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Investigations that expose the manufacturers who built the problem. Written for RV owners, not for the industry. AllRV WatchdogElectricalPlumbingPropaneAppliancesHVACSlide OutsGeneral ## Latest Guides Plumbing ### [RV Water Heater Not Working: Complete Troubleshooting Guide](/blog/rv-water-heater-not-working) Diagnose why your RV water heater stopped heating. Covers tank and tankless units, propane and electric modes, error codes, and when to call a pro. 6 min read HVAC ### [RV Air Conditioner Not Cooling: Complete Diagnostic Guide](/blog/rv-ac-not-cooling) Your rooftop AC runs but the air is warm. Walk through the exact diagnostic sequence for Dometic and Coleman units, from dirty coils to failed capacitors. 6 min read HVAC ### [RV Air Conditioner: Repair It or Replace It?](/blog/rv-ac-repair-or-replace) Told you need a new rooftop AC? Most units that quit have a failed part that costs under $100. Real repair and replacement costs, the checks to run, and how to test the capacitor. 22 min read Appliances ### [RV Refrigerator Not Cooling on Propane: Fix Guide](/blog/rv-fridge-not-cooling-propane) Absorption fridges are picky about propane. Walk through the burner, flame, and leveling checks that fix most cooling failures on Dometic and Norcold units. 6 min read Propane ### [RV Furnace Won't Ignite: Troubleshooting Sequence](/blog/rv-furnace-wont-ignite) Fan runs but no heat? The furnace ignition chain fails in a predictable order. Learn the sail switch, limit switch, and igniter checks that find it fast. 6 min read Electrical ### [RV Converter Not Charging Batteries: How to Diagnose](/blog/rv-converter-not-charging) Plugged into shore power but your batteries keep dying? Here is the ten minute multimeter test that tells you whether the converter is actually the problem. 5 min read Slide Outs ### [RV Slide Out Won't Extend or Retract: Step by Step Fix](/blog/rv-slide-out-stuck) A stuck slide can strand your whole trip. Learn the diagnostic order for electric and hydraulic systems, where the manual override lives, and what not to force. 6 min read RV Watchdog ### [The RV Buyer Betrayal: How They Engineered the Perfect Scam](/blog/rv-buyer-betrayal) Brennan McAuley was on the interstate when his RV tried to kill him. Two weeks earlier he had handed Camping World ninety nine thousand dollars for a brand new Thor Tellaro. What he actually bought, it turned out, was a stack of paperwork he had signed without reading. 17 min read RV Watchdog ### [The Indiana Trap: How Every RV Lawsuit Ends Up in Elkhart](/blog/indiana-trap-rv-lawsuit) There is a small town in northern Indiana that most Americans have never heard of. If you have ever bought a new RV, there is a very good chance that the moment your problems started, you became a citizen of that town. You just did not know it. 11 min read RV Watchdog ### [The Contract You Did Not Read: Five Clauses That Cost You Everything](/blog/rv-purchase-contract-clauses) There is a moment in every RV purchase when the salesperson slides a stack of paper in front of you. Hidden in those pages are five clauses that have nothing to do with price or financing. They have to do with what happens when your brand new RV breaks. 9 min read RV Watchdog ### [The Quality Collapse: How Forest River Out Recalled Ford](/blog/rv-quality-crisis-recalls) In the entire decade from 2015 to 2024, no automaker in America issued more recalls than Forest River. Not Ford. Not General Motors. Nearly half of those recalls were not parts that failed in the field. They were manufacturing errors. 12 min read RV Watchdog ### [Camping World On Trial: The Dealer That Cannot Stop Getting Sued](/blog/camping-world-lawsuits-complaints) If you have ever bought an RV, there is a roughly one in three chance you bought it from Camping World. In December 2024, the Attorney General of Oregon made it write a check for three and a half million dollars for systematically lying to its customers. 11 min read RV Watchdog ### [The Canadian Vacuum: Why Your RV Has No Lemon Law In Canada](/blog/canada-rv-lemon-law-camvap) Here is a question with a worse answer than you think. If you live in Toronto and you bought a defective RV from a dealer in Mississauga, who do you sue? There is a regulatory hole in Canada the size of a Class A motorhome. 9 min read ## Free RV Maintenance Guides From Top RV Techs Join our list and get expert maintenance guides and seasonal tips delivered to your inbox. No spam, unsubscribe anytime. 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