DRIVING IN CALIF. ON FREEWAY 210 GOING APPROX. 55 MPH WITH TRAFFIC A LITTLE HEAVY, SO THERE WAS SOME STOP AND GO OR SLOWLY DOWN. I WAS DOWN SHIFTING BUT STILL HAD TO USE MY BRAKES. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST WENT TO THE FLOOR AND MY ALARM ON DASH STARTED TO BEEP, SHOWING ME THAT I HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS. I HAD ONLY TRAVELED APPROX. 75 MILES WITH ONLY THE LAST 20 MILES WITH HEAVIER TRAFFIC. I GOT OFF THE FREEWAY ONTO AN OFF RAMP ASAP AND STILL HAD VERY LITTLE BRAKES. I WAS ABLE TO TURN ONTO A SIDE STREET AND STOP. I LOOKED UNDER THE MOTORHOME AND SAW BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER. CALL FOR TOW TRUCK. THE RV REPAIR SHOP CHECKED OUT THE BRAKES AND FOUND THE FRONT AND REAR CALIPERS STICKING AND SHOWED HEAT DAMAGE TO THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS, I ALSO SAW THE DAMAGE. THEY SAID THAT IS WHAT CAUSED THE MASTER CYLINDER TO LEAK DUE TO THE HIGH HEAT OFF THE BRAKE FLUID. THEY HAD TO REPLACE ALL CALIPERS, PADS, TURN ALL ROTORS AND REPLACE MASTER CYLINDER. THEY ALSO REPLACE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS. I KNOW THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH PREVIOUS YEARS WITH WORKHORSE'S CALIPERS. THIS COST ME $2622.62 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. I'M VERY GOOD ON NOT RIDING MY BRAKES. *TR
2005 Workhorse P3500
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsService Brakes
Filed Jan 28, 201514,433 milesCA
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2005Other Workhorse 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.