2003 FLEETWOOD SOUTHWIND Complaints

UPON ENTERING ONTO A HIGHWAY FROM A PLACE OF BUSINESS WE HEARD A VERY LOUD SNAP NOISE. JUST THINKING IT WAS A PIECE OF ICE COMING THE COACH. WHEN WE REACHED OUR FINAL DESTINATION, WE DISCOVERED A BROKEN LEAF SPRING ON THE RIGHT REAR AXEL. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS HAD THE OTHER SPRING BROKEN WHILE MOVING{ THROUGH MOUNTAINS}! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FLEETWOOD SOUTHWIND. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE FRONT BRAKES FAILED AS THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND HE SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. WHEN THE BRAKES COOLED DOWN, HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE PADS WERE WORN AND THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR MONTHS LATER. THE NUMBER OF CYLINDERS AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 24,000.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO PROBLEMS WITH THE MICROWAVE, BUT A RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED, MARCH 16, 2006. THE RECALL, #03V452000, IS ON THE MICROWAVE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND SUGGESTED MULTIPLE PLACES TO HAVE THE REPAIRS MADE; NONE OF THESE PLACES HAVE BEEN WILLING TO ASSIST IN THE REPAIR. UPDATED 5/2/2006 - SAMSUNG SENT RECALL 04-E-031 FOR THE MICROWAVE. THE CONSUMER CALL THE 800 NUMBER AND THEY SET UP AND APPT AND SENT A WORK ORDER TO APPLIANCE STORE. THE APPLIANCE STORE CHANGED THEIR MIND AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNIT. SAMSUNG THEN HAD THE CONSUMER CONTACTED MAYTAG WHO SAD THE UNIT HAD NOT BEEN RECALLED. THE CONSUMER CALLED SAMSUNG BACK WHO ALSO SAID UNIT WAS NOT RECALLED. SAMSUNG MODEL # MC1015BB, SER# 75AT800086P, DATE AUG 2002.*NM

2003 FLEETWOOD 32VS HAS SUFFERED ENGINE SHUT DOWN 19 TIMES.*MR THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST READS "ENGINE REDUCED POWER". THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO IDLE ROUGH BUT THERE WAS NO THROTTLE POWER. IN ONE YEAR THE COACH HAS BEEN TO THE WORKHORSE REPAIR STATION SIX TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. SO FAR THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. THE COACH WOULD USUALLY RESTART AND PROCEED NORMALLY AFTER BEING ALLOWED TO COOL FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS. *NM