2005 HOLIDAY RAMBLER IMPERIAL Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HOLIDAY RAMBLER IMPERIAL. IN 25 BELOW DEGREE WEATHER, THE CONTACT WOULD START HIS VEHICLE AND THE ROTORS WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM THE BRAKE PADS. THIS CREATED A DRAGGING EFFECT. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN A MILE, THE ROTORS WOULD HEAT UP AND SMOKE WOULD APPEAR FROM THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE BRAKE CHAMBER AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS FULL OF WATER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,500. UPDATED 04/23/08. *LJ A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE FRONT AXLE AND THE FRONT DISC BRAKES. WHEN THE MECHANIC PULLED THE AIR CHAMBER OFF THE CALIBER ASSEMBLY, HE FOUND THE ACTUATOR CHAMBERS COMPLETELY FULL OF WATER. UPON FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF THE CALIBER ASSEMBLIES, HE FOUND THE WATER TO BE ROAD WATER AND THE MIGRATION ROUTE WAS THROUGH THE SILICONE SEALANT USED TO SEAL THE ASSEMBLY IN PLACE OF A GASKET. THE OVERHEATING CONDITIONS WERE CAUSED FROM ICE IN THE ASSEMBLY. AFTER ENOUGH HEAT WAS GENERATED TO MELT THE ICE, THE BRAKE WOULD FINALLY RELEASE. UPDATED.

TL* - THE CONTACT HAS A 2005 MONACO HOLIDAY RAMBLER WHICH IS HARD TO STEER STRAIGHT ON THE ROAD. THEN CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING THE 30 FEET MOTOR HOME AT 55 MPH IT BECAME HARD TO STEER. THE ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE NOT BEEN A PROBLEM. THE CONTACT SAID THAT HE HAD THE RV WEIGHED AND IT WAS NOT FOUND TO BE OVERLOADED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. *AK UPDATED 2/16/2007 - *NM