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I found a great guy in South Florida (Miramar) that rebuilt my actuator for $400.00 and he shipped it back to me for free within 2 days of receiving it. My auto-park brake actuator was leaking oil and I couldn’t move the RV. I called a few dealers and they wanted $2100 to replace the actuator, and the RV had to be in their lot for about a week as they needed to special order the part from GM. While in the shop a nice guy gave me the telephone of someone that could rebuilt it for me for about $400, I called him and good enough, he provided instructions on how to remove the park brake actuator, I package it with lots of news paper and shipped it to him for about $15.00 and in less than 48 hours he shipped it back to me Priority Mail (free of charge). He requested I mark the actuator with my name, and good enough I received my own actuator back and it works excellent. I've had it installed now for about 6 month and it works like brand new. He gave me 1 year warranty. Give him a call, his name is Jose and his phone is 305-218-8875, if he is not available to take your call leave him a message and he will call you back as soon as possible.
I have the same problem with my motor home. I got stuck on the highway when I applied the brakes the auto park brake locked up and had to tow the rv home. You are absolutely correct Jack, I checked the switches and they are not the problem. My actuator does have a leak, this could be the problem. I will get my actuator fixed and will place a posting to let you all know how it went.
I just installed the auto park brake Jose Crespo rebuilt for me this morning. This guy is very knowledgeable and professional. The auto park brake works great now! Thank you Jose for the great service! My wife and I are thrilled our Labor Day weekend camping trip is back on.
If you actuator has a leak, Jose is the guy you need! We highly recommend him; very knowledgeable and professional. His email is p330actuator@aol.com, we were very impressed… he responded to our email immediately.
Pulling into my driveway the auto park brake locked up when I put the brakes. I immediately assumed I had to replace the switches again, as they go bad quite frequently. While replacing the switches I noticed oil dripping from the actuator… called around and was told I needed to replace the auto park brake actuator. I was told at the dealer that when the actuator has a leak the system will lock up as it doesn’t hold pressure to disengage the auto park brake. If you are experiencing the same situation you may want to take a close inspection of the actuator also check to make sure the hydraulic oil reservoir it full. I’m glad to have found this posting, I emailed Jose Crespo at p30actuator@aol.com and he rebuilt my actuator last week. AWESOME SERVICE AND PRICE! The minute I installed it the auto park brake began to work immediately. I highly recommend this guy!
I too had my P30 Auto Park Brake Actuator REBUILT with Jose; great guy, very knowledgeable. I called him last Monday 8/24/09; he provided detailed information on how to package my actuator so it wouldn’t get damage during shipping. I sent it to him via USPS priority mail flat rate box ($13.95); he got it 2 days later, he shipped the actuator back to me the following day after he received it, and again 2 days to get back to me. It took no more that 5 days and my newly rebuilt actuator works like a charm. I highly recommend this guy! The price is awesome! My local Chevy dealer quoted me $1800 and my RV had to stay at their facility for about 15 days, as they needed to special order the actuator from GM. Jose gave me the same warranty as purchasing brand new from the dealer; 1 year/12,000 miles.
I recommend this JC guy for his honesty and great service! My rv's auto park brake actuator had a severe leak, I contacted Jc, I got my actuator back from Jc last Saturday, installed it over the weekend and I’m pleased to say; it works great! Super fast turnaround! I’m in Arizona, he’s in Florida and within a week I had my rebuilt actuator back. You have nothing to loose; if he can’t rebuild it he returns it back you!
My 1996 Pace Arrow Vision on a P-30 chasis did not lock up but rather has NO parking hold when I put it in Park. I am fairly competent in mechanic skills and would like to know if you can provide me with info. to trouble shoot this problem?
I CONTINUE TO GET REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO DISASEMBLE THE AUTO PARK BRAKE SYSTEM…
Disabling the auto park brake is very DANGEROUS as you will also be disabling your emergency brake; therefore we do not recommend it. Rather than disabling the auto park brake system we recommend you carry spare pressure switches regardless of how old the rv is and if the RV is over 7 years, we highly recommend servicing the actuator as soon as possible. If the rv is over 7 years is a matter of when not if the actuator will go bad on you.
My motorhome has been out-of-commission for just over 6 months due to an oil leak in the auto parking brake actuator. I was pulling into a campsite; when I applied the brakes the auto parking brake locked up. No matter how much oil I put into the reservoir I couldn’t move the rv, as a result I had a very costly tow bill. I was told by an rv friend to replace the green and gray switches, I did, nothing would get it going… I then contacted a GM dealer and I was quoted for the actuator $980 plus tax and $107 shipping and delivery would have been 3 – 5 weeks as they had to special order. Can you imagine what they would have quoted me if I would have taken my rv for them to do the work. Searching online for a rebuilt shop I found this posting, and we are so glad we did! We send the actuator to Jose Crespo and good enough my actuator arrived just 4 days after he received it and we are glad to report that it works great. The minute we installed it; the auto park brake worked perfect. I highly recommend this guy!
Several years ago, I met a gentleman that advised me to service the auto park brake actuator every 5 to 10 years, to avoid costly expenses, and boy was he right! There is no worse feeling than being stranded when you are on vacation and the biggest problem is that I couldn’t find anybody knowledgeable enough to repair it. Another excellent tip is to always have on hand, spares of the green and gray switches; these two switches go bad quite frequently and when they do the auto park brake locks up.
Jose is a great guy, he rebuilt my actuator and I'm happy to say everything went smooth. It cost me $25 to ship it to him and in less that a week I got my auto park brake actuator back and it works great.
Thank you Jose for saving me so much money!
The local GM dealer wanted to rip me off.
If you are in need of fixing the leak on the auto park brake actuator I highly recommend Jose. His email is P30ACTUATOR@AOL.COM
I received the actuator from Jose in only 3 days, GREAT GUY, very honest and helpful! I highly recommend his service. My actuator is back up and runing as new. Alex
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