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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004305030 | Incident Date: Aug, 18 2004 |
| Consumer's City: DEBARY | Consumer's State: FL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: WORKHORSE CUSTOM CHASSIS |
| Model Name: W22 | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 5B4MP67G113 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 25 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Apr, 11 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: We have a 2001 winnebago adventurer class a motorhome on a workhorse w22 chassis. i am writing regarding the abs braking system. in august 2004, while driving, it felt like the rv was getting a flat tire. we pulled over and found no evidence of that. all the instrument lights and gauges were working properly and no warning lights. on continuing down the highway, i noticed that when i applied the brake, it would steer to the right quite noticeably, and there was also a smell of burning plastic. the mechanic replaced the left front caliper, the melted abs sensor and the cracked rotor due to excessive heat. i called workhorse and they had no brake, sensor or rotor problems reported. we used our extended warranty. the total bill was $1,252.67. warranty paid $356.68 and we paid $895.99. the rv had 19,335 miles. since then we have read of a couple of people with similar brake sensor problems, and talked with a camper who had replaced the front brake pads three times in less than 20,000 miles on workhorse chassis. i am beginning to think that this is not an isolated incident and maybe there should be a recall. there was evidently some malfunction for the abs light not to give us a warning when i checked the dashboard. we have bragged on the workhorse chassis to so many of our friends and have been really pleased with its performance up to this point. i would like to think that workhorse would check into the problem and reimburse us and the warranty co.*ak |
