NHTSA Complaint #10453149 — 2010 WINNEBAGO OUTLOOK

RUNAWAY FORD V-10 ENGINE IN A 2010 WINNEBAGO OUTLOOK RV INCIDENT # 1 - 21 MAY 2011 - CANON FALLS MN WE WERE ON OUR WAY BACK ON HWY52 COMING TO A STOP LIGHT IN CANON FALLS AND I WAS SLOWING DOWN FROM REGULAR HWY SPEEDS 60-65MPH. I DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING DIFFERENT UNTIL I WAS GOING AROUND 10-15 MPH. I THEN NOTICED THE RV'S BRAKES DID NOT SEEM TO BE SLOWING US DOWN LIKE NORMAL AND THEN I COULD HEAR THE ENGINE ROARING SO I LOOKED AT THE RPM'S AND IT WAS STILL SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2000-3000RPM.S AND NOT GOING DOWN AT ALL. I WAS PUSHING THE BRAKE ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR STILL PROBABLY JUST GOING 5MPH OR SO AND IT DID NOT FEEL LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STOP. ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT JUST SLOWED QUICKLY THE LAST FEW FEET AS I WAS ALMOST IN THE INTERSECTION THE ENGINE STILL ROARING AND ONCE IT STOPPED I QUICKLY PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND THEN THE RPM'S WENT DOWN BACK TO NORMAL. I SHIFTED BACK INTO DRIVE AND IT WORKED THE REST OF THE WAY HOME WITH OUT ANY PROBLEMS. INCIDENT # 2 - 19 JUNE 2011- SAVAGE MINNESOTA WHILE SLOWING DOWN [LESS THAN 20 MPH] TO A STOP AND BRAKING, RV WOULD NOT SLOW FOR A STOP. HAD TO "STAND" ON BRAKE TO HOLD IT BACK, BUT IT WOULD NOT STOP!. PUT IT IN NEUTRAL, ENGINE RACED TO 4000+ RPM, TURNED KEY OFF, RV STOPPED. UPON RESTART ALL OK??? 2ND INCIDENT OF THIS SAFETY PROBLEM [ABOVE GIVEN TO FORD RV CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE]. *TR