FLEETWOOD Complaints

THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW, PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW, AND THE WINDOW BEHIND THE PASSENGER SEAT ARE FOGGING BETWEEN THE PANES OF GLASS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FLEETWOOD BOUNDER RV. THE CONTACT STATED THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE WINDOW, AS WELL AS THE REAR BEDROOM WINDOW ARE FOGGY AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE OUT THE WINDOWS. THE WINDOWS HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 39,835 UPDATED 03/08/11

2004 FLEETWOOD BONDER DIESEL PUSHER 8 FIXED WINDOWS FOGGING WORST IS DRIVER SIDE I HAVE TROUBLE SEEING REAR VIEW MIRROR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FLEETWOOD EXPEDITION DIESEL RV. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SEALS ON THE THREE WINDOWS ON THE DRIVER SIDE HAD FAILED CAUSING AIR TO SEEP INTO THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE WINDOWS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE WINDOWS IN THE VEHICLE HAD THE SAME FAILURE EXCEPT FOR THE WINDSHIELD. THIS ALSO CAUSED THE WINDOW PANES TO BECOME FOGGY AND TURN BLUE, MAKING VISIBILITY DIFFICULT FOR THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE COMPANY WAS TAKEN OVER BY NEW OWNERS WHO ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST THE CONTACT WITH ANY REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

2007 FLEETWOOD BOUNDER CLASS A MOTOR HOME. DUAL PANE WINDOWS. FOGGING WINDOWS, DRIVERS SIDE, PASSENGERS SIDE, ALL WINDOWS ON BOTH SIDES SUBJECT TO FOGGING PROBLEM. NORMAL USE, OVER TIME THEY GRADUALLY BEGAN TO FORM THE FOG MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THRU ESPECIALLY WHEN SUN SHINES ON IT. IT HAD STARTED BY 2008 AND BY 2009 DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW HAD NO CLEAR VISIBILITY . TO CORRECT THE AFFECTED WINDOWS WE TOOK THEM TO SUNCOAST DESIGNERS IN FLA. THEY REMOVED, DEFOGGED, RESEALED AND REPLACED THE WINDOWS. LESS COSTLY THAN REPLACING WITH SAME WINDOWS WHICH COULD REPEAT THE PROBLEM ANY TIME. *TR

RV GAS/ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR BEGAN LEAKING COOLANT GAS (AMMONIA) INTO COACH MAKING OCCUPANTS VERY ILL AND LIGHT HEADED. GAS SEEMED TO ALMOST IGNITE BEFORE AREA WAS OPENED TO THE ACCESS PANEL OF COOLING UNIT AND VENTED. COOLANT GAS WAS OPEN TO LP GAS HEATING ELEMENT FLAME FOR POSSIBLE UNCONTROLLED IGNITION LEADING TO POSSIBLE FIRE TO COACH. AREA EXTREMELY HOT WHICH SUSPECTS A SMALL FIRE OCCURRED. REFRIGERATOR COOLING UNIT HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED. *TR

I PURCHASED A SET OF FIVE (INCLUDING THE SPARE) NEW CARLISLE TRAILER TIRES IN EARLY 2009 FROM DISCOUNT TIRE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. THE TIRES ARE CARLISLE ST205/75R-15/D1 RADIAL TRAIL. THESE WERE REPLACEMENT TIRES FOR THE ORIGINAL TRAVEL TRAILER TIRES WHICH WERE A LOAD RANGE C, THE RADIAL TRAIL'S ARE LOAD RANGE D. SINCE THAT TIME ONE TIRE FAILED DURING A TRIP IN JUNE OF 2010 AND WAS REPLACED AT A DISCOUNT TIRE IN OGDEN, UTAH. LATER IN OCTOBER OF 2010 ON OUR MOST RECENT TRIP THREE OF THE REMAINING CARLISLE TIRES FAILED. I REPLACED FOUR TIRES AT THAT TIME IN OKLAHOMA CITY AT A DISCOUNT TIRE. I HAVE SINCE PLACED MY TRAILER IN STORAGE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TIRES ON MY TRAILER I NOTICED SIDEWALL BULGE ON TWO OF THE NEW REPLACEMENT CARLISLE TIRES EXACTLY IN THE SAME SPOT AS THE FOUR TIRES THAT FAILED. THIS IS WITH LESS THAN 30 DAYS IN STORAGE. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE TOWING MY TRAILER WITH THESE TIRES. SIX (6) TIRE FAILURES IN THIS AMOUNT OF TIME AND ON BASICALLY BRAND NEW TIRES IS OUTRAGEOUS. FORTUNATELY, THERE HAVE BEEN NO PERSONAL INJURIES OR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE TO THIS POINT FROM THE TIRE FAILURES, BUT IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE ONE OR BOTH HAPPEN. MY TRAVEL TRAILER IS A 2008 PROWLER 250 CKS. I HAVE FILED A CLAIM WITH CARLISLE TIRE AND WHEEL BUT FELT COMPELLED TO REPORT THIS FAILURE AS A DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE WITH A POTENTIAL FOR A LOSS OF LIFE. *TR

CONTINUOUS BRAKE FAILURE AFTER REPEATED REPAIR ATTEMPTS. THE PARKING BRAKE LOCKS AND HAS TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE HYDRO-BOOST. REPLACED FIRST TRANSMISSION WITH COMPLETE INTERNAL FAILURE DUE TO OVERHEATING FROM BRAKES (FRONT DISC AND PARKING) LOCKING UP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. 11/13/07 - ENGINE FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AS A RESULT OF THE BRAKES PLACING UNDUE STRAIN ON THE DRIVETRAIN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE TORQUE CONVERTOR WAS REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE ENGINE DUE TO THE BRAKE PROBLEMS. 11/12/10 - A SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WITH ONLY 59,190 MILES WITH NO OVERDRIVE OR REVERSE GEARS. THE PARKING BRAKE DRUM FOR THIS VEHICLE IS MOUNTED ON THE REAR OF THE TRANSMISSION WHICH ALLOWS EXCESS HEAT TO BUILD UP AND DAMAGE THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE. IN ADDITION, AN AFTERMARKET TRANSMISSION FILTER (PLACED IN THE TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE BETWEEN THE TRANSMISSION AND THE RADIATOR) WAS INSTALLED BY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE MOTOR HOME AND FOUND TO BE CLOGGED. RESEARCH DISCOVERED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FILTER WENT OUT OF BUSINESS WHEN THEY FAILED TO ENGINEER A BYPASS VALVE INTO THE FILTER WHICH CAUSED TRANSMISSION AND/OR ENGINE FAILURE COMPLAINTS AND LAWSUITS.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FLEETWOOD PACE ARROW RV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STALLED WHENEVER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED FROM AN IDLE POSITION TO INCLUDE AT 5 MPH OR LESS. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. ALL OF THE SPARK PLUGS AND COILS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE SHIFT CHANGING SENSOR ALSO DISPLAYED THAT THE RPMS HAD REACHED THEIR PEAK CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO KILL THE ENGINE. THE SPEED SENSOR IN THE DRIVE TRAIN WAS REPLACED, BUT THAT DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT ALLOWED A FORD TECHNICIAN TO PERFORM 8 HOURS OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTING ON THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50000. UPDATED 1/21/11 *CN UPDATED 03/23/11

SEVERAL WINDOWS IN OUR MOTORHOME ARE FOGGING BETWEEN THE DOUBLE PANE GLASS. THIS STARTED TO APPEAR APPROX. 4 YRS. AGO. THE DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS HAVE BECOME SO CLOUDY THAT WHEN THE SUN REFLECTS ON THOSE WINDOWS IT IS BECOMING VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE THE SIDE MIRRORS MAKING LANE CHANGES VERY HAZARDOUS TO COMPLETE. FLEETWOOD HAS POLITELY SAID SORRY AND INFORMED ME THAT IT WILL COST APPROX. $1000 TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I KNOW OF MANY FLEETWOOD MOTORHOMES THAT HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM AND I REFER YOU TO THE DEC. 2010 ISSUE OF BOUNDER SOUNDER(ARTICLE----FOGGY, BUT NOT THE WEATHER) THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF BOUNDERS UNITED (A NATIONAL ASSOC. OF BOUNDER MOTORHOME OWNERS). I HAVE A COPY OF MY CORRESPONDENCE WITH FLEETWOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSIST IN THIS MATTER............ *TR