2002 Fleetwood Bounder Brakes Problems

“Owning this coach since 2003 near new I have had hundreds of episodes of rocking, tracking and steering control problems that have been near misses and roll over accidents. I have owned the same brand in other rvs previously through the years because I believed in the manufactured brand. The suspension is well known as a Fleetwood rocker instead of a Fleetwood Bounder by all the motorhome dealers that carry other frames and chassis. They obviously know the problems with it being dealers and not engineers. …”

“While on a trip through northern california, my ABS light came on and breaking ability was compromised. This is despite me downshifting repeatedly while going down hills and applying breaks steadily (no pumping) as needed. After I returned home, I immediately took the rv to a service center and was told that the o-rings on the front breaks had melted due to excessive heat and wheel seals had been damaged. In addition, both front calipers, all 4 ABS sensors and brake fluid needed to be replaced due to boiling of the breaking fluid. …”

“Tl * the contact owns a 2002 Fleetwood Bounder rv. While driving 50 MPH the vehicle front brakes locked up. He drove the vehicle off to the side of the road. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the compliant.the contact reference NHTSA recall 09v11000 and stated that a quick fix recall repair was done some years ago. The approximate[failure and current mileage was 22,000. Updated 7/28/10.”

“Dt: the consumer received NHTSA recall 04v084000 concerning brake calipers on 2002 Fleetwood Bounder in october of 2004. The consumer was having problems with brakes starting in july 2003. The consumer had the brakes fixed under warranty. The recall work was done on august 10, 2004, but the owner had not received recall notice at this point. He was given information about the recall from the dealership. The consumer called dealership back and told him that recall work needed to be done. The consumer was informed by the dealer that recall work had already been done. …”

“I received the information from workhorse for the fix for the brake problem, I tried to call them and go threw the system of transfers only to get hung up on by the machine. Yes my motorhome is part of the campaign, but who's gonna pay for the thousands I've spent replacing brake rotors to keep the motorhome useful while waiting almost 8 years. You can't get a person a workhorse on the phone to even ask the question much less get an answer.”