2003 Workhorse W22

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 WORKHORSE W22 CHASSIS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, THE CONTACT SMELLED A STRONG BURNING ODOR. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, HE EXPERIENCED REDUCED BRAKING CAPABILITY AND THE ABS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND HAD THE ABS SENSOR REPLACED DUE TO OVERHEATING. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V110000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE MANUFACTURER. A REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT A CORRECTIVE REMEDY HAD NOT BEEN DEVELOPED; THEREFORE, THEY COULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE STILL PERSISTS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE NOT APPLICABLE. UPDATED 5/28/09 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED ONCE HE GOT ON THE HIGHWAY, THE SMELL SEEMED TO DISSIPATE, BUT WHEN HE CAME TO A STEEP GRADE AND APPLIED THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFFTER THE RV SAT FOR AN 1/2 THE SMELL WENT AWAY, BUT THE ABS LIGHT STAYED ON. UPDATED 05/29/09.*JB

WE OWN 2003 RV ON A WORKHORSE CHASSIS. WE JUST RECEIVED FROM WORKHORSE SAFETY RECALL 50901C INTERIM NOTICE. IN MAY 2008 OUR REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP IN OCALA, FL WHILE ENROUTE TO OUR HOME IN RI. SEVERE OVERHEATING WITH BRAKE BURNING SMELL, BRAKES DRAGGING AND THE BRAKES BECAME SUDDENLY MUSHY WHEN APPLIED, WE DID NOT REALIZE IT WAS OUR BRAKES BECAUSE OUR WINDOWS WERE CLOSED. WHEN THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER, DISCOVERED THE REAR HUBS WERE VERY HOT. WE WERE TOWED TO A WHEEL AND BRAKE FACILITY NEAR I 75 WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE FROM THE HEAT. REPLACED WERE BEARINGS IN THE DIFFERENTIAL, CALIPERS, ROTORS. PADS. WE HAVE CONTACTED THE REPAIR FACILITY TO MAIL US A COMPLETE LIST OF REPAIRS. WE HAD 23 DAYS LEFT ON A FIVE YR. EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT PAID OVER $1700 AND WE PAID OUT OF POCKET OVER $2100 THAT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE INSURANCE FOR SOME REASON. THIS YR, APRIL 2009, WE AGAIN TRIED TO DRIVE THE RV HOME FROM CENTRAL FL AND MADE IT 20 MILES UP US27 WHEN AGAIN WE NOTICED THE BURNING SMELL, PULLED OVER, AND THIS TIME THE FRONT HUBS WERE VERY HOT SO WE RETURNED THE RV TO THE CAMPGROUND AND MAKE PLANS TO HAVE THE FRONT BRAKES FIXED WHEN WE RETURN IN THE FALL. WE DID NOT FEEL THERE WAS ANY HOPE FOR US UNTIL WE GOT THE RECALL NOTICE THE OTHER DAY HERE IN RI. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 MONACO COACH LAPALMA MOTOR HOME. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED SOMETHING OVERHEATING ON HIS VEHICLE. HE PULLED THE MOTOR HOME OVER TO INSPECT IT, BUT FOUND NO FAILURES. TWO MILES LATER, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME MUSHY AND EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO COOL DOWN. HE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE TO HIS DESTINATION. BY THIS TIME, THERE WAS COOLANT LEAKING FROM THE MOTOR AND OIL LEAKING FROM THE BEARINGS. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE WHEEL BEARINGS MAY HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ABS SENSORS WERE WELDED AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE CALIPERS AND ALL OF THE RELATED HOSES. THE FLUIDS, HUB BEARINGS, AND ABS SENSORS WERE ALSO REPLACED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE FAILURES AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 26,300. UPDATED 06/08/09 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FIRST TIME THEY STOPPED WAS TO PUT STABIL IN THE GAS TANK FOR THE WINTER. ABOUT 2 MILES LATER, THEY SMELLED AN ODOR AND STOPPED THE COACH. ABOUT 1 MILE BEFORE REACHING THEIR DESTINATION, THE BRAKES WERE PULLING AND THERE WAS NOT MUCH PEDAL AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CALIPER, HOSE AND WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WERE REPLACED. UPDATED 06/18/09.*JB

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 W22 WORKHORSE CHASSIS. WHILE DRIVING THE CHASSIS STARTED TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND A LOT NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE BRAKES WHEN APPLY. THE CONTACT MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALERSHIP TO DIAGNOSE THE BRAKES. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE ABS SYSTEM HAD MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO THE EXTREME HEAT FROM THE BRAKE CALIPERS BEING APPLIED TO THE ROTORS. THE CONTACT FOUND A RECALL VIA THE INTERNET BUT HIS VEHICLE DID NOT FALL INTO THE RECALL PARAMETERS. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AWAITING REPAIRS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 28,392 AND FAILURE MILEAGE 28,382.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 WORKHORSE W22 TRAILER. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED A BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULL TO THE RIGHT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. HE PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT BRAKES WERE VERY HOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS AND SEALS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. FOUR YEARS LATER, WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED A STRONG BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. HE EXITED THE VEHICLE TO INSPECT THE FAILURE AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR BRAKES WERE VERY HOT. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,548 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 27,835. UPDATED 5/7/09 *CN UPDATED 05/12/09.*JB

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

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

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.