| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 002087391 | Incident Date: Jan, 23 2002 |
| Consumer's City: | Consumer's State: FL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: SAFARI | Model Year: 1995 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:master cylinder |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4SLA7GL25S1 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 26 2002 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 28 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Upon starting my motor home i applied the brakes and the pedal went clear to the floor with little or no resistance. the engine was running at the time. i tried several times to "pump up" the brakes with no change. the vehicle was towed to a repair station where the initial findings are a master cylinder failure. there is no evidence of an external leak, both brake fluid chambers are full. no repairs have been started as of this date 1/27/02. i called monaco/safari/spartan (chassis) and spoke to a tech service representative who claimed that the problem could be caused by an internal failure of the master cylinder. not believing that a failure(no external loss of fluid) could cause this condition i called bendix (now bosch) engineering and spoke to mr ralph porter (sp). he indicated that their master cyl. could not fail in this way unless there was a total breakdown of the internal seals in the cyl. which was most unlikely.neither company indicated an interest in investigating this event. i have reviewed the fed. motor vehicle safety std. 105 and have concluded that this event was in violation fo the standard.*ak |
