Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1997 Fleetwood Bounder submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE PARKING BRAKE ON MY 1997 BOUNDER MOTOR HOME THAT'S BUILT ON A CHEVROLET P-30 CHASSIS WILL FAIL WITHOUT WARNING & ALLOW THE COACH TO ROLL. IT HAS BEEN REBUILT & WORKS MOST OF THE TIME. IT'S THAT ONE TIME IT WON'T WORK THAT WORRIES ME. I AM USING WHEEL CHAULKS WHENEVER I PARK IT. *TR. UPDATED 01/11/08. *LJ UPDATED *JB
VEHICLE HAD A TENDENCY TO ROLL DUE TO POOR BRAKE LINE DESIGN. THE BRAKE LINE WAS ONE HALF INCH FROM MANIFOLD. THE MANIFOLD MELTED THE BRAKE LINE, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO SEIZE. DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE LINE.*AK
AFTER PUTTING VEHICLE IN PARK IT WILL ROLL. CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER REPLACED SHOE AROUND DRIVESHAFT, BUT PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. *AK CONSUMER STATED WHEN GEAR SHIFT GOES INTO PARK, AUTO PARK DOES NOT ENGAGE, VEHICLE WOULD NOT HOLD, THE DEALER FOUND THE PARK BRAKE SHOES GLAZED AND OUT OF ADJUSTMENT, THE PARK BRAKE CABLE WAS REPLACED.*JB
WHEN FOOT IS ON "T"-HANDLE TO RELEASE EMERGENCY BRAKE, WOULD PULL BY HAND, IT WOULD JUMP OUT & COULD BREAK FINGERS. LOCATION IS TOO CLOSE TO FOOT PEDAL. CHEVROLET TRUCK CHASSIS FOR A BOUNDER (MOTORHOME). *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BRAKES STICK AND WON'T RELEASE. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE FORD MANUFACTURER. REAR BRAKES AND CALIPERS WERE REPAIRED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURHTER INFORMATION. *AK
LEVELING JACK HYDRAULIC FLUID RESERVOIR IS MOUNTED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE FRONT TIRE, AND HAS NO PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS THROWN FROM THE TIRE WHICH CAUSES CORROSION ON THE HYDRAULIC LINES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS THE AUTOMATIC PARKING BRAKE ENGAGES, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY STOP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE FLUID DOES NOT RETURN TO THE MASTER CYLINDER WHICH CAUSES A BUILD UP OF PRESSURE WHICH THEN CAUSES THE FLUID TO BOIL, THEN AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OCCURS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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