NHTSA Complaint #10212410 — 2000 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR

THERMAL BRAKE FAILURE WHILE IN TRAFFIC AT PADUCKA, KY. LEFT REAR CALIPER OVERHEATED AND CAUSED STRONG SMELL, SMOKE AND RESULTANT FAILURE OF ABS SENSOR. PISTONS FAILED TO FULLY RETRACT AND THE PADS WERE DRAGGING ON THE ROTOR CAUSING THE HEAT BUILD UP. THIS IS THE 7TH FAILURE SINCE WE PURCHASED THIS MOTORHOME NEW IN APRIL 2000 . RECALL IN 2004 ONLY INVOLVED AN INSPECTION FOR MY MOTORHOME AND THEY DETERMINED THAT MY INSTALLED CALIPERS THAT WERE INSTALLED BY THE FACTORY IN 2003 WERE PROPER. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS TO BE CORRECT AS I CONTINUE TO HAVE SAME PROBLEM. MY CALIPERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED DURING THE RECALL INSTEAD OF JUST AN INSPECTION! I REPORT EACH FAILURE TO MONACO AND THE REPRESENTATIVES STATE THAT MY CALIPERS ARE CURRENT AND OK. BOSCH WILL NOT DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH ME. THEY STATE THEY WILL ONLY TALK ABOUT THIS TO FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE. *TR