WORKHORSE Complaints

LTR FROM CONGRESSMAN BISHOP ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE AN UPDATE ON AN INQUIRY HE PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED RE W20 AND W22 CHASSIS BRAKES. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE REAR BRAKE ROTORS OVERHEATED. THE BOILING BRAKE FLUID ALSO LEAD TO THE BRAKE FAILURE. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 WORKHORSE CHASSIS W22. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE RISK OF A CRASH WAS INCREASED. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. HE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE NOT APPLICABLE.

RECENT DISCUSSION BOARDS TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO SERVICE THE BRAKES ON THE WORKHORSE CHASSIS. HAD THE WHEELS PULLED AND THE BRAKES EXAMINED. ALL FOUR ROTORS WERE CRACKED, CAUSING INCREASED WEAR ON THE SHOES AND A DANGEROUS CONDITION. I REPLACED THEM AT MY OWN EXPENSE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FLEETWOOD BOUNDER. THE CONTACT TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO A LOCAL RV REPAIR SHOP FOR ROUTINE INSPECTION AND WAS INFORMED THAT HIS BRAKES WERE DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V084000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THREE YEARS AFTER THE REPAIR, HE WAS ADVISED BY A TECHNICIAN THAT THE BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE NOT APPLICABLE. UPDATED 06/11/09. *LJ THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE FRONT ROTOR HAD A LAARGE CRACK. THE ROTORS AND BRAKES WERE REPLACED. SINCE THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED, THE BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON. UPDATED 06/11/09.*JB

BRAKE BEGAN TO GET HOT AND LOOSE POWER, THEN BEGAN TO PULL TOWARD THE RIGHT. I GOT OUT AND LOOKED UNDER THE RV AND SAW A SMALL FIRE . THE CALIPER GOT SO HOT THAT IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. AND THEN I CALLED ROAD SERVICE. THEY TOAD ME TO RV REPAIR CENTER. THEY SAID THAT CALIPER HAD GONE BAD AND SO I GOT THEM TO PUT A NEW ONE ON. REPAIR MAN SAID THAT THE CALIPER HAD RUST IN IT AND DID NOT LET THE PISTON RETRACT. CAUSING THE BRAKE TO GET SO HOT THAT IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS HAPPENED IN JULY OF 2008. AFTER THIS WAS CORRECTED. I WAS TRAVELING TO ANOTHER CITY AND STOP FOR A BREAK AND SMELLED A BURNING SMELL. I THEN DISCOVERED THAT ANOTHER CALIPER HAD FROZEN UP. I THEN GOT IT TO A SERVICE DEPT. THE SERVICE REPAIR MAN ADVISED ME IT WOULD BE BEST TO GO AHEAD AND REPLACE BOTH OF THE BACK CALIPERS. HE AND I FELT SURE THAT ALL OF THE CALIPERS WOULD EVENTUALLY GO BAD BECAUSE TWO HAD ALREADY GONE BAD. I HAD THEM ALL REPLACED BECAUSE THEY COULD CAUSE ANOTHER FIRE. REPAIR TECH. SAID THAT THERE SEEMED TO BE A DEFECT IN THEM. I SPENT A LITTLE OVER $3,000.00 TO REPAIR THESE. I CONTACTED BOSH AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS WORKHORSE RESPONSIBILITY. SO THEREFORE I GOT NO RESULTS FROM EITHER OF THESE COMPANY'S. I FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE REPAID FOR THESE REPLACEMENTS. *TR

THE BRAKES ON MY 2003 WORKHORSE CHASSIS OVERHEAT. THEY ALSO SHUDDER WHEN GOING DOWN A HILL WHILE BRAKING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 WORKHORSE CHASSIS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING AND THE BRAKES WERE BURNING. HE PULLED THE VEHICLE ONTO THE SHOULDER AND INSPECTED THE HUBS OF THE TIRES TO SEE IF THEY WERE HOT. AFTER INSPECTING THE HUBS, HE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SEEMED NORMAL. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND, APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES LATER, THE STEERING COLUMN JERKED OUT OF HIS HANDS TO THE RIGHT. HE MADE A U-TURN TO RETURN THE VEHICLE TO THE STORAGE YARD, BUT WHEN HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. HE STOPPED AT A BRAKE SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BRAKE CALIPERS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 20,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 WINNEBAGO ADVENTURER WORKHORSE CHASSIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CALIPERS SEIZED AND BURND THROUGH THE BRAKES WHILE DRIVING LONG DISTANCES. THE FAILURE WAS NOTICED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. HE FELT THAT THE RV WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE BRAKES WERE CONSTANTLY MALFUNCTIONING WHILE DRIVING. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 31,080 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000. UPDATED 02-23-09 *BF UPDATED 02/24/09. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 WORKHORSE W22. WHILE SPORADICALLY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE FLUID WAS BUBBLING DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT EXPOSURE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THREE OF THE ABS WHEEL SENSORS BURNED OFF AND TWO OF THE ABS SEALS FAILED. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE BRAKE CALIPERS AND THE SEALS AT MORE THAN $1,000. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE NOT APPLICABLE. UPDATED 03/27/09 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, HE HAD TO PULL OVER AND WAIT FOR THE BRAKES TO COOL OFF. THE THIRD TIME, THE BRAKES SEIZED. THE CALIPER WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 04/01/09. *JB

WORKHORSE W22 WITH BRAKE CALIPER PROBLEMS. HAVE CHANGED 5 CALIPERS, 3 SEALS AND TWO ROTORS ON A 3 YEAR OLD MOTORHOME WITH 17,000 ON IT. *TR