1981 Holiday Rambler AMBASSADOR: complaints, problems and recalls

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH ON A COUNTRY ROAD, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE ODOR OF SOMETHING BURNING WAS PRESENT. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, ELECTRICAL WIRES AROUND THE BRAKES AND REAR WHEELS WERE MELTED. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER WAS ALERTED, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO ALERTED. THE MOTOR HOME WAS A 2001 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR.*AK

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THIS IS A MOTORHOME WITH BOSCH DISC BRAKES. THE BRAKES DO NOT ALWAYS RELEASE AFTER A STOP. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, IT IS NOT KNOWN BY THE DRIVER UNTIL YOU SMELL BRAKES BURNING OR THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON BECAUSE IT HAS MELTED FROM THE HEAT. IT CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE BRAKING SYSTEM, BEARINGS, AND OTHER AXLE COMPONENTS. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THE PROBLEM AND IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DISC CALIPER PISTON NOT RETRACTING OCCASIONALLY AFTER A STOP. I HAVE HAD SEVEN FAILURES THAT I KNOW ABOUT, AND KNOW THAT I HAVE HAD MORE BECAUSE I…

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INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED ABS AND SERVICE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATE ON THE DASHBOARD, THEN THE BRAKES LOCK UP. DRIVER HAS TO PUMP THE PEDAL TO DISENGAGE THE BRAKES. BRAKING SYSTEM COMPONENTS BURNED 5 TIMES AFTER THIS HAD OCCURRED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ENTIRE BREAKING SYSTEM SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK

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CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 02V278000 CONCERNING ABS BRAKE FAILURE. THE BRAKE ASSEMBLIES EXHIBIT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES THAT CAN LEAD TO CATASTROPHIC DETERIORATION OF THE WHEEL END COMPONENTS SUCH AS BEARINGS, RACES, SPINDLES, KNUCKLES, SEALS, HUBS, ROTORS, PATCH BOLTS, CALIPERS, BRAKE PADS, AND ABS SENSORS. DEALER HAS REPLACED ROTORS, CALIPER AND THE ABS SENSOR LEFT FRONT AND STILL RECURRING THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR LIVING EXPENSES. *SC *JB

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CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, WHO IDENTIFIED AND REMEDIED OPEN RECALL 02V278000. DEALER REPAIRED REAR BRAKES. RECALL DID NOT IDENTIFY SPECIFIC REMEDY VIA ARTEMIS OR NHTSA WEB SITE. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED WHY DEALER DID NOT REMEDY RECALL BEFORE SELLING VEHICLE, AND WHETHER REMEDY APPLIED TO FRONT BRAKES AS WELL. REMEDY WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY STATED. *AK THE ABS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY WAS STUCK AND BECAME VERY HOT AND WAS FOLLOWED BY SMOKE. THE ABS SENSOR BURNED OFF THE BRAKE. *SCC *JB

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR RV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, IT FAILED TO RELEASE. THE BRAKES RESPONDED BUT BECAME EXTREMELY HOT. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE CONTACT DISPENSED WATER ONTO THE BRAKES. AFTER THE BRAKES HAD COOLED, THE VEHICLE RESPONDED NORMALLY HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 02V278000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) IN 2004. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. T…

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FRONT CALIPERS DID NOT RELEASE, CAUSING ABNORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ON THE ROTORS AND PADS I HAVE A ROADMASTER CHASSIS. *TR

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EXITING EISENHOWER TUNNEL WEST BOUND ON I-70, SPEED INCREASED TO THE POINT THAT PAC-BRAKE CAUSED ENGINE SPEED TO APPROACH GOVERNED LIMIT, HARD APPLICATION OF BRAKES (ABOUT 4-5 SECONDS) TO SLOW TO LESS THAN GOVERNED SPEED APPARENTLY CAUSED EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILD UP IN LEFT REAR BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSING ABS SENSOR TO FALL OUT OF BACKING PLATE AND ABS WARNING LIGHT TO BE DISPLAYED ON DASHBOARD. THIS TENDED TO CAUSE ERRATIC BRAKE OPERATION WITH A GREAT DEAL OF BRAKE NOISE. THE UNIT IS PRESENTLY (6/16/2004) AT TULSA SPRING BEING REPAIRED AND I WILL REQU…

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ABS SENSOR KEEPS ON BURNING OUT. HAVE REPLACED LEFT REAR 2 TIMES, FRONT LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT. WAS TOLD THAT HOUSING UNIT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BY MANUFACTURER, CALLED MANUFACTURER AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE HAD NO RECALLS ON THE UNIT. *TR

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TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR. WHILE 55 MPH, THE CALIPERS WOULD LOCK THE BRAKES, WHICH CAUSED THE WHEELS TO OVERHEAT. IN ADDITION, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL BEARINGS, SEALS, BRAKE PADS ALSO FAILED. THE DEALER MADE THE REPAIR HOWEVER; THE ABS WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 24,000.

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DT: WHILE DRIVING MOTOR HOME THE TRAILING ARM IN THE REAR END SNAPPED IN HALF. THE CALLER WAS GOING 65 MPH, VEHICLE JERKED THE REAR END TO RIGHT, BUT THE CALLER WAS ABLE TO GET VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF ROAD. THE CALLER SAID THERE WAS RECALL05V053000 ON MODEL BUILT AT A DIFFERENT PLANT BUT NOT THIS MODEL. DEALER WAS OUT OF BUSINESS. MANUFACTURER SAID THEY WOULD PAY FOR ALL COSTS AND REPAIRS. CALLER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT REPLACEMENT PARTS BEING THE SAME AS ORIGINAL PARTS. CALLER SAID POLICE WOULD NOT STOP TO OFFER HELP. *AK

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TRAILING ARM FAILURE ON MY 2004 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR. *TR

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AS OWNERS OF 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR, WHILE TRAVELING IN NOVA SCOTIA CANADA ON THE FREEWAY AT 60 MILES PER HOUR THE PASSENGER SIDE CONTROL -ARM BROKE CAUSING THE AIR BAG TO BLOW, AND THE FRAME OF THE MOTORHOME SAT DOWN ON THE AXLE AND THE AXLE MOVED BACK SWERVING THE MOTORHOME CAUSING PARTIAL LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE RIG. WE HAD IT TOWED TO ANRV REPAIR/DEALERSHIP IN BEDFORD, NS. UPON INSPECTION BY HEAVY DUTY MECHANICS, IT WAS FOUND THE CONTROL ARM WAS BROKEN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, AND THE DRIVERS SIDE CONTROL ARM WAS CRACKED. WITH THE …

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THIS COMPLAINT IS REFERENCED TO ODI # 10550320 ON WHICH I PUT THE WRONG VIN NUMBER. THIS COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE MANUFACTURE NOT INSTALL HAND HOLDER ON THE RIGHT SIDE ENTERING THE MOTORHOME AND MAKING THIS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR ## VIN PASSED ## 2012 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR MOTORHOME ##

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DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 2003 HOLIDAY RAMBLER AMBASSADOR HAD THE SPACER PLATE UNDER THE TRAILING ARM AND HAD A TRANSVERSE WELD AND THE REAR SUSPENSION BROKE IN HALF. THE OWNER WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN THE REAR SUSPENSION GAVE WAY AND NEARLY CAUSED THE FAMILY IN THE MOTOR HOME TO CRASH. THE DRIVER WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET THE MOTOR HOME TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. WHEN THE OWNER HAD GOTTEN THE MOTOR HOME TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THEN THE AIR BAG SUSPENSION BLEW UP. THE OWNER FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET THE MOTOR HOME TO COME TO A…

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