Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAKES | |||
| 06/09/2011 | 24800 | 1 | |
| Traveling down road and smelled burning. parked after a short distance until next day. brakes were not releasing. next day after cooling, the vehicle was taken to a service facility, however advised brakes were fine. approximately a month later i was bringing the vehicle to a dealer for an unrelated matter. i had driven approximately 75 miles and was near the dealer when the same smell occurred. dealer found the left front brake caliper had failed. it was changed. approximately february of this year, i had left my house and traveled approximately 3 miles when same smell appeared and brakes dragging. turned around and went home. the right front caliper had failed and melted the abs sensor which have since both been changed. concerned about rear brakes failing. *tr | |||
| 06/09/2011 | 24800 | ||
| Traveling down road and smelled burning. parked after a short distance until next day. brakes were not releasing. next day after cooling, the vehicle was taken to a service facility, however advised brakes were fine. approximately a month later i was bringing the vehicle to a dealer for an unrelated matter. i had driven approximately 75 miles and was near the dealer when the same smell occurred. dealer found the left front brake caliper had failed. it was changed. appoximately february of this year, i had left my house and traveled approximately 3 miles when same smell appeared and brakes dragging. turned around and went home. the right front caliper had failed and melted the abs sensor which have since both been changed. concerned about rear brakes failing. | |||
| 04/11/2012 | 31159 | ||
| The auto park brake (j72) on my workhorse w-24 chassis activated while traveling 65 mph on arkansas interstate 35 bringing the vehicle to a very abrupt stop. in researching the internet, i have found this is not a new problem. this is a very dangerous situation, especially if no berm was available to pull off the highway. after being towed to a repair shop and waiting 10 days for repair, we were notified no parts would be available until early may. upon returning home (ohio), we have discovered there is currently no one making the parts and maybe they could be available some time in august. it is very discouraging that workhorse does not have a supply of parts available. | |||