2003 Workhorse W22

2003 WORKHORSE W22 CHASSIS. CONSUMER WRITES REGARDING WORKHORSE RECALL *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED ON JANUARY 28, 2010. EIGHT MONTHS LATER, THE RV WAS BACK AT THE REPAIR SHOP FOR MORE BRAKE WORK. WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED HOME FROM A TRIP, THERE WAS A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL REGARDING THE BRAKES. THE FRONT AND REAR CALIPERS WERE REPLACED, AS WELL AS THE ROTORS AND PADS. *JB

2003 WORKHORSE W22 CHASSIS. CONSUMER WRITES REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS BURNING BRAKE SMELL COMING FROM THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE RV AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR TWICE. THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAS WAITED OVER A YEAR FOR THE RECALL TO BE PERFORMED. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL WAS BEING LIMITED TO A BOSCH PART. UPDATED 12/22/10*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 REX HALL AERBUS MOTOR HOME, WITH A WORKHORSE W22 CHASSIS. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH HE ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND BEGAN TO SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. THE CONTACT STATED HE PULLED INTO AN RV CAMP GROUND AND INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, THE DEALER REPLACED ALL FOUR BRAKE CALIBERS. HE STATED THE MANUFACTURER WAS REFUSING TO REIMBURSE HIM FOR THE REPAIRS SINCE HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE FIRST RECALL. HE REFERENCE RECALL 09V110000, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC AND STATED HE RECEIVED THIS RECALL RECENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED HE HAS NOT HAD THE ABOVE RECALL REPAIR PERFORMED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,800.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 WINNEBAGO ADVENTURER 38L WITH A WORKHORSE W22 CHASSIS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH HE ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. HE PULLED OVER INTO A REST AREA UNTIL THE VEHICLE COOLED OFF. HE STATED THAT THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE DEALER CLEANED AND REMOVED ALL OF THE WHEEL SENSORS. A MONTH LATER THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER WHO REMOVED AND CLEANED ALL OF THE ABS SENSORS, THE CALIPERS AND ROTORS. TWO NEW REAR SENSORS WERE ALSO INSTALLED. LESS THAN A MONTH LATER, THE ABS LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED RECALL 09V110000, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN USED SINCE APRIL 2010. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 23,700.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 WINNEBAGO BRAVE WITH A WORKHORSE W22 CHASSIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED THE FIRST RECALL NOTICE FOR THE BRAKES ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO; NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V110000 AND THEN RECEIVED A SECOND ONE A FEW WEEKS AGO. HE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. HE STATED THAT IT WOULD COST HIM $200 PER WHEEL TO HAVE THE BRAKES REPAIRED AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 24,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 WORKHORSE W22. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V110000, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. REPEATED PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND SHUT OFF. AFTER WAITING APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO OPERATE AS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA OF THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V110000, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SO IT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 WORKHORSE W-22 CHASSIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V110000 (SERVICE BRAKES-HYDRAULIC) APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO. HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO MAKE RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. SINCE THE INITIAL RECALL LETTER, THE CONTACT RECEIVED THREE ADDITIONAL NOTICES AND WHEN CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER, HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE PARTS HAD NOT BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS INOPERABLE DUE TO THE RECALL, WHICH WAS NOT BEING ADDRESSED WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME, AS STATED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 9,272. UPDATED 11/16/10. *LJ

2003 34' CLASS A, PACE ARROW MOTOR HOME ON A 2003 WORKHORSE W22 CHASSIS. CONSUMER WRITES REGARDING BRAKES AND RECALL *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE NOTICED A DRAG ON THE WHEELS WHILE DRIVING. BY THE TIME HE REACHED HIS DESTINATION, THERE WAS A BAD ODOR COMING FROM THE RV. THE CONSUMER THEN DISCOVERED THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WAS VERY HOT. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE RV TO THE DEALER. UPON INSPECTION, THE DEALER STATED THE BRAKES CHECKED OUT FINE. FIVE DAYS LATER THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME HARD TO PRESS. WHEN HE REACHED HIS DESTINATION, THE BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE RV TO A REPAIR SHOP. ACCORDING TO THE INVOICE, THE REAR BRAKE PADS AND ABS WERE REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT TIMES, IT SEEMED AS THOUGH A ROTOR WAS WARPED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED IT WAS CAUSED WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE PAD FROZE, BUT NO ONE MENTIONED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WHEN IT FIRST OCCURRED. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 WORKHORSE W-22. THE CONTACT STATED SHE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V110000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) IN MAY 2009. SHE RECEIVED A SECOND NOTICE DECEMBER 2009. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO MAKE THE REPAIRS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL BUT WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE NHTSA WAS THE CAUSE OF THE DELAY IN THE REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND ONE YEAR AFTER RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE, THE MANUFACTURER WAS STILL UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED TIME OF WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE BECAME INOPERABLE DUE TO THE FAULTY BRAKES. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 22,000. UPDATED 01/24/11 *BF UPDATED 02/03/11.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2003 FOREST RIVER WINDSONG RV ON A 2003 WORK HORSE CHASSIS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE W22FRONT BRAKES BEGAN SMOKING. THE CONTACT MOVED OFF THE ROADWAY TO ALLOW THE BRAKES TIME TO COOL. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND WERE WORKING ON A REMEDY TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THERE WAS AN OPEN RECALL ON THE VEHICLE (09V110000: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) YET THERE WAS NOT A REPAIR AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE FAILURE COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000 AND THE CURRENT WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 10/28/10. *LJ UPDATED 10/28/10