nomad · July 2016

Wow :-(

ericnliz · July 2016

OUCH!

Tonydjd · July 2016

Oh my goodness please keep us up to date.sorry to see that happening hopefully its an isolated incident.

gulfarea · July 2016

For years delamanation has been a great problem with motor homes. Normally occurring where darker colors are used as the sun gets that area hotter. What worries me about yours is my T@B is the same color as yours! Hope they can help you with this. Good luck to you & please keep us informed. Art

Nomad · July 2016

gulfarea - I think 90% of T@Bs are that silver color... Sure is a strange happening. Will be interesting to see what the fix is.

USWildflowers · July 2016

Looks like that delamination that occurs on the fiberglass / luan RV side panels with water intrusion. Didn't think that would occur with the build materials on the T@b. Disturbing...

Nomad · July 2016

Wierd place for water intrusion though.

TerryV6 · July 2016

Air conditioner?

Nomad · July 2016

That was my first thought but that one way back above the electrical connector is a long way away. Window frame leak?

JandJ92010 · July 2016

Maybe the heat is causing the adhesives to let go, therefor the skin to bulge.

Fatman1966 · July 2016

Looks like something related to water leaks. I'm would believe PV would correct this.

jkjenn · July 2016

Water seems unlikely as it has bone dry here and the T@b has seen very little rain. Heat seems a lot more likely, given recent conditions.

It does not appear loose, at all, it is still tight but bulging, almost like it expanded.

I emailed Ed and will let you all know what he says.

JustJohn · July 2016

Yikes, sorry you have to deal with that.

MrAmazon · August 2016

Wow... Very disturbing. Interested to see how LG handles it & what they believe the cause was. Sorry that's happening to your baby

TerryV6 · August 2016

Any news on this?

jkjenn · August 2016

TerryV6 said:

Any news on this?

Ed and I have exchanged a couple of emails - it took me a few days to respond to him while I was traveling, so it is in the process of being worked out.

Nomad · August 2016

Ed have any idea what might have caused it?

jkjenn · August 2016

PXLated said:

Ed have any idea what might have caused it?

We haven't actually discussed it. Honestly, after spending a very dry summer in a very hot west, it is hard to imagine, apart from heat, what the cause could be. I had not been running the a/c, and even when I eventually did run it the drip pan was bone dry - less than 14% humidity.

I think it's entirely possible, that like any other product, sometimes the Alumifiber doesn't perform as expected. This does not seem to be a widespread issue and there seems to be little cause for concern for other owners.

jkjenn · February 2017

Update: wild be driving the T@b to PV when I pick up the T@b from the dealer after having the fridge fixed. It should be either this Saturday or next.

Nomad · February 2017

What was with the fridge?

jkjenn · February 2017

PXLated said:

What was with the fridge?

They are working on it. As of FRiday, they had determined what I had already told them.

Nomad · February 2017

Saw your other thread.
Can never take your word fir it :-(

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