Consumer Complaint Detail

WORKHORSE / W22 / 2003

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007119656 Incident Date: Jul, 05 2007
Consumer's City: LEESBURG Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: WORKHORSE CUSTOM CHASSIS
Model Name: W22 Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 5B4MP67G933 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 15 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Jul, 09 2003
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Right front brake caliper locked up in heavy traffic. had fire, was able to extinguish with onboard extinguisher. motor home was towed and taked to a workhorse service center. georgia commercial vehicles in marietta, ga. they replaced one caliper, one cracked rotor, right front turned rotor on left front. replaced brake pads front and rear. total cost $937.51 continued on or trip but noticed on going problems with brakes but no lockup. upon return to leesburg, fl. took mh. to nichols diesel in eustis, fl . another workhorse service center. they the had to replace both front calipers, turned the new rotor on the right front, rreplaced therotor on left front, cracked. replaced brake pads on front.cost $1278.99. sent letters to workhorse but no response. called workhorse and was told that the motorhome was out of warranty and not subject to a recall ever though it had only 28,554 miles of use. they this was normal. after looking on the internet i don't think so. we were lucky that. *tr