After 100 mile trip, lost braking on my motorhome, with the smell of brake burning, while stopped in traffic, brake pedal went to the floor. Rear wheel liners both sides were too hot to touch. After about 30 minutes, brake fluid cooled off and braking returned. Return trip of 100 miles 3 days later with no problems.
2003 Fleetwood Southwind brakes complaints
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After 90 mile trip, lost braking on my motorhome, with the smell of brake burning, brake pedal at the floor. Rear wheel liners both sides were too hot to touch. After about 30 minutes, brake fluid cooled off and braking returned. Return trip of 90 miles 2 days later with no problems.
Coming through mountains in pennsylvania, the millage was about 25000. Right rear brake locked and overheated. I was not riding the brakes, only right rear brake locked up. I had a similar problem with both front brakes with millage at 18000 or so.
Brake failure on a 2003 fleetwood workhorse chassis motorhome. Pedal goes to the floor.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 fleetwood southwind w22. On july 3 2007, while driving 45 MPH, the front passenger side of the vehicle shook. The contact smelled something burning and pulled over to the side of the road. He noticed that the brake caliper locked. The failure was repaired at the cost of $837. On february 1, 2008, the driver's side caliper also failed. The contact pulled over and waited until the caliper released. She then drove the vehicle to the dealer and they repaired the failure at the cost of $873. The manufacturer was notified. The current mileage was 25,722 and failure mileage was 24,162. Updated 03-11-08
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 fleetwood southwind. While driving 15 MPH, the front brakes failed as the contact attempted to stop the vehicle and he smelled something burning. When the brakes cooled down, he took the vehicle to a repair shop and the mechanic stated that the pads were worn and the rotors needed to be changed. The vehicle was repaired, however, the failure recurred four months later. The number of cylinders and powertrain were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 24,000.
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