2002 MONACO COACH KNIGHT Complaints

BRAKE ASSEMBLIES OVERHEATING AND LOCKING FRONT WHEEL DOWN BRAKE DRUMS WERE RED HOT TO MELT ABS SENSORS. *JB

AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL FOR BRAKES DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DO REPAIRS BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTS THEY FOUND AND MADE PREVIOUS REPAIRS ON THIS VEHICLE. *AK

RECALL 02V78000 FOR BRAKES ON THE MONACO MOTOR HOMES. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO TWO DEALERS, CONSUMER WAS TOLD, THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE SERVICED BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER WAS TRYING TO HOLD THEM TO FIVE HOURS OF SERVICE ONLY. NO DEALER COULD CERTIFY THAT THE SERVICE WOULD TAKE 5 HOURS OR LESS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THEN THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE RV. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE BRAKE UNIT BURNING OUT. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SERVICED SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL LOCKED UP AND CAUGHT FIRE. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. TOOK TO DEALER, DEALER REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND CALIPERS. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER.

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE STUCK. BRAKE ASSEMBLY AND WHEEL GOT SO HOT THE ABS SENSOR, WHICH IS CONSTRUCTED OF HARD PLASTIC, MELTED. WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY WERE SMOKING. BRAKES BECAME MUSHY. *JB

CONSUMER HAS HAD TO HAVE BRAKES SERVICED 5X TIMES SINCE MOTORHOME WAS PURCHASED. THE BRAKES PULSATED AND WARPED EXCESSIVELY WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER CONSTANTLY SERVICED THE VEHICLE BUT ADVISED THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS NO REMEDY. THE DEALER ALSO ADVISED THAT MANUFACTURER WAS USING BRAKES NOT EQUIPPED FOR THE VEHICLE'S LOAD. CONSUMER ADVISED THAT BRAKES ARE "AIR OVER HYDRAULIC". *NLM

THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH BOARD. *JB THE REAR BRAKE GRABBED AND POLLED UNIT TO THE RIGHT, ALMOST IN THE BRIDGE. THE UNIT HEATED UP TO THE POINT THE COMPLETE REAR UNIT BUSHINGS AND BEARINGS, ROTORS AND CALIPER MUST BE REPLACED.*TS