Would you buy a Montana again?

[John and Barbara]

I'm glad you brought that issue up. Totally agree with you, The knowledge and friendliness on this group is awesome. I have tons of machinal knowledge including aircraft mechanic license and would be lost with out the help from these members. Thanks.

[Gubs]

After purchased when we got home ceiling trim over the tv and kitchen area was down and the rear shade was on the floor. Next the front seals on the jacks started leaking, next the trim over the outside awnings tore away and shades fell again, next the bedroom shade failed and fell. Nothing major accept the microwave came lose and was about to fall but caught that in time to fix. Little things but nothing major so far. We love the layout and all the comforts but for the money it has been an adventure. Thank God we have a GREAT dealer that has been very helpful (Country RV in Mesa, AZ). I'm pretty sure this is our last RV due to age (76) but we have seen a lot of what America has to offer!! I would look at Alliance and Brinkley's if we ever bought another RV. WE do like our Montana but I think the dealer has a lot to do with it!!!!!

[Foldbak]

Originally Posted by Gubs

After purchased when we got home ceiling trim over the tv and kitchen area was down and the rear shade was on the floor. Next the front seals on the jacks started leaking, next the trim over the outside awnings tore away and shades fell again, next the bedroom shade failed and fell. Nothing major accept the microwave came lose and was about to fall but caught that in time to fix. Little things but nothing major so far. We love the layout and all the comforts but for the money it has been an adventure. Thank God we have a GREAT dealer that has been very helpful (Country RV in Mesa, AZ). I'm pretty sure this is our last RV due to age (76) but we have seen a lot of what America has to offer!! I would look at Alliance and Brinkley's if we ever bought another RV. WE do like our Montana but I think the dealer has a lot to do with it!!!!!

If Keystone had better quality control this wouldn't be an issue. BUT you are correct! The dealership will make or break the experience! The sole reason I've bought 2 Keystone products! Develop a relationship with your Sales Manager, Service Manager and service writer and they will treat you great. I'm fortunate enough to be close to my dealership where I can stop by and drop off cookies and crap to buy some love.

[allenclme]

I know the thread is old, but I had a Montana HC 325Rl, then a 2017 3820FK. We just put a deposit on a 2024 3123RL. I was almost ready to go with an Alliance Paradigm, but we found leaking Pex fittings in the wet bay and it was leaking RV Antifreeze. My 3820 FK had Flex Frame issues and Keystone fixed it 3 years out of warranty at no cost. They stood behind the product, so we figured we'd go for another Monty.

[HMayo]

I had leak in my slide. Still under 3 year warranty. They claimed I had not done each 90 day inspection on top of slide. Claimed leak was where a screw had backed out resealed and still leaked. Finally found they had not sealed one of the awning screws. They refused to repair.

[Foldbak]

I would absolutely buy a Montana again! The same problems (if not worse) with Alliance Paradigm according to my dealer.

[ep4me]

Yes, depending on floor plan, and price compared to some of the other brands mentioned.

[432bartman]

I just love the look and build of the Riverstones........Brinkley is another one I'd look at. I'm seeing more and more of them.

[bshgto]

Originally Posted by Foldbak

You have a 2019...covid build! They had a lot of problems during covid.

That`s no excuse........availability was the issue with manufacturing not quality.

[dfb]

Originally Posted by desertdog

We have two RV shows a year, Fall & Spring. Spent about 4 hours looking at new 5ers of many brands at this years Fall show, its hard to find a well built interior on any of the new ones selling for under 75K (show price). They just don't make them like they use to. I love my 2015 monty. Built to last.

Im Glad your 2015 has been good... Ours is a 2015 3610rl Legacy..NOTHING but problems... Mostly slides and the 2 piece black tank... Broke bolt at the rear spring hanger.. Other stuff is Refer not lighting.. molding dropping , fan coming down... I can live with this.. but not the slides and springs...

[Foldbak]

Originally Posted by bshgto

That`s no excuse........availability was the issue with manufacturing not quality.

I didn't say it was an excuse, it's just a fact be it the manufacture or the builder. The covid hanger over still lingers.

[RMcNeal]

Ours is a 2019 model, but we bought it in October, before Covid hit the US. Covid did affect us with parts/repairs after purchase, but when our rig was built, Covid had never been heard of yet.

[rollingdownthehighway]

We have a '19 3700LK and love it, would we buy another Monty? IDK to be honest, every manufacture has issues with their RV's, from a 5k travel trailer to a multi million dollar motor coach, I've heard and seen issues at all levels. I think at this point in the RV world, someone needs to make a fiver that knocks my socks off, every manufacture has the same floor plans with some differences here and there, some one needs to come up with something off the charts and that no one expected, until then, we're good with our Monty right now

[Derby6]

Short Answer is YES
Had some issues, but most of mine was stuff you can't blame on Montane (Leaky toilet, stero broke, vent cover motors quit, etc)

[fatcatzzz]

Originally Posted by 432bartman

I just love the look and build of the Riverstones........Brinkley is another one I'd look at. I'm seeing more and more of them.

Riverstone is on our short list. Looking to purchace in September.

[rollingdownthehighway]

Riverstones are beautiful rigs, I've seen a few that just made us go 'WOW' (not LUXE wow, but still never the less when we walked in). We've seen a few Brinkley's in person, and they were nice units as well, but at the end of the day, the floorplans are all the same.

[Csebring]

We purchased a 2024 Montana 376fl and have had nothing but issues with it. We still love the layout, it is our favorite of all brands we've viewed to date, however the build quality is so poor and the service from the local Keystone shop and the manufacture has been severely lacking.
Very disappointed with this entire 5th wheel experience.

[bshgto]

Originally Posted by Csebring

We purchased a 2024 Montana 376fl and have had nothing but issues with it. We still love the layout, it is our favorite of all brands we've viewed to date, however the build quality is so poor and the service from the local Keystone shop and the manufacture has been severely lacking.
Very disappointed with this entire 5th wheel experience.

As a former construction business owner the problem is the management. Blue-collar workers will get away with what they can if not watched and called out for shoddy work and it will get worse if they don`t. I fired more people than I can remember for poor attitude and lying about their skills when hired. The "I can`t see it from my house" attitude at the end of the day can ruin a small business from just a few bad apples. The laziness of shooting 57 gun nails in a 5 ft. piece of trim to hold it up instead of changing nail length and using 1/10 the nails for the job to save time just wouldn`t cut it with me. I saw this when the trim over the RD couch fell off for no reason other than the nails were too short. I`ve like others have had many many issues with my unit over the years but I just fixed them and forget about it. Develop the skills to repair your camper yourself and go on with the fun part because complaining to the dealer or Keystone is just going to raise your blood pressure and sour the experience.

[Csebring]

There is an extensive list of what we repair on our own, there never seems to be a shortage of those issues.
If we can avoid the terrible service from the dealer and factory we do.
However, we cannot fix poor quality refrigerator which we've had replaced 3 times, they also had to replace the A/C-and inverter, faulty slide cables and a leak coming from one of the slides.
The fifth wheel is just a solid piece of crap.