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08-17-2016, 09:59 AM
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Ft Collins, Colorado
Trailer: 2016 Escape 21
Posts: 39
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Out of the gate issues or not
Hi all, the plan is to head up north to pick up our new 21 escape next week. I plan on staying close by at least one night in case I have trailer issues which brings me to my question....How many of you had the good fortune of picking up your trailer with zero problems?
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08-17-2016, 10:10 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Missoula, Montana
Trailer: Escape 19, 2018: Last Best Escape
Posts: 395
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Picked our 19 up in the spring of 2015. Stayed in the Northwest, within a couple hundred miles of Chilliwack "just in case" for about a week mostly for sightseeing. We had absolutely no problems with our Escape!
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2018 Escape 19: Last Best Escape
2015 Escape 19 (previous): Escape Goats
2011 Escape 17 (previous): SittEscape
Honda Pilot 2019
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08-17-2016, 10:42 AM
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#3
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Trailer: 2015 Escape 19 "Seventy Degrees"
Posts: 3,495
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Picked up our 19 in Nov last year and stayed at KOA in Lynden for a couple of nights. No issues except propane regulator wouldn't auto switch later on in the trip, but did switch manually. Reace mailed us a new one and no other issues since.
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08-17-2016, 11:04 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Travis County, Texas
Trailer: 2015 Esc 21. Formerly, Casita LD (16 & 17)
Posts: 802
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We also stayed at the Lynden KOA for a night (in September 2015), before heading south to Port Townsend (Washington). A couple of questions about the hitch came up, but these were answered with a phone call. Otherwise, no issues initially, and even things that have come up since have been Very Minor. YMMV.
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Mary F Onward, through the fog!
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08-17-2016, 11:10 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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Any issues are likely to be with an appliance. ETI may be able to do a quick fix, but these are covered by their own warranty and they have service centres everywhere. When my furnace motor started squeaking ( just before the warranty expired ), I took it to North Shore RV, which is less than 2 K from my house. ETI would be an hour and a half drive, and they would send me to a service centre in Chilliwack.
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08-17-2016, 12:23 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Trailer: 2014 Escape 19
Posts: 895
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We picked up our 19 in May of 2014. About 3 weeks in, our inverter went bad. Also after 10 weeks of camping, one window leaked between the panes. EtI made good on both and both were working when we left the factory. Glad we didn't stay close to the factory "just in case."
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Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything - Charles Kuralt
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08-17-2016, 12:39 PM
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#7
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Bellingham and Glacier, Washington
Trailer: 2013 Escape 15A
Posts: 2,051
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Quote:
Originally Posted by casita68
How many of you had the good fortune of picking up your trailer with zero problems?
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I did.
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Karen Hulford
2013 Escape 15A, "Egbert"
'93 Ford 150 XLT or
'22 GMC Acadia Denali
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08-17-2016, 01:31 PM
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#8
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Olathe, Kansas
Trailer: 2015 21ft Escape "Spirit of the Plains", 2014 GMC Sierra with max tow package
Posts: 1,100
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Had a minor water leak down by the water pump. Tightening the collar took care of that and any other issues were due to not being familiar with the equipment. Loren
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08-17-2016, 01:35 PM
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#9
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southwick, Massachusetts
Trailer: None, sold my 2014 5.0TA
Posts: 7,124
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Some of the problems I see mentioned here could be caught if folks would go through all the systems right away, like when doing your walk through or during the first night at a local campground. Make sure you try everything on 120Vac, 12v, and propane where appropriate. Try both the city water feed as well as the fresh tank and it's pump.
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Happy Motoring
Bob
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08-17-2016, 01:39 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 2013 19' & 2013 15B
Posts: 2,636
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Quote:
Originally Posted by casita68
....How many of you had the good fortune of picking up your trailer with zero problems?
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I had no problems with my 19' on pickup.
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2013 19' \ 2013 15B, 2020 Toyota 4Runner TRD Offroad
"It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it." - 1907, Maurice Switzer
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08-17-2016, 02:16 PM
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#11
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Ft Collins, Colorado
Trailer: 2016 Escape 21
Posts: 39
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So far I like what I'm reading!
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08-17-2016, 02:17 PM
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Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Westcliffe, Colorado
Trailer: 21, June 8, 2016, "The Final Frontier"
Posts: 76
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Ditto the "try everything" advice. And do stay in the area, but move around to different sites for 3-4 days. If you do, and nothing happens, fine. But if something does need ETI's attention, you will be glad to be close.
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08-17-2016, 02:27 PM
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#13
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Galesville, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2017 21 "Blue II" & 2017 Highlander XLE (previously 2010 17B "Blue" & 2008 Tacoma)
Posts: 4,233
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mary Strasser
Ditto the "try everything" advice. And do stay in the area, but move around to different sites for 3-4 days. If you do, and nothing happens, fine. But if something does need ETI's attention, you will be glad to be close.
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Eric (and Mary who is in no way responsible for anything stupid I post)
"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance." George Bernard Shaw
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08-17-2016, 03:31 PM
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#14
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Midcoast, Maine
Trailer: 2016 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 435
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Quote:
Originally Posted by padlin
Some of the problems I see mentioned here could be caught if folks would go through all the systems right away, like when doing your walk through or during the first night at a local campground. Make sure you try everything on 120Vac, 12v, and propane where appropriate. Try both the city water feed as well as the fresh tank and it's pump.
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Good theory! However, the time allotted for the walk through flies. And then they have Chester (or another driver) standing by ready to haul the trailer across the border (if you are a US citizen) right after you get the paperwork squared away so you can't do your own leisurely walk through at Escape. It's just what it is at a busy place.
And wouldn't you know it, by no fault of Escape at all, 2 weeks into our return trip home, our water pump failed. And it worked fine during the walk through and a few subsequent uses. Staying nearby for a night or two wouldn't have caught that.
Even though its been 2 months, I am still trying to find the time to read understand the manuals for things like the EMS that I am completely clueless about. But don't cry for me Argentina, because everything works one way or another and we still love it!!
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08-17-2016, 06:08 PM
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#15
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Ventura County, California
Trailer: 2015 Escape 17A
Posts: 2,347
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Picked up our 17 last September; camped two nights at Bay View SP on Puget Sound (just west of Mt. Vernon). Plugged in and tried everything: all worked (and still works) great. Spent the next two weeks exploring the Olympic Peninsula. Capped it off at the NOG!
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08-17-2016, 06:51 PM
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#16
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southwick, Massachusetts
Trailer: None, sold my 2014 5.0TA
Posts: 7,124
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nathanj04011
Good theory! However, the time allotted for the walk through flies.
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Interesting. Guess it shows I had mine delivered.
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Happy Motoring
Bob
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08-17-2016, 07:22 PM
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#17
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: paso robles, California
Trailer: ex Casita/ 2016 Escape 21 '16 TRD 4x4
Posts: 132
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I stayed at Lynden KOA one night to iron things out and then to Port Townsend for a couple of nights. I had 0 problems with my 21. The only problem I had was remembering all the details of the orientation. I think the Escape 21 is the best trailer I've ever had and wouldn't make any changes except eliminate the tv antenna. Loved the Stereo and the Springfield pedestal.
Jerry
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08-17-2016, 07:29 PM
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#18
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Ft Collins, Colorado
Trailer: 2016 Escape 21
Posts: 39
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Well that's very encouraging!
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08-17-2016, 07:46 PM
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#19
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: no fixed address, California
Trailer: 2017-21' Escape (sold) Casita 17' (sold)
Posts: 1,348
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right...... but a few people DO have issues as new...... has been documented well here.
Escape checks stuff well, i am sure, but....
for example - our new 2011 Casita's fridge did get cold, but not cold ENOUGH (not by a long shot.)
thank heavens we were nearby the first 24 hours..... Casita swapped it out, no problems.
just saying.....
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08-17-2016, 08:41 PM
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#20
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Fremont, California
Trailer: 2016 21. '15 Ford Explorer V-6
Posts: 1,560
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Quote:
Originally Posted by casita68
Well that's very encouraging!
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No Problems!
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2016 - 21'
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