FLEETWOOD Complaints

WE HAD JUST COMPLETED A 7 HOUR DRIVE IN OUR 1998 FLEETWOOD STORM RV, RETURNING HOME FROM VACATION. WE MADE FREQUENT REST STOPS DURING THAT TIME. AFTER SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR APPROX. 24 HOURS THE LEFT FRONT TIRE SIDEWALL RUPTURED LEAVING A GASH APPROX. 4 INCHES IN LENGTH.

WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 40E AT 70 MPH IN OUR 2019 FLEETWOOD DISCOVERY 38N, THE WHIRLPOOL 19 CUBIC FOOT, 200 POUND REFRIGERATOR BROKE LOOSE FROM THE FACTORY INSTALLED 3/4 PERFORATED RESTRAINING STRAPS AND SLID OUT OF THE REFRIGERATOR COMPARTMENT. THIS INCIDENT CAUSED SEVERE PANIC TO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WHO TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION TO AVOID ANY FURTHER DAMAGE AND VEHICLE ACCIDENT. PASSENGER HAD TO RESTRAIN REFRIGERATOR WHILE VEHICLE WAS STILL MOVING AND UNTIL WE MADE AN EMERGENCY STOP. THE SEPARATION OF THIS APPLIANCE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TRIM AND ATTACHED FOOD PANTRY CABINET. NOTE: ACCORDING TO THE GRAINGER WEBSITE, THE 24 GAUGE SUPPORT STRAP SPECIFICATION SHEET, SIMILAR TO THE STRAPS USED BY FLEETWOOD TO SUPPORT THE REFRIGERATOR ONLY HAVE A 10# MAX LOAD. THESE PERFORATED STRAPS ARE MADE FOR HANGING PIPE, NOT FOR SUPPORTING A 200 POUND REFRIGERATOR WITH VARIOUS DIRECTIONAL FORCES . *DT *JB

WE ARE UNABLE TO READ WHAT GEAR IT IS IN AND SOME OTHER INDICATORS THAT ARE IN THE DISPLAY WINDOW ABOVE STEERING. WE ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE MODEL 1200 DOMETIC REFRIDGERATER REPLACED AFTER OVERHEATING AND SHORTED OUT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE RESET ELECTRICAL PLUG IN BATHROOM AND GENERATOR SWITCH TWICE, BECAUSE THE REPLACEMENT REFRIDGERATER STILL HAD THE SAME RECALLED PART ON IT, IT OVERHEATED AGAIN, HAD TO CALL FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE WATER HEATER AND THE MICROWAVE WHICH ARE ALL ON THE SAME ELECTRICAL BREAKER FRIED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED

SPARTAN CHASSIS HAS RECALLED SEVERAL MOTORHOMES DUE TO FAILURE OF THE BALL JOINTS WHICH IN TURN ARE DUE TO FAULTY RUBBER BOOTS. I AM EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM NOW AND WONDER WHY MY UNIT IS NOT BEING RECALLED. I AM FACING A $1500. REPAIR BILL. *DT 12/03/18*JB

3 TIMES NOW WHILE DRIVING MY BRAKES HAVE FAILED. BRAKES HAVE GOTTEN HOT AND OVERHEATED. CAN SMELL A BURNING SMELL. ABS LIGHTS COME ON. BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND WILL NOT STOP. ONLY WAY TO STOP IS TO SHIFT VEHICLE TO LOW GEAR AND APPLY EMERGENCY BRAKE WHICH HAS TAKEN AN EXTREMELY LONG TIME WITH NARROW MISSES. ON TIME WHILE DRIVING DOWN A WINDY ROAD. ANOTHER TIME IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND JUST AFTER THE BRAKES SMELLED OF BURNING. BY THE TIME I PULLED OVER SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE FRONT BRAKES. I LIFTED THE FRONT WHEELS OFF OF THE GROUND AND THE WHEELS WOULD NOT TURN. I CRACKED OPEN A BRAKE LINE AND THE FLUID WAS BOILING. I REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKES AND CALIPERS ALSO BOTH FRONT ABS SENSORS. RECENTLY FOR THE THIRD TIME I LOST BRAKES AFTER TRAFFIC, A BURNING SMELL OCCURRED AND BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AGAIN THIS TIME COMING FRONT THE REAR BRAKES. ALSO THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. PLEASE HELP. ALSO THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER HAS BEEN REPLACED.

WE HAVE BEEN LOCKED IN AND OR OUT OF OUR MOTOR HOME SEVERAL TIMES. AT OUR AGE, WE CANNOT GET OUT OF THE WINDOWS SO WE HAVE COMPLETELY DISABLED THE SYSTEM. WE HAVE TAKEN ALL THE BATTERIES OUT OF THE FOBS AND USE THE DEAD BOLT LOCK TO LOCK OUR VEHICLE BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID OF AGAIN BEING LOCKED IN. WHAT WERE TO HAPPEN IF WE WERE LOCKED IN AND A FIRE BROKE OUT IN OUR COACH? THIS IS SURELY A SAFETY ISSUE!

THETRIMARK REMOTE LOCK/ALARM SYSTEM ARE FAULTY AND HAVE CAUSED MY WIFE AND ME TO BE LOCKED IN/LOCKED OUT OF OUR COACH ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, LEADING TO EXTREMELY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES. WE HAVE REPLACED VARIOUS COMPONANTS, INCLUDING A WHOLE NEW ENTRY DOOR LATCH SYSTEM FROM TRIMARK, WHICH HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THE COACH WAS STATIONARY IN ALL OF THESE INSTANCES.

THE UNDERCARRIAGE SIDE STORAGE ACCESS DOORS DO NOT REMAIN CLOSED EVEN WHEN LOCKED. OFTEN WHEN THE ROAD IS BUMPY OR ROUGH THE DOORS WILL FLY OPEN. RECENTLY WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH JACKSONVILLE FL ON I-95 THE PASSENGER SIDE DOORS FLEW OPEN WHEN I SLOWED DOWN. I WAS IN THE CENTER LANE DURING HEAVY HEAVY TRAFFIC AND CARS ON MY RIGHT HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES AND VEER TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID HITTING THE DOORS. HAVING TO GET OVER TO THE RIGHT LANE TO GET OF THE ROAD WITH THE DOORS OPEN WAS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AND WE WERE FORTUNATE TO MAKE IT WITHOUT A SERIOUS INCIDENT. I HAVE ASKED THE DEALER TO ADJUST THE LOCKING MECHANISM WHICH HE SAID HE DID BUT THE DOORS CONTINUE TO FLY OPEN. THIS AS BEEN RECURRING SINCE I BOUGHT THE RV IN 2013.

WIPERS ALTERNATELY TRY TO CLEAN BEYOND THE WINDSHIELD AND/OR FAIL TO CLEAN THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD. DRIVER'S SIDE WILL TRY TO GO BEYOND THE CURVE OF THE WINDSHIELD; PASSENGER SIDE GOES BEYOND THE WEATHERSTRIP SEPARATING THE TWO HALVES OF THE WINDSHIELD. OCCURS WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN OR OTHER WET CONDITIONS. FIRST FEW WIPES ARE CORRECT THEN WIPERS BEGIN ACTING ERRATICALLY. IN ADDITION TO DATE INDICATED BELOW, SAME HAS OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. HAVE REMOVED, INSPECTED AND RE-TIGHTENED ALL RELATED PARTS TO NO AVAIL.

HEADLIGHT GLASS SHATTERED FOR NO REASON AFTER OWNING FOR ONE WEEK. NOTE THERE IS ALREADY A RECALL ON THIS GLASS BUT MANUFACTURER CLAIMS THAT THIS UNIT WAS MANUFACTURED AFTER THE WINDOW OF THE RECALL SO IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. BUT I HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THIS UNIT DOES HAVE THE DEFECTIVE GLASS IN THE HEADLIGHTS, MADE OF NON-TEMPERED GLASS AND ARE PRONE TO SHATTERING. SAEHR04DIS/H11KY122LVOLDOT KAPER II IS THE DEFECTIVE GLASS IN MY VEHICLE. RECALL # 170720REV THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD PROBABLY EXPAND THE DATES OF THE RECALL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS AT LEAST ONE OTHER VEHICLE INVOLVED.