WORKHORSE Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FLEETWOOD PACE ARROW RECREATIONAL VEHICLE ON A 2003 WORKHORSE . THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS AND THE FRONT DISC BRAKES OVERHEATED. IN ADDITION, THE DEALER DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR BRAKES ALSO FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,119 AND CURRENT MILEAGE IS 12,536. UPDATED 04-23-09 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT AXLE PLASTIC OIL CUPS, INNRE AXLE SEALS, ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS WERE DESTROYED BY HEAT. DURING AN VISUAL INSPECTION, IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE REAR BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING DUE TO LACK OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. THE RV HAS NOT BEEN REAPIRED DUEE TO AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION BY THE CONSUMER. UPATED 05/01/09. *JB

2ND OCCURRENCE OF BRAKE STICKING / DRAG DURING THIS TRIP. R REAR BRAKE DID NOT RELEASE AFTER BRAKING CAUSING DRAG & OVERHEATING. THIS (AND THE PREVIOUS REPORTED INCIDENT) OCCURRED AFTER GOING THROUGH A SECTION OF IN-TOWN STOP & GO TRAFFIC & STOP LIGHTS. THIS OCCURRENCE WAS RECOGNIZED QUICKLY AND WAS NOT AS SEVERE AS THE PREVIOUS ONE. I WAS ABLE TO COOL THE BRAKES DOWN AND THEY RELEASED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG INTERSTATE 4 AND STOPPED AT A REST AREA AFTER NOTICING DIMINISHED BRAKING ON MY MOTORHOME. I IMMEDIATELY DETECTED THE SMELL OF OVERHEATED BRAKES. I THEN PROCEEDED CAUTIOUSLY AND PUMPED THE BRAKES, NOTING THAT THE ABS SYSTEM FAILURE LIGHT WAS LUMINATED ON THE DASH. THE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES SEEMED TO DIMINISH, BUT NOTED THAT THE EFFICIENCY OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN PRIOR TO THE OVERHEATING. I HAVE LEARNED OF THE LONG HISTORY OF THE EXACT PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON THE WORKHORSE CUSTOM CHASSIS, AND THAT A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM WAS ,ADE, BUT STOPPED SHORT OF COVERING ALL OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES, AND THAT YOU ARE INVESTIGATING THIS MATTER UNDER ODI NUMBER EA07016. THE CHASSIS WAS BUILT IN OCTOBER, 2003. *TR

BRAKE FAILURE - LOCKUP OF FRONT BRAKE CALIPER / ROTOR CAUSING OVERHEATING AND BRAKE FAILURE. NO SERIOUS INJURY RESULTED. CAUSED TRIP DELAY AND SIGNIFICANT COST TO REPAIR REPLACE BRAKE COMPONENTS AFFECTED. DEALER INSPECTED AND DIAGNOSED SIGNIFICANT OVERHEATING AND CRACKING OF THE FRONT ROTORS AND RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF SAME AND PADS & SEALS AT A COST OF APPROX $900. THIS UNIT WAS PURCHASED USED WITH APPROX 37600 MILES AT WHICH TIME THE DEALER (WH SERVICE CENTER) INSPECTED AND REPLACE BRAKE PADS ON ALL 4 WHEELS. THIS UNIT IS STORED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AT A TIME BUT HAS ALWAYS BEEN INSIDE STORAGE AND THE UNIT IS NOT DRIVEN IN WINTER WEATHER. *TR

RIGHT FRONT BRAKE CALIPER NOT FULLY RELEASING, CAUSING EXTREME HEAT, MELTING OF PLASTIC COVER, GLAZING OF THE ROTOR, MELTING OF THE ABS SPEED SENSOR. THE FAILURE OCCURS ALMOST EVERY TRIP, WHERE THE BRAKE DRAGS SLIGHTLY, BUT USUALLY RELEASES AFTER A FEW MILES. I HAVE HAD THE WORKHORSE RECALL COMPLETED REGARDING BRAKES, BUT IT DID NOT HELP THE ISSUE. *TR

ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND I WENT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED. THE SERVICE TECH SHOWED ME THE ROTORS AND CALIPERS. THEY WERE BADLY CRACKED AND OVERHEATED. COST $4700 TO REPAIR. WOULD NOT WARRANTY THEM BECAUSE THE COMPUTER CODE SAID I WAS RIDING THE BRAKES. "FALSE". THEY INSTALLED A ZERK FITTING ON THE SHAFT TO THE BELL CRANK WITHOUT DOCUMENTING IT. *TR

2004 WINNEBAGO WITH WORKHORSE 22 CHASSIS HAD REAR BRAKES STICKING WHICH BURNED UP THE ABS SENSOR WHEN THE BRAKE DRUMS GOT HOT. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE W 22 WORKHORSE CHASSIS . *TR

2004 GULF STREAM SUN VOYAGER (WORKHORSE CUSTOM CHASSIS W22) RECALL NOTICE ON CAMPAIGN NO. 60601-C FOR THE CLIP THAT RETAINS THE ENGINE FUEL RAIL PULSE DAMPER MAY FRACTURE LEADING TO A FUEL LEAK. *NJ THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED A MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM WAS THE LOSS OF BRAKES WHILE ON A CAMPING TRIP. WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS APPROACHING A RED LIGHT, HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, BUT THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD. HE IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE SAFETY BRAKE AND PUMPED WHAT LITTLE BRAKE PEDAL HE HAD. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO STOP IN TIME. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE RV TO A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS INFORMED A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, WHERE THE BRAKES OVERHEAT AND FAIL. *JB

WINNEBAGO ADVENTURER 2004, SOLD TO ORIGINAL OWNER DEC 6, 2003 - WE ARE SECOND OWNERS - WE PURCHASED IN FEB 2005 W22 WORKHORSE CHASSIS, 22,000 LBS. MOTORHOME IS ON 2003 OR MAYBE 2002 WORKHORSE CHASSIS 31,569 MILES ON COACH AT TIME OF REPAIR 2/19/2009 INCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATE 31,400 MILES ON 2/2/2009. FEB 2, 2009. DROVE MOTORHOME FROM WACHULA TO ORLANDO CAMPGROUND. WE SMELLED SOMETHING LIKE HOT PLASTIC WHEN EXITING MH. HUBS WERE COOL. THERE WAS NOT INDICATION OF A BRAKE PROBLEM DURING THE 70 MILE TRIP FROM WACHULA TO ORLANDO. NO DRAG ON BRAKES, NO LOSS OF BRAKING THAT WOULD ALERT US TO A PROBLEM. TURNED OFF ENGINE TO REGISTER. RESTARTED AND ABS LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OUT WHEN IGNITION WAS ON. CHASSIS IS WORKHORSE. CALLED WORKHORSE AND WERE ADVISED WE COULD DRIVE MOTORHOME TO SEFFNER APPROX 60 MILES AWAY. APPT. SET FOR 2/16/2009. ABS LIGHT REMAINED ON ENTIRE DRIVE. WHEN TECH ADV STARTED UP MOTORHOME THE ABS LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON. AT LAZY DAYS, DIAGNOSTICS SHOWED ALL SENSORS HAD FAILED, CALIPERS AND ROTORS SHOWED SIGNS OF HEAT. WE HAD BRAKES ON ALL FOUR WHEELS REPLACED. OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY (NATIONAL WARRANTY OF FLORIDA) PAID FOR ONE OF THE FOUR TO BE REPLACED, STATING THAT ACCORDING TO THEIR DIAGNOSTICS ONLY ONE SENSOR HAD FAILED. WE ARE UNABLE TO FINE ANY RECALL FOR THE BRAKES ON OUR YEAR COACH BUT HAVE SEEN SOME SERVICE BULLETINS. THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER COACHES IN LINE TO BE REPAIRED WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WE HAD. *TR

FACSIMILE FROM CONGRESSMAN MCKEON ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT WHO HAS SAFETY CONCERNS WITH BRAKE FAILURES ON MOTORHOMES BUILT ON WORKHORSE CHASSIS CORP W-20 AND W-22. *NJ ALL 4 ROTORS ON THE CONSUMERS RV WERE CRACKED ALL THE WAY THROUGH. THE PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. *JB