2004 Fleetwood Bounder

BRAKE CALIPER SEIZED ON MY 2004 BOUNDER MOTORHOME WITH WORKHORSE CHASSIS. THE DRAGGING BRAKE ON RIGHT REAR BECAME HOT ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE BRAKE FLUID TO BOIL WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKE SYSTEM TO FAIL TO THE POINT OF THE BRAKE PEDAL GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE ANY TYPE OF BRAKING OCCURRED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A WORKHORSE DEALER WHERE IT WAS INSPECTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE INCIDENT HAD OCCURRED. EVENTUALLY THE CALIPER RELEASED AND THE BRAKES SEEMED TO BE IN WORKING ORDER. NOTHING WAS FIXED NOR DONE AND AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS THE VEHICLE WAS REMOVED FORM THE DEALER AND HAS BEEN IN STORAGE. THE BRAKES FAILED FOR NO REASON AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX THEM OR PREVENT RECURRENCE. *TR

FRONT RIGHT & REAR LEFT BRAKE CALIPERS LOCKED UP ON OUR 2004 W-22 WORKHORSE CHASSIS. BURNED OUT ABS LEFT. REAR SENSOR. WAITED UNTIL BRAKES COOLED, MANAGED TO DRIVE HOME. FIRST TIME THIS OCCURED. MILEAGE 23,446.4 MILES. CHECKED AT LOCAL W/H DEALER, INFORMED THAT WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEW REPLACEMENT PARTS WHERE AVAILABLE IN OCT./NOV./DEC.. THEY SUGGESTED NOT TO DRIVE UNIT WITH PRESENT BRAKE SYSTEM AS WAS UNSAFE.

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FLEET WOOD BOUNDER. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE GLASS IS SE-GI PRODUCTS INC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOWS ARE NOT CLEAR, WHICH IMPAIRS HIS VISIBILITY. A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY INCREASES THE RISK OF VEHICLE CRASH. HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE WINDOWS AT AN EXPENSE OF 300.00. HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND A REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT BECAUSE THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED, THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,800. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 24,300.

2004 BOUNDER COACH PURCHASED NEW IN AUG/SEPT 2003. I (2ND OWNER) PURCHASED COACH IN DEC 2006. COACH PUT DIRECTLY INTO STORAGE UNTIL FEB 2007, WHEN I DISCOVERED THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW AND THE L/R WINDOW WERE FOGGED. THOUGHT IT WAS FILM FROM BEING STORED. IT WAS NOT AFTER INSPECTION. WINDOWS HAVE COMPLETELY LOST THEIR SEAL. CAN NOT SEE OUT OF DRIVERS WINDOW WHEN IT RAINS OR WHEN SUN IS SHINING ON THEM. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION FOUND THAT ALL THE WINDOWS ( 11 ) HAVE SOME DEGREE OF FOGGING. I CONTACTED FLEETWOOD WHO SAID THEY COULD DO NOTHING AND TOLD ME TO CONTACT SE-GI PRODUCTS IN CALIFORNIA. I DID AND THEY SAID TO SEND THEM PICTURES AND A DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM. THEY CALLED ME AFTER RECEIVING THEM AND SAID THE COACH WAS OUT OF THE 3-YEAR WARRANTY AND THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING. I CALLED FLEETWOOD AGAIN THEY SAID "THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE PAST MONTH OR SO AND SHE WOULD CALL SEGI AND SEE WHAT SHE COULD DO. SHE TOLD ME SHE JUST HAD ANOTHER COACH IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS WITH ALMOST THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM AND RECEIVED HELP FOR THEM". 4 DAYS LATER SHE CALLED ME BACK AND SAID "SE-GI IS UNWILLING TO DO ANYTHING, NOT EVEN SELL ME WINDOWS AT COST!" "SORRY" I EMAILED HER AND TOLD HER THIS WAS UN-ACCEPTABLE. FLEETWOOD TOLD ME THE ORIGINAL OWNER CONTACTED THEM IN SEPT. 2006 ABOUT THE WINDOWS, BUT FLEETWOOD TOLD THEM THERE WAS NOT RECALL AT THAT TIME. (I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS, UNTIL FLEETWOOD TOLD ME WHEN I CALLED THEM) THIS CALL BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER WAS WITHIN A MONTH OF THE WARRANTY EXPIRING. MY CALL WAS 6 MONTHS AFTER THE 3 YEAR (SO CALLED WARRANTY). I COULD POSSIBLY SEE FLEETWOOD/SE-GI NOT WARRANTING 1 OR 2 WINDOWS, BUT ALL 11 WINDOWS. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SERIOUS DEFECT. I CAN NOT DRIVE THE COACH UNTIL AT LEAST THE DRIVERS WINDOW IS REPLACED. VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THANK YOU *TR

MULTIPLE BRAKE ISSUES ON 2004 RV WITH CHEVY WORKHORSE CHASSIS - OVERHEATING DISC BRAKE CALIPERS AND POOR PERFORMANCE. RV HAS LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON IT AT THIS TIME AND WE HAVE BEEN STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH THE SAME OR SIMILAR BRAKE ISSUE FOUR TIMES IN THE PAST 8-10 MONTHS. THE AUTHORIZED WORKHORSE DEALER COULDN'T IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM SO JUST TRIED DIFFERENT THINGS TO TRY TO FIX IT. THE BRAKE LINES WERE BLED, CALIPERS WERE REPLACED THE LAST TIME AND THERE IS AN ABS ISSUE THIS TIME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FLEETWOOD BOUNDER. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30-45 MPH, THE BRAKE SHOES RUBBED AGAINST THE ROTORS. THEY DO NOT RELEASE PROPERLY AND CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VEER UNEXPECTEDLY TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS NOTIFIED OF A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR THE SAME ISSUE REGARDING THE DESIGN, WHICH IS A VERY COMMON FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM WITH CALIPERS AND ROTORS IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 8,000.

MY WIFE AND I LEFT OUR HOME IN SURFSIDE BEACH, SC FOR A WEEKEND OF NC CAMPING. WE PASSED THROUGH CONWAY, SC ON HWY 501. MY WIFE ASKED IF I LEFT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON, BECAUSE THERE CAME A SMELL OF OVERHEATED BRAKES. MY BRAKE WAS OFF, AND WE THOUGHT THE SMELL WAS COMING FROM TRAFFIC AHEAD OF US. THE SMELL GOT STRONGER, THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING INTO OVERDRIVE AND I ALSO NOTICED A DECREASE IN FUEL ECONOMY (ON BOARD MPG COMPUTER). WE WERE DOING ABOUT 55 MPH. AS I PULLED INTO A GAS STATION IN AYNOR, SC TO CHECK THINGS I DISCOVERED I HAD NO BRAKES (PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR). I PUMPED THE BRAKES AND MANAGED TO PULL IN; WE COULD FEEL HEAT COMING OFF THE REAR WHEELS (AND SMELL) WHEN WE WALKED AROUND THE COACH. THE ABS MALFUNCTION LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED. OUR RV IS A 2004 36 FT. BOUNDER ON A W22 WORKHORSE CHASSIS. THE RV WAS BUILT IN JULY, 2003 (07/03), AND HAS LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON IT. I CALLED WORKHORSE AND ASKED FOR THE CLOSEST SERVICE CENTER. I WAS GIVEN THE NAME OF A MYRTLE BEACH, SC CENTER, SO I CALLED THEM TO ARRANGE A TOW. THE TOW TRUCK OPERATOR DID NOT WANT TO TOW MY RV FROM AYNOR TO MYRTLE BEACH WITH A REAR BRAKE PROBLEM. I PAID $1303.29 FOR PARTS (2 REAR CALIPERS, 2 ROTORS, BRAKES , 2 ABS SENSORS AND 2 AXLE SEALS) WHICH I PURCHASED FROM THE MYRTLE BEACH WORKHORSE CENTER AND CARRIED TO THE AYNOR SERVICE STATION WHERE I PAID $506.26 FOR THEM TO INSTALL THE NEW PARTS. NOTE: THE RIGHT REAR ABS SENSOR MELTED OUT OF THE REAR WHEEL ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I HAVE THE OLD PARTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FLEETWOOD BOUNDER. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURS AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE WILL RESTART WHILE STILL IN MOTION. THE FAILURE OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,500 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000. UPDATED 07/15/08 *BF THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS REPALCED. UPDATED 07/15/08