NHTSA complaint: 2003 WORKHORSE CHASSIS — EQUIPMENT
BRAKE BEGAN TO GET HOT AND LOOSE POWER, THEN BEGAN TO PULL TOWARD THE RIGHT. I GOT OUT AND LOOKED UNDER THE RV AND SAW A SMALL FIRE . THE CALIPER GOT SO HOT THAT IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. AND THEN I CALLED ROAD SERVICE. THEY TOAD ME TO RV REPAIR CENTER. THEY SAID THAT CALIPER HAD GONE BAD AND SO I GOT THEM TO PUT A NEW ONE ON. REPAIR MAN SAID THAT THE CALIPER HAD RUST IN IT AND DID NOT LET THE PISTON RETRACT. CAUSING THE BRAKE TO GET SO HOT THAT IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS HAPPENED IN JULY OF 2008. AFTER THIS WAS CORRECTED. I WAS TRAVELING TO ANOTHER CITY AND STOP FOR A BREAK AND SMELLED A BURNING SMELL. I THEN DISCOVERED THAT ANOTHER CALIPER HAD FROZEN UP. I THEN GOT IT TO A SERVICE DEPT. THE SERVICE REPAIR MAN ADVISED ME IT WOULD BE BEST TO GO AHEAD AND REPLACE BOTH OF THE BACK CALIPERS. HE AND I FELT SURE THAT ALL OF THE CALIPERS WOULD EVENTUALLY GO BAD BECAUSE TWO HAD ALREADY GONE BAD. I HAD THEM ALL REPLACED BECAUSE THEY COULD CAUSE ANOTHER FIRE. REPAIR TECH. SAID THAT THERE SEEMED TO BE A DEFECT IN THEM. I SPENT A LITTLE OVER $3,000.00 TO REPAIR THESE. I CONTACTED BOSH AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS WORKHORSE RESPONSIBILITY. SO THEREFORE I GOT NO RESULTS FROM EITHER OF THESE COMPANY'S. I FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE REPAID FOR THESE REPLACEMENTS. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation