| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003225353 | Incident Date: Jun, 26 2003 |
| Consumer's City: GARDEN RIDGE | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. |
| Model Name: STORM | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Parking brake:driveline:hydraulic:actuator |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1GBLP37J4W3 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 21 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 13 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Automatic parking brake failure--brake engaged while motorhome in motion, causing brake pads and drum to severly overheat, ruining components and making parking brake inoperative. apparently, a pressure sensing switch began leaking fluid, which caused the brakes to engage while my wife was driving down the highway. at the first available gm dealership, they diagnosed the failed pressure switch, but were unable to replace it. they disconnected the parking brake system, but told my wife that the unit was safe to operate, that the transmission would hold the vehicle when placed in park. she found out that this was false when she stopped the motorhome and as she was leaving it, it began to roll. please re-open pe99-006. my dealer told me that gmc had a lot of problems with this "new" parking brake system and quickly discontinued using it and reverted to their "old" system. |
