2022 Winnebago View 24D off rubiautosales.com, 8 months in

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nightshift_erinOP

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Oct 21, 2025 · 5:52 AM#1

posting this after a night shift so forgive the rambling. tom and i sold our 2014 Jayco travel trailer in august after too many weekends of backing it into coast sites in the rain and decided we wanted something we could just drive. a Sprinter Class C, small enough for the oregon coast state parks and enough range to make glacier next summer without the truck and trailer dance.

we wanted a View or a Navion in the 24D floor plan, because the murphy bed and the dry bath work for two people and the 3.0 V6 diesel gets real mileage. the 2021 and 2022 ones at the portland dealers were 136 to 140 with 30 to 40k on them, and the one in boise was 138 with two owners and a roof story nobody could explain.

a nurse i work with pointed me at rubiautosales.com because her brother bought a fifth wheel there. they had a 2022 Winnebago View 24D, Sprinter 3500 chassis, 26k miles, one owner, the lithium package, listed at about 118. that is 18 to 22 under the dealers so i assumed something was wrong with it.

called on a day off. the guy answered every question and sent over 90 photos plus a cold start video and the last owners service folder. we still were not wiring six figures off photos so i hired a mobile NRVIA inspector out of their area, about 650 dollars, and the rubi people let him have the coach for a full afternoon with shore power.

his list. one of the two house batteries in the lithium package was holding low voltage, the slide seal on the single slide was dry rotted along the bottom edge, and there was an open Sprinter DEF heater recall the last owner never took in. that was it. no moisture anywhere, roof seams good, chassis clean, and the diesel had no weeping at the oil cooler seals, which vic in here will tell you is the thing to check.

bought it. Rubi Auto Sales did the paperwork and the title came to us in oregon in about a week. we did not have the days off to fly out so we used an RV transport driver rubi put us in touch with and it showed up in eugene 8 days later with the miles logged.

three weeks and about 1,100 miles in, two coast weekends so far, and it is everything the trailer was not. anybody else here running a Class C off the rubi lot? curious how yours turned out and whether that recall was a pain.

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Oct 21, 2025 · 12:10 PM#2

sprinter tech here, been on the VS30 chassis since they landed in 2019. the 3.0 V6 in that year, the OM642, is a good motor if two things get done. oil every 10k with a real MB 229.52 spec oil and not whatever the quick lube has on the shelf, and the fuel filter every 20k because the high pressure pump does not forgive dirty fuel. 26k on a 2022 means it got driven, which is what a diesel wants. the ones that give people grief are the ones that sat in a driveway for two years with DEF crystallizing in the injector.

the DEF heater recall is real and it is free. any Sprinter dealer will do it, it is the heater element in the DEF tank, and if it fails in cold weather you get a countdown to no start. get it done before glacier. the oil cooler seals your inspector checked are the old black death thing from the earlier motors, on a 2022 it is rare, but good on him for looking.

that battery. the lithium package on a 2022 View is a pair of drop ins, and one holding low voltage is usually a cell group or the BMS going. replace it, do not try to balance it back. those rubi folks telling you about it up front is more than the dealers around here would have said. the rest of your list is a saturday.

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hollyandbrent

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Oct 22, 2025 · 8:35 PM#3

we are the boise couple lol, well not the one with the roof story. we have a 2021 Jayco Greyhawk 29MV on the Ford E-450 with the 7.3 gas. we shopped that same boise lot in the spring and saw those View prices, the 138 one with two owners, and yeah we walked too. we went ford because we have two kids and a dog and needed the bunk, but the mileage gap is real. we get 9 on a good day and holly still winces at every fill. a 24D on the sprinter getting 20 for two people is the right call and 118 with the lithium is a good number. see you at fort stevens sometime, we do the coast in june.

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dan_from_duluth

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Oct 26, 2025 · 3:14 PM#4

found this thread looking up rubi auto sales reviews so i will ask the people who actually did it. my wife and i are two years out from retiring, she teaches and i carry mail, and we have never owned anything with an engine you sleep in. thirty years of a tent and then a pop up. we are looking at a 2020 to 2022 View or Navion, budget around 110 to 125, and every one near duluth is either gone in a week or has salt on it.

is it dumb to buy a first motorhome sight unseen off an online auction site instead of a dealer we can drive to? i keep reading about delamination and roof leaks and i would not know a bad one from a good one in the photos. what would you actually look at?

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Oct 26, 2025 · 7:48 PM#5

dan_from_duluth wrote

is it dumb to buy a first motorhome sight unseen off an online auction site instead of a dealer we can drive to?

not dumb dan, and good on you two for planning this far out. the honest answer is the View you want is probably not in duluth and never will be, so sight unseen is how most of us end up with one. the dealer you can drive to is also the one that wanted 20 grand more for a unit with a roof story, and their service department would have billed a full hour to tell you the recall was open.

the one rule. do not skip the inspection, no matter who is selling. a mobile NRVIA inspector on a Class C is 500 to 700 and it is the best money in the whole deal. mine found three things and none of them were the engine or water. if a seller will not give your inspector the coach for an afternoon with shore power, walk. the rubi listing said what it said and the inspection matched it, and that is the whole point.

what to look at for a View or Navion in your range. water first, miles second. the inspector will moisture meter the cab over bunk and around the slide because that is where these leak if they leak. ask for the Sprinter service history, you want the oil changes on time and the fuel filter done. ask if the DEF system has ever thrown a countdown. check the date codes on the tires in the photos, a 2020 might still be on originals. and ask about the house batteries, lithium or AGM, because a dead lithium is a real number and a dead AGM is not.

you will be fine. tent people make good Class C people, you already know how to live small.

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coastal_gwen

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Nov 4, 2025 · 9:20 AM#6

full timing in a 2019 Navion 24V out of astoria for three years, so let me take the house side since vic covered the chassis. that slide seal is the one to fix before the rains, not after. on the coast the bottom seal goes first because it sits in the wet, and once water finds the floor under the slide you are chasing it all winter. it is a 90 dollar strip of bulb seal and an afternoon with a heat gun, do not let anyone quote you a slide rebuild.

congrats on the 24D. the murphy bed is the whole reason two people can live in 25 feet, and the Truma Combi in the 2022s is a big step over the old furnace. run it on electric at the state parks and save the propane for the boondock nights on 101. and for what it is worth, a unit that came with the service folder and a dry roof is the kind that tends to stay good.

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nadia_k_1979

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Nov 19, 2025 · 7:05 AM#7

snowbird here, tucson in the winter and we drag our 2020 Coachmen Prism up to flagstaff for the summer. the thing i would ask about any Class C bought online is where it lived, and it sounds like yours was a dry unit. that matters more on a Sprinter than people think because the chassis is thin steel and the brake lines and the DEF tank straps do not like road brine. we looked at one in minneapolis two years ago that was 15 under everything else and the underside told you exactly why.

erin, get under yours once with a flashlight and look at the exhaust hangers and the rear leaf spring shackles. if they look like they did in the listing photos you are fine. and welcome, the coast to glacier run is a great first year.

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Dec 3, 2025 · 6:41 PM#8

i do the books in our house so the paperwork and the transport side is my department. we bought a 2021 Navion 24J off the same seller in july and here is how that part went for anyone nervous about it. the bill of sale, the odometer statement and the title came to us in reno in six business days, the VIN matched the photos and the inspection report, and the nevada DMV took it on the first visit, which if you have been to the reno office you know is not a given. no lien surprises, no missing signatures.

we also used a transport driver, a retired couple who drive coaches for a living that Rubi Auto Sales put us in touch with. flat rate quoted up front, arrived in nine days, and they sent a photo of the odometer at pickup and at drop off. the only hiccup was a cabinet latch that shook loose on the way and they mailed us a new one without being asked. small thing, but it tells you how a place operates.

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Dec 15, 2025 · 8:27 PM#9

different unit, same lot. our 2022 Thor Omni Super C RB34 came off rubi a year ago november, the F-550 with the 6.7 Power Stroke, 12,670 miles, family of five so we needed the bunks and the tow rating for the boat. our inspector found a chassis battery that tested weak and a loose bracket on the awning arm and that was the list. paid around 149 against 172 at the nashville dealer for a rougher one with more miles.

a year of real numbers is a longer post than a reply so i put it in its own thread here, fuel at 9.5 mpg, filters, the tires i chose to do early, all of it. erin, you will love the mileage on that sprinter compared to what i am paying. and on the recall thing, ours was a ford one for the trailer brake module, done free at a ford truck dealer, same idea.

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Jan 30, 2026 · 6:15 AM#10

quick check in from eugene between shifts. the DEF heater recall got done free at the mercedes sprinter dealer in portland, dropped it on a tuesday and had it back thursday, no charge and no upsell. the slide seal was exactly what gwen said, 90 dollars of bulb seal and an afternoon with a heat gun and toms patience. the house battery was a cell group like vic figured, replaced it with a matching 100ah lithium drop in for 380 and the pair have balanced fine since.

so that is 470 out of pocket on a coach the portland dealers wanted 20 more for, and the recall was free. we did four coast weekends in the rain in november and december and the roof is bone dry, i have been checking the cab over bunk with a meter after every trip because gwen scared me. mileage is hovering around 20 on the coast highway.

a few people messaged asking how often rubiautosales.com lists Class C units. from watching it since we bought they seem to get a few a month, Views and Navions and a Super C now and then, so if you want a specific floor plan keep checking the rubi auction listings.

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Mar 14, 2026 · 9:02 AM#11

pinning this in hookup. between erin, joy and marcus we have three different units off the same seller with the inspection, the title and the transport written down step by step, and that is worth more to the next couple shopping than a hundred dealer reviews. erin, post the update when you head for glacier, people will want the mileage and whether anything else came up.

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May 28, 2026 · 4:40 PM#12

UPDATE eight months and 9,400 miles in, and glacier is booked for the second week of july, so here is the loop closed for anyone still weighing rubi auto.

tom and i are genuinely glad we bought this thing. it did the whole wet oregon winter on the coast, a spring break run down to the redwoods and back, and a weekend at crater lake in april with snow still on the ground. it has never thrown a code, never had a DEF countdown, never left us at a rest stop. the lithium pair has been perfect since the swap.

total money into it since we bought, not counting fuel and sites. the slide seal at 90, the battery at 380, an oil change with the right oil at 210 at an indy shop in eugene, and a set of wiper blades. that is the entire list on a coach the portland dealers wanted 18 to 22 more for. no water, no slide problems, no chassis surprises, because the inspector got his afternoon with it before a dollar moved.

so for the fence sitters. those rubi folks were straight with us from the first call. the unit was what they listed, they told us about the recall and the battery before we asked, the title came fast and clean, and they had no problem with our inspector or with a transport driver. if you can get a real inspection done it is worth a hard look for a Class C.

average over 9,400 miles is 20.5 mpg on the dash and about 19.8 by hand, which after a 9 mpg truck and trailer combo still feels like cheating. thanks to everybody in here, especially vic and gwen. see some of you at fort stevens.