FLEETWOOD Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FLEETWOOD BOUNDER RV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT EVERY DOUBLE PANE WINDOW EXHIBITED CONDENSATION IN BETWEEN THE GLASS, WHICH DISTORTED THE VISIBILITY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE VEHICLE BE TAKEN TO AN AUTO GLASS SPECIALIST FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

FLEETWOOD INSTALLED FAULTY DUAL PANE WINDOWS IN SEVERAL YEARS OF RV'S THAT GET FOGGY BETWEEN THE SEALED PANES OF GLASS. THESE WINDOWS ARE USED THROUGHOUT THE MOTORHOME INCLUDING THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW. THE DRIVERS VIEW TO THE OUTSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR IN OBSTRUCTED AND CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE THE VIEW IS DISTORTED. THE STATE OF MISSOURI REQUIRES AN ANNUAL SAFETY INSPECTION AND THIS RV WILL NO LONGER PASS THIS INSPECTION BECAUSE OF THE OBSCURED VIEW TO THE OUTSIDE FROM THE DRIVERS SEAT. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED UNDER WARRANTY BUT FLEETWOOD REFUSES BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS OVER 3 YEARS OLD, I CONTEND THE PROBLEM STARTED WELL WITHIN THE WARRANTY PERIOD AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE. I ALSO CONTEND THERE ARE MANY RV'S WITH THIS PROBLEM ON THE ROAD SOME OF WHICH FLEETWOOD HAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY AND SOME THEY HAVE NOT REGARDLESS OF THE TIMING OF THE REPAIR IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE WARRANTY PERIOD. I ALSO CONTEND THAT AUTO GLASS SHOULD NOT DISTORT THE VIEW FOR SAFETY REASONS "EVER", SAFETY GLASS IS REGULATED BY THIS AGENCY AS FAR AS I KNOW AND I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT THAT WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE DRIVERS VIEW IS OBSCURED. I AM DATING THIS COMPLAINT TODAY BUT THE PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE. I HAVE RAN A BASIC SURVEY OF FLEETWOOD OWNERS AND FOUND MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER OF THESE WINDOWS SE-GI IN AUGUST '07 ABOUT THIS AND THEY CONFIRMED THEY HAD A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM "A FEW YEARS AGO WITH THE DUAL PANE WINDOWS, BUT IT WAS RESOLVED NOW" I CONTINUE TO FIND OTHER OWNERS WITH THESE VEHICLES AND WINDOWS THAT ARE HAVING PROBLEMS. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION AND UPON THE SAME FINDINGS AS I HAVE A RECALL SHOULD BE ENFORCED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND FLEETWOOD IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. *TR

OUR WINDOWS ARE FOGGED VERY BAD. WHEN THE SUN IS OUT THE GLARE IS SO BAD THAT U CAN NOT SEE OUT TO SEE THE MIRRORS ,VERY DANGEROUS. WHEN I CALLED TO COMPLAIN THEY SAID I CALLED TO LATE FOR THEM TO BE REPAIRED,THEY DID NOT SEND A RECALL .CALLED FLEETWOOD A FEW TIMES AND THEY WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND IT NOR WOULD MY DEALER.THEY NEW THEY HAD A PROBLEM AND WOULD NOT FIX IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FLEETWOOD STORM SPECIAL CLASS A WITH A WORKHORSE CHASSIS P32. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHASSIS HAD BENDIX BRAKES AND WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE SEIZED AND EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL BURNING ODOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 19,000.

WE HAVE CALLED FLEETWOOD IN DECATUR IN MANY TIMES THAT THE MOTOR HOME WINDOWS IN OUR 2005 FLEETWOOD EXPEDITION ARE FOGGY. THEY JUST KEEP GETTING WORSE AND NOW ALL 10 WINDOWS ARE FOGGY. THEY SAID THEY ARE NOT COVERED UNDER OUR WARRANTY. THEY WILL NOT HELP US. WE ARE RETIRED AND ON LIMITED INCOME. WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO TURN. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 FLEETWOOD DISCOVERY MOTORHOME THAT HAS SE-GI WINDOWS. THESE WINDOW SEALS ARE BROKEN AND THEY ARE FOGGING UP VERY BADLY. ALL OF THE WINDOWS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE OUT OF WHEN THE SUN IS DIRECTLY ON THEM. THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW IS SO BAD IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE MY MIRROR. WHEN THE SUN IS DIRECTLY ON IT I CAN'T EVEN SEE MY MIRROR. THIS IN TURN MAKES IT VERY UNSAFE WHEN CHANGING LANES AND BACKING UP. SINCE THIS IS SUCH A GRAVE SAFETY ISSUE SOMETHING MUST BE DONE SO I CAN SAFELY DRIVE MY MOTOR HOME. NUMEROUS RV OWNERS HAVE HAD THE VERY SAME PROBLEM WITH THESE WINDOWS, SO I WOULD THINK THAT AN INVESTIGATION AND A RECALL WOULD BE REQUIRED. YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *KB

SE-GI PRODUCTS INC, DOUBLE PAINED WINDOWS "FOGGING". 05 37C FLEETWOOD PACE ARROW. PURCHASED NEW IN 2005 AND WINDOWS STARTED "FOGGING" WITHIN TWO YEARS. CONTACTED FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES AND MANUFACTURE OF WINDOWS, WE-GI PRODUCTS INC IN NORCO CA. AND WAS DENIED ANY CONSIDERATION DUE TO TWELVE MONTH WARRANTY TIME FRAMES. THERE IS RESTRICTED VISION OF BOTH DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE REAR VIEW MIRRORS FROM DRIVERS SEAT DUE TO FOGGING. ALL OTHER SIDE VIEWING WINDOWS ARE "FOGGING" AND MAKING VISIBILITY A SAFETY CONCERN ALSO. HAVE MOVED DRIVERS SIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR TEN INCHES TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE TO ENABLE VISIBILITY WITHOUT HAVING TO VIEW THROUGH DEFECTED WINDOW AND REMOVED INNER PANE ON PASSENGER SIDE FOR SAME REASON. *TR

2007 FLEETWOOD SOUTHWIND CLASS A MOTOR HOME. DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDOWS ARE FOGGING PREVENTING VIEW TO REARVIEW MIRRORS. OTHER WINDOWS FOGGING ALSO BUT DO NOT POSE A SAFETY ISSUE. NEED ASSISTANCE AS THIS IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES. PLEASE HELP WITH A RECALL TO PROVIDE SAFE. DRIVING AND AVOID SIGNIFICANT ACCIDENTS. IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME I WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE WITHOUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPAIRS. *TR

I CURRENTLY OWN A 2009 BOUNDER RV. THE . ON MAY 28, 2011, I WAS IN ROUTE TO MYRTLE BEACH, IT BEGAN TO RAIN AND I CUT ON MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPER BROKE AND WAS HELD ON BY THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID TUBE. I STOPPED, TOOK IT OFF, AND HAD CAMPING WORLD ORDER ME A NEW ONE, WHICH I WAS ABLE TO PUT ON BEFORE I LEFT TO GO BACK HOME. UNIT WAS NO COVERED BY WARRANTY. I WAS NOT HAPPY, BUT WOULDN'T HAVE NORMALLY THOUGHT TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS. HOWEVER, I AGAIN TRAVELED TO MYRTLE BEACH ON JULY 23, 2011. IT BEGAN RAINING AGAIN AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER BROKE THE SAME WAY. ONCE I FOUND A PLACE TO STOP, WHICH WASN'T EASY SINCE I COULDN'T SEE, I REALIZED THAT THE WIPER WAS AGAIN HELD ON BY THE WIPER FLUID TUBE. I WAS ABLE (IN THE POURING RAIN) TO TAKE OFF THE DRIVER'S SIDE WIPER AND PUT THE WIPER FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE, THE ONE THAT HAD JUST BEEN REPLACED, ONTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE. APPARENTLY THERE MUST BE SOME SORT OF DEFECT WITH THESE WIPERS. I HATE TO THINK TO THAT EACH TIME I USE MY WIPERS, I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE ONE OR BOTH. I HAVE ALREADY SPENT $70 FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED AND WILL BE DOING SO AGAIN FOR THIS SECOND ONE. THIS IS TRULY A HAZARD TO MY FAMILY AND ME AND TO THOSE AROUND ME IN TRAFFIC. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPT ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FLEETWOOD FLAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH AND ENTERING AN INTERSECTION, THE WELDS BETWEEN THE HITCH RECEIVER BOX AND THE FRAME BROKE APART. THE CONTACT WAS TOWING ANOTHER VEHICLE DURING THE FAILURE AND AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE BEING TOWED DETACHED AND ROLLED ACROSS THE ROADWAY BEFORE CRASHING. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME AND WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED BECAUSE THEY WERE NO LONGER IN BUSINESS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.