Ritter
Ritter v. Eclipse Recreational Vehicles CA4/3
Opinion
Opinion
I.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On or about September 10, 2012, Ritter purchased a 2013 Eclipse Attitude Trailer from Best RV Center in Turlock, California for about $50,000. The trailer came with a written, one-year limited manufacturer’s warranty. The warranty provided, in part: “Eclipse Recreational Vehicles, Inc. (noted as Eclipse RV) warrants the original owner that your new travel trailer or fifth wheel is warranted under normal use to be free from manufacturing defects in materials and workmanship for the period of one (1) year except as herein limited. This warranty comes in affect [sic]the day of the first retail purchase and only covers the first retail purchaser. [¶] This warranty is limited to repairing or replacing any part(s) believed by Eclipse RV to be defective in material or workmanship under normal use.”
3 Sometime in 2014, Ritter discovered issues with the trailer’s bedroom sliding glass door. Ritter reported the issues to Eclipse; they were able to resolve the problem without charge. On or about January 2018, Ritter noticed as he was driving on the freeway from Las Vegas that the siding of the trailer on the passenger side was moving. Ritter said that…