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2000 Winnebago Brave SE Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jun 5, 2012
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jun 30, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2000 Winnebago Brave SE. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Brakes
Filed Jun 5, 2012

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 WINNEBAGO BRAVE SE RV. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, HE REALIZED THAT THE BRAKES WERE INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT ASSUMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A LACK OF BRAKE FLUID. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN BRAKING POWER AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM WOULD NEED REPLACING BECAUSE IT HAD OVERHEATED AND SEIZED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 260,000 AND THE CURRENT 600,800.

NHTSA ID
10460658
Incident
May 27, 2012
Mileage
260,000 mi
Brakes
Filed Jun 30, 2010

2000 WINNEBAGO BRAVE SE ON A WORKHORSE CHASSIS. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED BOTH REAR WHEELS WERE SMOKING AND THE BRAKES WERE SOMEWHAT NON-EXISTENT. THE CONSUMER ALLOWED THE BRAKES TO COOL OFF SO HE COULD PROCEED TO A NEARBY CAMP SITE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE RV TO A REPAIR SHOP. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THE REAR BRAKES WERE DRAGGING AND SUFFERED SEVERE HEAT DAMAGE, WHICH REQUIRED THE REPLACEMENT OF BOTH CALIPERS AND PADS, PLUS THE TURNING OF THE ROTORS. APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, WHEN THE CONSUMER HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKE IN A MORE AGGRESSIVE MANNER, THE LEFT FRONT OF THE RV SEEMED TO BE DRAGGING AND PULLING TO THE LEFT. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND CALLED A TOWING SERVICE. THE CONSUMER STATED HE COULD SMELL THE BRAKES. AFTER THE RV WAS HOOKED UP TO THE TOW TRUCK, HE OBSERVED A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID BY THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL. THE ABS SENSOR MELTED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *JB

NHTSA ID
10341173
Incident
Oct 1, 2008

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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