FLEETWOOD Complaints

RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS RV AND FOUND AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED LIT ANY TIME MOTOR WAS ON, DRIVING OR PARKED. MY MECHANIC RAN DIAGNOSTIC AND FOUND MODULE UNDER DRIVER SEAT WAS FAULTY. REPLACED MODULE WITH A USED, KNOWN TO BE GOOD UNIT, RE-RAN DIAGNOSTIC CHECK. NO FAULT CODE APPEARED BUT AIR BAG LIGHT STILL COMES ON AND STAYS ON WITH MOTOR ON, WHETHER STATIONARY OR DRIVING. THIS "REPAIR" HAS, SO FAR, COST ME $900.00. NO REPAIR PAYMENT HAS YET BEEN MADE. MECHANIC IS RESEARCHING MALFUNCTION FOR OTHER CAUSES.

2016 SOUTHWIND 34A. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BATTERY TRAY SAFETY RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS DANGEROUS FOR CONSUMERS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE PICKED UP AT THE MANUFACTURER'S EXPENSE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TAIL LIGHT'S HOUSING MELTED. *JS

TREAD SEPARATION OF A GOODYEAR G670 RV TIRE (SIZE 295/80/R22.5 MANUFACTURED AT BUFFALO PLANT IN 2005) WHICH WAS INSTALLED ON RIGHT FRONT OF AN AMERICAN COACH, AMERICAN EAGLE RV WHICH LED TO A FIRE AND DEATH OF 3 OCCUPANTS OF MOTOR HOME.

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE LAST YEAR FROM A PRIVATE OWNER. AT THE SALE THE OWNER EXPLAINED THERE WAS AN ISSUE AND ONE OF THE AXLES HAD BEEN REPLACED. WHILE DRIVING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY I WAS HAVING STABILITY ISSUES, ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAYS AROUND OTHER LARGE VEHICLES, BUT WIND, CORNERING AND UNEVEN PAVEMENT WERE PROBLEMS AS WELL. NUMEROUS TIMES I EXAMINED MY TRUCK, HITCH / WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION AND ANTI-SWAY SETUP HAD COME TO DETERMINE THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE TRAILER. I REPLACED TWO OF THE TIRES AFTER A FLAT AND STILL NEED TO DO THE OTHER TWO. AFTER THE TRIP I CRAWLED UNDER THE TRAILER TO EXAMINE THE SUSPENSION COMPONENTS AND CHECK THE WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE. BOTH THE ORIGINAL AXLE AND THE NEW DEXTER AXLE ARE RATED FOR 3500 LBS; HEREIN LIES THE RUB. MY TRAVEL TRAILER HAS A DRY WEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 6000 LBS (5933 TO BE EXACT) AND A GVWR OF 8000 LBS AND SITS (FROM THE FACTORY MIND YOU) ON 3500 LB AXLES. THE UNIT FROM THE FACTORY EMPTY IS 1000 LBS SHY OF THE MAXIMUM DUTY RATING OF THE SUSPENSION PARTS HOWEVER IF YOU LOAD THE THING UP TO IT'S MAXIMUM VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING, IT IS 1000 LBS OVER THE DUTY RATING OF THE SUSPENSION PARTS. UPON INSPECTION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE YEARS OF TRAVELING AT AND ABOVE THE DUTY RATING OF THE SUSPENSION HAS TAKEN IT'S TOLL AND IT SHOULD ALL BE REPLACED. I'M GUESSING THE PREVIOUS OWNER JUST REPLACED THE ONE AXLE AND GAVE UP. I CANNOT FIND ANY RECALLS OR ANYWHERE WHERE FLEETWOOD ADDRESSED OR TRIED TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE, SO I COME TO THE NHTSA TO FIND OUT IF I HAVE MISSED A RECALL OR SOMETHING OR AT THE VERY LEAST... WHY THE MATH DOES NOT WORK. HOW CAN THE GVWR EXCEED THE DUTY RATING FOR THE SUSPENSION PARTS RIGHT FROM THE FACTORY. MY TRAILER IS NOW REMOVED FROM SERVICE UNTIL I CAN REPLACE THE ENTIRE SUSPENSION SYSTEM!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FLEETWOOD REGAL. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, ALL FOUR OF THE CROSS MEMBERS BECAME DETACHED. THE WELDS BECAME DETACHED FROM THE CROSS MEMBERS AND FISHTAILED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CENTENNIAL RV IN GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT WITHIN THE WELDS, WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED FLEETWOOD'S MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NUMBER: 50615 AS RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO MILEAGE ON THE TRAVEL TRAILER.

ON 2 OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE STOPPED ALL ELECTRICAL DEVICES STOPPED, NO BRAKES, NO POWERS STEERING, NO LIGHTS, NOT EVEN A HORN. LAST INCIDENT WAS MERGING INTO 70 MPH TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE. I WAS ABLE TO GET VEHICLE STOPPED ON SHOULDER AND IT WAS RECOVERED BY WRECKER. CHASSIS IS FORD V10 .

2014 BOUNDER RV 35K. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THE 12 VOLT SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE 12 VOLT SYSTEM MALFUNTIONED CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO FAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. UPDATED 11/06/2017*JS

2016 FLEETWOOD FLAIR, PURCHASED FEB 2016 - AFTER TAKING THE RV ON OUR FIRST LONG TRIP IN JUNE OF 2016 - THERE WAS EXCESSIVE VIBRATION IN THE DASHBOARD AND THE COACH FRAMING SEPARATED FROM THE BODY - IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, I COULD SEE THE ROAD THROUGH A 2 INCH GAP BETWEEN THE COACH WALL AND FLOOR. WE TOOK THE COACH IN JULY 2016 TO LEMESA RV, PHOENIX, AZ. THEY CALLED FLEETWOOD, AND WERE AUTHORIZED TO DO REPAIRS. PICKED UP THE COACH 3 WEEKS LATER, DROVE FINE, NO VIBRATION DURING THE 50 MILE TRIP HOME. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GO ON ANOTHER TRIP UNTIL MAY OF 2017. AFTER ABOUT 200 MILES, THE COACH DID THE SAME THING; STARTED WITH REAL BAD VIBRATION IN THE DASHBOARD THAT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE, (DASHBOARD WOULD BOUNCE 1-2 INCHES AS IT BROKE AWAY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE); AND THEN THE BODY SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME AGAIN SHOWING ABOUT A 2 INCH GAP BETWEEN THE FLOOR AND COACH BODY. THESE TRIPS WERE 95% HIGHWAY/FREEWAY DRIVING, AND 5% CITY STREETS, AND IS FOCUSED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE COACH. WHEN LOOKING UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE COACH, YOU CAN SEE THE BOLTS WORKING OUT OF THE FRAMING THAT ATTACHES TO THE BODY, AND YOU CAN SEE THE GAP BETWEEN THE FRAMING AND THE BODY WHERE THE BOLTS HAVE COMPLETELY FALLEN OUT, AND THE WELD REPAIR DID NOT HOLD AS IT ALSO SEPARATED, AGAIN. THE FIRST INSTANCE HAPPENED IN JUNE 2016 - OUR NEXT TRIP WAS NOT UNTIL MAY OF 2017 WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. FLEETWOOD IS REFUSING TO FIX STATING THAT ITS ONLY A DASHBOARD ISSUE!

DASH CAME LOOSE AND IS SETTING ON TOP OF THE STEERING COLUMN. HEAT AND FUMES COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT INTO CAB. IT PULLED HEAT AND AIR DUCTS LOOSE UNDER THE DASH. INSIDE WALL WHERE THE REFRIGERATOR IS MOUNTED PULLED APART FROM EXTERIOR WALL AND CEILING. THIS UNIT HAS 6092 MILES ON IT. FLEETWOOD HAS REFUSED TO HELP US.

DRIVERS AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS FOG AND GET MOISTURE BETWEEN THE 2 PIECES OF GLASS WHICH CAUSES MINERAL BUILD UP THUS GREATLY REDUCES VISIBILITY OF MIRRORS. VEHICLE IS A CLASS A MOTORHOME.