Long story but please read to the end. I purchased a used 2016 Grand Design camper from a private seller and took it home. 4 days later I turned on the propane bottle on the port side of the camper and the line was leaking due to dry rot. I shut that bottle off and opened the starboard side and it was good. I walked into the camper and hit the on button to the refrigerator and immediately there was an explosion that came inside and outside the camper. After I got the fire out, I called the previous owner and told her what had happened. She indicated that neither her nor her late husband, had used the camper since its last warranty inspection 4 months prior. The previous owner also told me that she had taken the camper in every year for inspection to maintain the warranty. First off, if a line is affected by dry rot, shouldn't that have been noted and replaced at the time of the inspection. I asked her if I could call Dodd RV on her behalf, seeing the camper was not in my name yet and she had a lifetime warranty, and she agreed. I took the camper in to Dodd RV and the Service person told me I would have to pay for the repairs or file an insurance claim. I requested to speak to the manager. Suzanne, the service manager, called me and refused to take any responsibility for the fire and asked me if I checked for mud daubers which have been known to cause fires. I had not looked for mud daubers, but I explained to her that there was a bulging gas line that was leaking gas, only visible after I put the fire out with a fire extinguisher. Her response was Dodd RV could not take responsibility for anything that may have happened between their inspection and the incident. She also hammered on me until I agreed I bought the camper from the previous owner but still it was not in my name (my bad, I should have been more forth coming). She did agree to pay my deductible of $250 though. After a heated conversation we hung up and I went home and talked it over with my wife and we agreed to give them the benefit of doubt and have them make the repairs. After a month or so, a friend of mine told me that Grand Design had a recall on their refrigerators, so I decided to call them and ask about it. First let me say, Grand Design has an awesome customer service! They listened to my story and asked me to send them pictures which I did. They also told me that the recall on the refrigerator was completed by Dodd RV, which this was never disclosed to me by Dodd RV. 2 days later, I called to ask about what they thought and received a call back an hour later saying they called Dodd RV and had the RV impounded until an inspector could get there to look at it. 4 days later the Grand Design Inspector flew in and inspected my camper. He explained to Dodd RV and to me that he is writing his report that, without a shadow of a doubt, the damage to the gas line occurred when Dodd RV completed the recall on the refrigerator in May (signed off in June). Both the service manager and General Manager completely disagreed with him and held strong stating they were not responsible for what happened to the camper after it left them. They also hung their hat on the fact that the gas system was pressure checked 2 days after the work was completed and it did not leak. The Grand Design inspector recommended that I talk to Dodd RV again and see what we could work out. I went to Dodd RV and discussed this with Suzanne, she was adamant that the camper was not damaged by her service people, and they have never had an incinerate event in their 56 years of business. She also stated that she owed me nothing because I was not the owner of the camper when they completed the maintenance. I basically agreed to disagree and asked if they would at least cover the $1120.78 that the insurance company would not cover. Suzanne called me back and stated after talking to the General Manager, they would cover an additional 310.78 on top of the original $250 they agreed to pay, leaving me a balance of $560.78. In the end I agreed to this and have the work completed by them seeing it would have likely taken me months more to take it somewhere else. I will also say if they would have at least taken some type of responsibility and at least agreed to cover my out-of-pocket expenses, I probably would have not made this post. Mistakes happen and I believe if you own up to them, forgiveness is much easier. In addition, after picking up the camper my wife read the bill and was furious how they added on the actual invoice, berated me stating I told them I was the previous owner when I had not. I won't be going back there and am sure I won't be welcome after posting this but feel this needed to be posted. I am not just a negative poster; and I will give kudos to Crystal at DODD RV, the service advisor, she was always nice and professional. read more