WORKHORSE Complaints

BRAKE FAILURE ON 2004 WORKHORSE 22 CHASSIS WITH LESS THAN 22,000 MILES. LEFT REAR CALIPER LOCKED UP, MASTER CYLINDER FLUID BOILED OVER, ABS SENSOR MELTED. BOTH REAR CALIPERS REPLACED, ALL HOSES, ABS SENSORS, PADS, WHEEL BEARINGS. NO ACCIDENT, INJURIES OR FIRE. THIS CHASSIS IS ON A 2004 PACE ARROW MOTOR HOME. WE WERE ABLE TO GET INTO AN RV PARK WITHIN A MILE BY PUMPING BRAKES. ALL PARTS ARE AVAILABLE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CALIPERS WHICH WERE EXCHANGED FOR CORE CHARGE. *TR

RE: NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : EA07016 : --- WORKHORSE CUSTOM CHASSIS RECALL NUMBER 50401-C, NHTSA RECALL NOL 04V-084 FOR THE BOSCH ZOPS BRAKE PROBLEM WAS COMPLETED TO MY 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER VACATIONER, MODEL 36DBD MOTORHOME. - WHILE VACATIONING AND WITH JUST 2000 MILES +/- LATER MY RIGHT REAR BRAKES CALIPER LOCKED-UP, THE SMELL OF SMOKE CAME IN THE MOTORHOME AND THEN WHEN I WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THEY WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. GOOD THING I WAS ABLE TO PULLED OVER ONTO THE SIDE OF THE HWY TO AVOID HAVING AN ACCIDENT. AFTER A WHILE WHEN THEY COOLED DOWN, I PUMPED THE BRAKES AND THEY SEEM TO BE WORKING OK. I WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY PROCEED TO MY CAMPGROUND. TOOK THE MOTORHOME TO AN AUTHORIZE WORKHORSE DEALER AND THEY REPLACE THE CALIPER ,PADS, SENSOR AND ROTOR. WORKHORSE DID COVERED THE EXPENSES FOR THIS REPAIRS. AT 11,000 MILES +/- LATER AFTER THE RECALL WORK WAS COMPLETED, THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WENT BAD AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. NOW 18,000 MILES +/- LATER AFTER THE RECALL WAS COMPLETED, THE LEFT REAR BOSCH CALIPER HUNG-UP, OVERHEATED AND I HAD TO HAVE THE CALIPER, PADS, SENSOR AND ROTOR REPLACED. I THEN CONTACTED WORKHORSE CUSTOM CHASIS ABOUT REIMBURSING THE EXPENSES I INCURRED AND THEY DECLINED. - I'M VERY AFRAID THAT THE REMINDER OF THE ORIGINAL BOSCH CALIPERS COULD LOCK-UP, FAIL AND CAUSE ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. ALL REPAIR WORK WAS DONE AT AN AUTHORIZE WORKHORSE CUSTOM CHASSIS SHOP. - PER THE VIN RECORDS THE LEFT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WAS CHANGED OUT AT 42 MILES ON MOTORHOME-- PURCHASED MOTORHOME FROM PRIVATE OWNER - MILEAGE AT TIME OF PURCHASED: 13,700 - MOTORHOME MFG DATE: 8/02 - WORKHORSE CUSTOM CHASSIS MFG. DATE 6/02. *TR

THE BRAKES WERE FADING SO I HAD THEM INSPECTED BY LES SCHWAB TIRES. THEY INFORMED ME THAT ALL 4 ROTORS HAD CRACKS IN THEM AND THEY WERE A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE ABOUT 30,000 MILES ON THE 2004 SOUTHWIND MOTORHOME WORKHORSE CHASIS. I AM RESPONDING TO NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA07016. *TR

RIGHT FRONT DISC BRAKE OVERHEATED AND CAUSED OIL SEAL FAILURE RESULTING IN CONTAMINATION OF DISC BRAKE LINING CONTAMINATION AND REDUCED BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS. *TR

2004 WORKHORSE W-22 CHASSIS FRONT BRAKE FAILURE. WORKHORSE WILL NOT ADMIT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM, AND WILL NOT ASSIST ME IN FIXING THEM. 22K MILES ON CHASSIS AND THEY SAY I MUST PAY FOR REPAIRS. THEY SHOULD BE SUED FOR SUCH POOR BUSINESS ETHICS. LOCAL DEALER ADMITS TO REPAIRING THIS TYPE PROBLEM A MINIMUM OF 5 TIMES A MONTH! WILL COST ME 2-3000 DOLLARS OUT OF MY POCKET. POOR DESIGN, WITH NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF FAILURES, THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS! *TR

REAR BRAKE CALIBERS FAILING AND REPLACING AT 16,000 MILES AND THE FRONT DOING THE SAME AT 26,500 MILES...INFORMATION BELOW IS FOR THE RECENT FAILURE, THE REAR FAILED IN 2007. *TR

FOUR WHEEL BRAKE FAILURE WITH CRACKED ROTORS AND REPLACEMENT OF ROTORS, PADS, AND CALIPERS REQUIRED. *TR

MY BRAKE DOES NOT RETURN TO THE REST POSITION AFTER USE AT THE SPEED IT ONCE DID. IT TAKES 1 TO 3 SECONDS. *TR

BRAKES ON MOTORHOME VERY POOR, NEVER SURE IT WOULD STOP. IT WOULD SLOW DOWN, JUST KEPT ON PUSHING THE PEDAL AND THE MH KEPT ON MOVING, FINALLY, IT WOULD STOP. COMPLAINED MANY TIMES TO DEALER. JUST SPENT OVER $1700 TO HAVE BRAKES REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT TRUCK GARAGE MECHANIC. HE SAID IT WAS THE POOREST BRAKING SYSTEM HE EVER SAW AND HE COULD NOT GUARANTEE THE PARTS HE HAD TO REPLACE WOULD HOLD UP. I HAVE COPIES OF ALL SERVICE AND RECALLS DONE ON THE MH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 WORKHORSE W22. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULL BACK AND FORTH. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT PULLED OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT THE BRAKE CALIPERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CALIPERS AND ALL OTHER BRAKE COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V084000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,565. UPDATED 02-12-08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED SAFETY RECALL 50401-C PERFORMED ON 09/24/04 AT 10,511 MILES. THE CONSUMER STATED MANUFACTURER SHOULD REIMBURSE HIM FOR THE COST OF REPAIRS IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 3,323.30. UPDATED 02/12/08 *TR