| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006059077 | Incident Date: Mar, 08 2006 |
| Consumer's City: SAINT JOSEPH | Consumer's State: LA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: WORKHORSE CUSTOM CHASSIS |
| Model Name: W22 | Model Year: 2004 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:disc:caliper |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 5B4MP67GX43 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 12 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 08 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: On 9 mar 2006 i was traveling on la highway 128 enroute to winnsboro, la in my 24' 2004 winnebago motorhome built on a workhorse chassis. time of day was around 7:30 am, road was dry and flat. temperature was probably in high 60's (deg f) to low 70's. i had engaged cruise control at 50 mph and overdrive was engaged. without warning the steering column began to violently shake, the allison 1000 transmission slipped out of od into 3d gear and then immediately shifted into 2d gear. cruise control remained engaged. engine speed remained at about 1500-1800 rpm but road speed dropped to nearly 0 mph. after shutting the engine down i smelled an odor of hot metal. i inspected the coach inside and outside but did not find any visible smoke or flame. i returned to the coach, restarted the engine, and proceeded without further difficulty. during the above described action the coach did not pull either right or left, and there were no alarms, either visual or aurally from the display lanel. this leads me to believe that the front left and right disk brakes closed on the rotors equally, causing the coach to come to a straight-line stop. i have read of previous models (2002 and perhaps 2003) of this same chassis equipped with bosch calipers having brake problems resulting in fires and other serious damage to the vehicle. i now believe that this problem is surfacing once again, this time in the 2004 workhorse chassis. a call to the manufacturer resulted in no offer of a possible cause, or other advice.*jb |
