2003 Fleetwood Southwind Problems

3 TIMES NOW WHILE DRIVING MY BRAKES HAVE FAILED. BRAKES HAVE GOTTEN HOT AND OVERHEATED. CAN SMELL A BURNING SMELL. ABS LIGHTS COME ON. BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND WILL NOT STOP. ONLY WAY TO STOP IS TO SHIFT VEHICLE TO LOW GEAR AND APPLY EMERGENCY BRAKE WHICH HAS TAKEN AN EXTREMELY LONG TIME WITH NARROW MISSES. ON TIME WHILE DRIVING DOWN A WINDY ROAD. ANOTHER TIME IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND JUST AFTER THE BRAKES SMELLED OF BURNING. BY THE TIME I PULLED OVER SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE FRONT BRAKES. I LIFTED THE FRONT WHEELS OFF OF THE GROUND AND THE WHEELS WOULD NOT TURN. I CRACKED OPEN A BRAKE LINE AND THE FLUID WAS BOILING. I REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKES AND CALIPERS ALSO BOTH FRONT ABS SENSORS. RECENTLY FOR THE THIRD TIME I LOST BRAKES AFTER TRAFFIC, A BURNING SMELL OCCURRED AND BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AGAIN THIS TIME COMING FRONT THE REAR BRAKES. ALSO THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. PLEASE HELP. ALSO THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER HAS BEEN REPLACED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FLEETWOOD SOUTHWIND. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT SPONGY WHEN DEPRESSED. APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE LATER, THE ABS INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 28,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 12/13/16*LJ THE CONSUMER LEARNED A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON THE BRAKES. THE ROTORS, CALIPERS SENSORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED. UPDATED 12/19/16.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FLEETWOOD SOUTHWIND RV. ON MAY 15, 2007, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO A RECALL FOR THE DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR. RECENTLY, WHEN THE CONTACT OPENED THE REFRIGERATOR, HE NOTICED THAT IT FAILED AND WAS WARM INSIDE. HE WENT TO SERVICE THE UNIT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED A YELLOW SUBSTANCE INSIDE THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE. HE ALSO SMELLED AMMONIA. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE LINES FAILED THAT WERE CONNECTED TO THE UNIT, WHICH CAUSED AMMONIA TO LEAK OUT. THE REFRIGERATOR WAS REPLACED AT THE COST OF $1,914.35. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NO COMPENSATION WOULD BE MADE BECAUSE THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER AND REFRIGERATOR INFORMATION WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,800 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 56,373. UPDATED 08/04/09. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE REFRIGERATOR LEAKED AMMONIA. UPDATED 08/06/09.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FLEETWOOD SOUTH WIND. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TRAILER HITCH PUSHED UP INTO HIS COACH. AS A RESULT, THE HITCH CRUSHED THE FIBERGLASS. UPON INSPECTION, HE FOUND THAT THE BOTTOM PART OF THE HITCH WELD HAD NOT PENETRATED THE STEEL. THERE IS A SAFETY RECALL FOR THE TRAILER HITCHES (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 04V352000). THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 24,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000. THE VEHICLE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

LED CLUSTER ON DASH FADED AND BECAME UNREADABLE. COULD NOT READ THE GEAR THE VEHICLE WAS IN, E.G. PARK, REVERSE, OR DRIVE, MILEAGE, AND TRIP MILEAGE WAS ALSO UNREADABLE, BUT DID NOT CREATE SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

2003 FLEETWOOD 32VS HAS SUFFERED ENGINE SHUT DOWN 19 TIMES.*MR THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST READS "ENGINE REDUCED POWER". THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO IDLE ROUGH BUT THERE WAS NO THROTTLE POWER. IN ONE YEAR THE COACH HAS BEEN TO THE WORKHORSE REPAIR STATION SIX TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. SO FAR THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. THE COACH WOULD USUALLY RESTART AND PROCEED NORMALLY AFTER BEING ALLOWED TO COOL FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS. *NM

GENERATOR FUEL LINE FROM MAIN TANK TO GENERATOR RUPTURED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY.

UPON ENTERING ONTO A HIGHWAY FROM A PLACE OF BUSINESS WE HEARD A VERY LOUD SNAP NOISE. JUST THINKING IT WAS A PIECE OF ICE COMING THE COACH. WHEN WE REACHED OUR FINAL DESTINATION, WE DISCOVERED A BROKEN LEAF SPRING ON THE RIGHT REAR AXEL. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS HAD THE OTHER SPRING BROKEN WHILE MOVING{ THROUGH MOUNTAINS}! *TR