Hemling
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Among other issues, my 6 year old Sprinter has a serious problem with the 'leather' coated seating areas. Basically, it has been peeling and cracking off for a few years now, and it's at the point where you can't even sit on anything without a sheet or towel or something, because when you get up a whole bunch of flecks and bits of the coating stick to you. This applies to the couch, booth-area cushions, and the fold out couch/bed in the back room under the fold-down bunk bed. The layer below the fake-leather is mostly exposed now, and the fuzzy insulation beneath is starting to ball up and shed as well. Is this an isolated situation, or has Keystone addressed or fixed it in any way?
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goducks10
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What you're experiencing is the result of Cheap China fake leather seating that's in most RV's. Thomas Payne is well known for peeling pleather seating. Most RV furniture that's in mid priced RV's is not meant to last for years like the furniture you buy in a nicer furniture store.
Best thing to do is throw it in the garbage and buy something of quality.
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midnightsadie
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my sprinter is a 2007 made by LTV not a sign of rot.
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way2roll
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midnightsadie wrote:my sprinter is a 2007 made by LTV not a sign of rot.
Based on previous posts OP has a 2017 Keystone Sprinter 33bh which is a TT not a Mercedes based Sprinter.
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MFL
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That has been a common complaint with the cheap fake leather in lots of RVs. Replace is likely best option. Knowing there is an issue, with that material, would be my reason for passing on an RV that has it.
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Well known issue. It happens to everything from entry level up to mid level DP’s. It’s called “bonded leather” and fails earlier or later. Our 2012 is just starting now, but it’s been know to happen to 2 year old units. Best thing to do is have them recovered at a quality shop that will use good material.
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haste maker
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Sorry for your problem but it isn't due to entry level Rv's I have a friend that brought a Newmar RV in 2015 @ a cost of $430,000 & just after the warranty time was over his fake leather seat did the same as yours..
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RetiredRealtorRick
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Face it, even mid-line and RV's are built out of the cheapest quality components the American buyer will continue to accept. Remove all the upholstered pieces, take them to a reputable local upholstery shop, and they'll fix you right up.
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I don't remember where I read it but this was supposedly a particular manufacturer issue, and has been corrected within the last couple years. Yeah, I know.... LOL
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