NHTSA Complaint #10336067 — 2007 COACHMEN CAPTIVA

FAILURE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM BY LOCKING UP, DUE TO A PIECE OF PANELING LEFT INSIDE THE BRAKE DRUM AT PRODUCTION. TOOK OUR R.V. IN TO GET AN AWNING REPLACED AT KENT VALLEY RV AS THEY WERE MOVING IT TO THE SHOP TO START REPAIR SERVICE THE BRAKES LOCKED UP ON THEM AND THE RV WOULD NOT MOVE. AFTER INSPECTING TO MAKE SURE THE EMERGENCY CABLE HADN'T BEEN PULLED THEY TOOK OFF THE TIRE FOR FURTHER INSPECTION TO SEE WHY THE BRAKES WERE LOCKED UP AND FOUND A PIECE OF PANELING WEDGED BEHIND THE ELECTRICAL UNIT WITHIN THE BRAKE DRUM. PICTURES WERE TAKEN AND PANELING WAS REMOVED, ALSO BRAKES WERE INSPECTED AND EVERYTHING LOOKED LIKE IT WAS BACK IN WORKING ORDER ALL OTHER TIRES WERE ALSO REMOVED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO MORE PIECES OF PANELING INSIDE THEM. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC AND COULD HAVE COST THE LIVES OF MY FAMILY IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING. I THANK THE LORD THEY DISCOVERED IT THERE AT THE REPAIR SHOP, I COULD ONLY IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE WERE GOING 55 MPH DOWN THE FREEWAY AND OUR TRAVEL TRAILER LOCKED UP OUR CAR WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN FLIPPED OVER AND WHO KNOWS IF WE WOULD HAVE SURVIVED THAT'S ALOT OF WEIGHT BEHIND US. *TR