Watch this before you buy an Airstream Rangeline
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- Hi, thanks for watching our video about our Airstream Rangeline Problems!
In this video we will walk you through:
All of the issues we’ve experienced in our new campervan,
What to expect when you purchase an Airstream,
And what we think of our Rangeline RV so far.
Whether you are a seasoned RV dweller or are considering your first adventure, this video offers essential information to aid in your decision making process.Don’t miss out on this opportunity to make a well-informed choice and potentially enhance your travel experiences for years to come with an Airstream Rangeline.
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Such a shame that quality isn't there. THANKS for sharing your issues.
@@Rottingboards thank you for watching!
Thanks for helping make a no decision much easier.
@@joniboulware1436 our goal is to inform people of exactly what they are getting into when they buy one of these. Glad we could help! We wish there had been more info on them when we purchased but that’s the joy of buying a newly released RV I guess 😅
All I can say is that you should have bought Canadian! Leisure Travel Vans and Pleasureway build the best designed RVs with incredible quality. We have a 2017 LTV Unity and have had minimal issues. When there's been one, I've called the factory, spoken to one of the two customer service specialists and received instant solutions. You can also email and usually get an answer within a day or two. Hope that you've finally reached the end of the problems and you have smooth sailing. But, there's nothing you can do about some of the goofy design elements such as that fresh water fill that is INSIDE the van!
@@alanbl99 we really liked the layout of the airstream and that’s what drew us to it. We did look into other brands but this had almost all the things we wanted. We need that garage area in the back for bike gear and paddle boards and didn’t want to be on a Mercedes chassis. Live and learn I guess. Next van will be a custom build!
All those problems are beyond excusable! I feel for you. Thanks for this info.
Here is hoping they are all in the past and everything continues to work from now on🤞Thanks for watching!
WOW! Big bucks for a premium van and you were SO challenged! Today, I saw this van, and it is a TOTAL copy of what I built in 2019 on my 2018 cargo van. Hearing your problems, I'm SO glad I built my own, but I had a van conversion shop and it took 9 months. A dealer wanted me to build vans for them and I declined. Just because I didn't want to rely on employees and I'm retired. Honestly there are SO many systems with so little space. Ask then to reimburse you for you 7 months payments. Take them to small claims court if they don't. They delivered a defective product. Write a paper letter to the Airstream President and paper and email copy your dealer.
@@johnwhite362 next time we are definitely going to build our own or have someone custom build it who knows what they are doing. Learned our lesson the hard way. We will look into all of that, thank you for the recommendations, we weren’t really sure what to do at this point.
I remember when the Rangeline model was first announced; I was absolutely enamored with it! Hearing your honest feedback is very helpful and a good reminder that the FIRST couple of versions of a thing are almost never going to be the BEST version of that thing. I am a big believer in waiting for version 3.0 of whatever it is; v3.0 is usually well developed enough to have most of the bugs worked out of it, but not yet so overworked as to have bloatware (aka junky stuff you don’t really need) tacked on to it. Thank you for sharing your journey. Safe travels to you and your pups!
We were very excited when they first released the specs for these too. And we loved our van until everything stopped working. It’s nice when it does work but now we are experiencing even more issues so I don’t even think I would be brave enough to buy another airstream down the road.😅 Thanks for watching!!
Thank you for sharing..so we don't have to go through those horrible experiences!!
Absolutely!! Hope you find something amazing
Submitted an application for a 2024 Rangeline today. Your video is helpful for sure.
Awesome! We wish you better luck with your 2024!
Thanks for watching😁
RUN. FAST. Look at a Pleasure Way instead !!!!
We have looked at several different vans narrowing it down to the Rangeline. Well, we’re not dropping the $180K for this Airstream product……It should work flawlessly out of the box, none of the BS you’al have had to do!!!!!
@@andersmd1 yeah we 100% do not recommend this RV or an Airstream to anyone at this point. Wish we hadn’t bought one but we are kind of stuck with it for now. And still having many issues after this video was posted!
Very disappointed I thought I found my retirement van
U would think for price and Co. Name they would hire so competent people might look somewhere else. Thank you great job hope they give u a new ride
They haven’t done anything for us unfortunately, so we will continue to tell as many people as we can so they don’t have the same problems.
Sounds so familiar.
Mine also is currently working, hopefully that continues to be the case for both of us.
Don’t jinx it!😂 I’m glad they got your issues sorted out too.
I was looking at them today at a dealership.. thanks for the video. Shame on Airstream
@@brock7118 sorry for the late reply we missed seeing your comment! Honestly we wouldn’t recommend one to anyone and we continue to have issues even after this video and airstream has basically taken zero accountability. For the price I know you can find something better!
Sadly this is pretty standard for a Thor product these days. So many corners cut in the production
Yeah, we learned the hard way. Next van will be a custom build!😅
My wife and I were very close to purchasing one when the Rangline first came out. We are both nurses and were planning on travel nursing with this unit. After doing some research we began seeing a pattern of problems and decided to wait until the "Beta Testing", was complete. It has been several years now and you would think they would have a lot of issues fixed or redesigned, although they have fixed some issue it seems it's a slower process than neccessary. Disappointing from an Airstream standpoint.
We actually just discovered more fun issues! We drove down a gravel road and dust came swirling in at an alarming rate! Every point where they go in or out of the vehicle for utilities is a gaping hole.
Don't hold back guys. Tell us what really happened.
Jesus Mary and Joseph.
Good luck trying to sell this unit.
Once all the problems are gone it should be worth more right???? 😅
did you have a chance to check out a Panoramic from Woodys?
Unfortunately we didn’t even know they were a brand until we had bought the rangeline. The 2024s look pretty wicked. The simplicity of the rangeline is what drove us to it and what we thought was airstream quality. There are so many good things on each of them that we like. However the propane system we don’t want, built in speakers are a waste in our opinion, tv mount we will never use and a few more things. But I’d imagine the quality of the panoramic is higher.
Can I ask which dealership you are using to repair your Rangeline? We bought ours in Airdrie. It's there again for more repairs.
@@loranking9103 we actually go to grande prairie because AIRDRIE was so so bad for service. That is where we bought it also.
@@darcyandtess haha...I was hoping you were going to say Kelowna.
@@loranking9103 hahaha too funny. Well I work up in Grande Prairie so it worked out like that. I heard Langley is really good service.
5/27/24= how could airstream look at themselves in the mirror??
how could there be so many nightmare issues? panoramic may be the way to go?
Sorry for the late reply, we somehow missed seeing your comment! I honestly don’t know how anyone from airstream can feel good about promoting these RVs either. It’s upended our van life and made us change our lifestyle completely. If we wouldn’t lose so much money on a trade in we would probably look into other vans.
That's a lot of crap wrong. How sad. I was thinking about getting one. No way now.
@@funzeevanzee and even more issues after we posted this video. For the price point you can definitely find something better!!
i have been on a journey to buy a van conversion and have been following you guys for a while. i discovered that i can build my own (actually hire someone) to do a custom van build for less $$ than purchasing a new Ridgline, and customize it to my liking. It seems evident that airstream goofed on the first attempt at the Ridgline. I am assuming that they are listening to their customers and have made some changes on the new models. That being said, the Ram Chassis is a lot cheaper than the Mercedes and front while drive is not ideal for my application. That being said, this unit as built is probably a bit overpriced for the quality that you received.
Thanks so much for your candour and honesty.
The Mercedes chassis is narrower and it’s harder to get maintenance done whereas the Ram can go to any Dodge dealership which influenced our decision as well as the price difference. We would absolutely love to build our own one day or have a custom build done by someone but our time restraints didn’t allow it and we thought the Rangeline would check all the boxes of everything we wanted and it did until nothing worked haha.
Thanks for following and keeping up with us we really appreciate it!!
@@darcyandtess There is no doubt that the Promaster has the best interior size for a van build. Wider, and less angles which makes the living space bigger and more open. It is also less $$. Although the Mercedes is narrower, we decided that we needed to go 4x4 since we lice in Canada, drive 4 seasons and . . . we are skiers. It's also true that there are probably about 10x more Ram service shops than Mercedes, but the Sprinter only needs one scheduled service per year, and i was able to negotiate the first 3 years of service for free . . .I also live in a large metropolitan area where I am lucky to have a few Sprinter dealers near me.
I will continue to follow you as i am still able to learn a lot from your experiences. Have fun and stay safe.
Airstream quality went way down as they were bought out by Thor Industries. Thor is all about cutting their costs at the expense of the customer. Go look at a Airstream trailer or van from years back. Way better care and materials were used before they buy out.....
We haven’t heard too many good things about any brand new camper vans or trailers lately. Seems like they always have some issues. Definitely everyone trying to cut costs.
This is false. While quality has definitely decreased, it’s not due to Thor ownership. Thor bought Airstream in 1980
Thor is so bad with their quality, so many people complain about their B vans .
It's been frustrating. More problems are coming too!
couple of recommendations... list / number all the issues you have. This reads as a life update video, but from the title it sounded like you wanted to do an information video.
If youre going to talk about the an annoyance, show us. @13:36 isan example. Why did youshow other issues,but this one is not shown on screen?
The number of video cuts while you guys are talking is really irritating.
Thank you for the recommendations we will definitely keep them in mind in future videos. We only started this channel last summer and then our van spent seven months in the shop and this was our first trip this year so we are out of practice and are still learning. We only have 300 subscribers and are in no way professionals but we are trying and appreciate your constructive criticism. This was our first video of this type as normally they are daily vlogs, so I guess we didn’t do too well.
Don't edit a thing ! This video is perfect. You're very real.
@@gregoire8376 thank you!
This is why I built my own van, sucks they are selling lemons 🍋
One day we hope to do a custom build. Probably have a company build it though 😅 We thought we would be safe going with Airstream but we learned a hard lesson. They don’t build them like they used to!
You bought your Ragline in CANADA!!!?
We live in Canada, so yes we bought it here😅
REFUND!!