Service Brakes
Filed Mar 7, 201354,673 milesTX
THE BRAKES GOT HOT BECAUSE THE BRAKE CALIPERS WOULDN'T RELEASE THE PADS FROM THE ROTORS. IT WOULDN'T STOP HAD TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE. *TR
2000 Western Alpine
Routine
Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel system, gasoline. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Fluid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Air › Antilock › Wheel Speed Sensor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Air › Antilock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsService Brakes, Air › Antilock › Wheel Speed SensorFire
Filed Jul 14, 200423,000 milesTX
BRAKES FAILED, WITHOUT NOTICE, ON 36' DIESEL MOTOR HOME ON {FIVE OCASIONS}, EACH TIME REPAIRED AT FREIGHTLINER TRUCK SHOP. THIS TIME STILL IN SHOP SINCE JUNE 15 04, WHEN TALKING TO SERVICE REP AT WESTERN RV IN WASH. STATE. HE SAID BOSCH INSTALLED PINS WRONG [BRAKE MFG]. I HAVE NO FAITH THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN WITH POSSIBLE CATASTROPHIC RESULTS, PLEASE INTERVEEN NOW, THIS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO GO ON.*AK
Service Brakes, Air › Antilock
Filed Oct 17, 2002CA
THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. WE WERE ON A 7% INCLINE AND PROCEEDING AT 20MPH. THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA AND WE WERE IN A LONG LINE OF VEHICLES. THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED OUR LIVES OR SERIOUS INJURY WAS THE ABILITY TO MANUALLY DOWNSHIFT TO ALMOST STOP THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE ZERO BRAKES AND UPON GETTING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE AIR ASSIT DID COMPLETE THE STOPPING BUT THE DOWNSHIFTING HAD US NEAR ZERO MPH ANYWAY. DT
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Fluid
Filed Sep 11, 2000CA
BRAKE FLUID HAS TURNED INTO GEL, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STGOPPING DISTANCE. *AK THE CONTROL PANEL SHOWED ABS FAILURE MANY TIMES, SOMETIMES IT CLEARS AND IS CONSIDERED A COMPUTER ERROR. THE BRAKE FLUID HOLDER HAS GEL IN IT. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE GEL GOT INTO THE FLUID HOLDER. *YH
Fuel System, Gasoline
Filed Jul 14, 2000UN
THE FUEL LINES ARE NOT RATED FOR DIESEL USE, AS A RESULT OF THE WRONG TYPE OF MATERIAL/PIPES FUMES ENTER INTO THE VEHICLE. *MJS
5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Other Western models
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No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.