1998 Bounder Motorhome Brakes Problems
- Complaints
- 3about this part
- Share
- 50%of 6 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 45,550miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 3 complaints about the brakes of the 1998 Bounder Motorhome, 50% of the 6 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 45,550 miles.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Parking brake locked up. Noticed leaking transmission fluid coming from the parking brake box. Transmission fluid activates the pressure sensors which in turn activates and shuts off the automatic parking brake. Fix worked for awhile, however the parking brake warning light continued to go on and go off. Parking brake did not work by either putting the vehicle in park or pulling the lever on the dash which is supposed to apply, as well as deactivate, the parking brake. The system requires chocking the tires each time we stop, as we do not have any parking brake. …”
NHTSA complaint #10478813, filed 2012-10, 53,000 miles“Gvw on rear axle is 11,000# however the vehicle empty is at 11,000# right now it has about 53000 miles on it and as I bought it used recently, I went though the vehicle mechanically, and found the breaks have been overheated to the point of disintegrating the rubber components on the break calipers front and back (the rubber garment that protects the pistons on the caliper fell apart which allows contaminates to enter the piston-cylinder interface). …”
NHTSA complaint #10521038, filed 2013-06Brakes: other model years
Other parts of the 1998 Bounder Motorhome
2 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
2 complaintsEngine cooling
1 complaintsFuel system
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 1998 Bounder Motorhome
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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