2003 Workhorse Chassis Brakes Problems

“On a recent trip to the florida keys the anti-lock brake light came on. I checked the brakes and they seemed alright for the rest of the trip. I made an appointment to correct this condition in jan '08. The repair facility advise that all the brakes had been overheated, found calipers seizing up damaged wheel speed sensors. They replaced calipers, rotors, pads and wheel speed sensors also drilled and installed a grease fitting on the service brake pedal bell crank to prevent future seizing and damage new brake components. I have the damaged parts.”

“This letter is to communicate my disappointment in my Workhorse Chassis. On january 1, 2008 we were moving our motor home to a new rv park for the month. I started to smell a bad odor while driving in moderate stop and go traffic. I pulled the coach into a service station to discover a smoking and stuck hot brake on the driver's side rear. I unhooked my tow vehicle and backed up my coach and was able to get the brake to release. I contacted a Workhorse service center for an appointment. At that time they informed me they only do warranty work on Workhorse Chassis. …”

“While driving my rv I began to lose power. I parked and found the engine compartment very hot and smelled of burning material. I noticed the front wheel covers were too hot to touch. I called the selling dealer and was advised to call the Chassis manufacturer who in turn advised to call the authorized workhouse dealer in town who then advised me to contact a transmission company in nearby corpus christi and not drive the unit but have it towed. I was told the transmission had locked down for some reason and not to drive it further. I had the unit towed. …”

“(1) on my first trip in my 2003 Workhorse Chassis r.v. About 31 miles into the trip in freeway traffic I noticed on a slight up grade the vehicle was not accelerating like normal. The transmission was not upshifting. (2) I pulled over and then smoke began to come from underneath the vehicle . I told the passengers to get out . The smoke was coming out from the front and rear tires,the tires and wheels were very hot! ! After getting under the Chassis I could see the rotor was smoking hot . I felt the heat of the calipers from a couple feet away . …”

“Brakes on motorhome very poor, never sure it would stop. It would slow down, just kept on pushing the pedal and the mh kept on moving, finally, it would stop. Complained many times to dealer. Just spent over $1700 to have brakes repaired by an independent truck garage mechanic. He said it was the poorest braking system he ever saw and he could not guarantee the parts he had to replace would hold up. I have copies of all service and recalls done on the mh.”