The left rear brakes locked-up causing smoke to and the strong odor of brake material. I removed the caliper and pushed the pistons bake into the caliper. This is the first incident with the brakes in 23,000 miles, but has been an issue with the workhorse w-22 chassis.
2004 Workhorse W22 brakes complaints
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My workhorse brakes went out, I only had 12,000 miles at the time on my new motorhome.
I had a problem and complaint with the brakes on our winnebago motorhome just as described in your the federal safety agency action ea07016. It was difficult to duplicate just as your investigation has found. This first happened in november 2007 and again in april 2008. I found an independent motorhome repair shop that had seen this complaint with 2 prior units and had repaired them. Ken meads with motorhome service in hot springs, arkansas seems very versed in this problem. His number is 501‑609‑0145. I am not happy with workhorse or bosch as they seem to think this in not their problem. I am looking forward to some type of resolution to this problem and re-imbursement of my expenses for repair.
Front right brake caliper locked up heating rotor and damaging pads, rotor, and ABS sensor.
2004 workhorse w22 motorhome chassis. Right rear brake shoes not releasing from rotor causing brakes to over heat. Damage unknown. Rv scheduled for inspection may 6, 2008. 6500 miles. Driven only occasionally.
Brakes locked up on my 2004 workhorse w22 chassis. I had to replace all 4 caliper, brake pads and all 4 ABS wheel sensors.
Right rear brake caliper over heating.
Brake failure on 2004 workhorse 22 chassis with less than 22,000 miles. Left rear caliper locked up, master cylinder fluid boiled over, ABS sensor melted. Both rear calipers replaced, all hoses, ABS sensors, pads, wheel bearings. No accident, injuries or fire. This chassis is on a 2004 pace arrow motor home. We were able to get into an rv park within a mile by pumping brakes. All parts are available, with the exception of calipers which were exchanged for core charge.
2004 workhorse w-22 chassis front brake failure. Workhorse will not admit they have a problem, and will not assist me in fixing them. 22k miles on chassis and they say I must pay for repairs. They should be sued for such poor business ethics. Local dealer admits to repairing this type problem a minimum of 5 times a month! Will cost me 2-3000 dollars out of my pocket. Poor design, with numerous accounts of failures, they should have to pay for repairs!
Rear brake calibers failing and replacing at 16,000 miles and the front doing the same at 26,500 miles...information below is for the recent failure, the rear failed in 2007.
Complete brake failure at 55 MPH due to rear brake being locked up and overheating. Mechanic said it was defective calipers.
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.
2004 workhorse w22. After turning off the ignition a whirring sound began. The consumer soon learned that when pressing the brake pedal to start the vehicle, there was no whirring sound. *ph the consumer open the hood and determined that the noise was coming from the brake box. The consumer stated the brakes would squeak when applied and also lock up. Also, the brake warning light would illuminate. A recall was finally issued. The rv was at the dealer for 31 days because the brake parts were not available. The calipers were finally replaced along with a broken rotor on the left side of the rv. The consumer was advised that workhorse would not cover the broken the rotor as a warranty item and the consumer would be responsible for the part and labor. Updated 12/23/10
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