FLEETWOOD Complaints

I OWN A 2005 FLEETWOOD DISCOVERY MOTOR HOME AND EVERY WINDOW IN IT HAD FOGGED UP. OF COURSE, THE MOST DANGEROUS BEING THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW. AFTER CALLING FLEETWOOD AND THEY REFERRED ME TO SEGI THE WINDOW MANUFACTURER I FOUND OUT NEITHER OF THEM WOULD ASSIST ME WITH THE PROBLEM. I RESEARCHED AND FOUND A REPAIR FACILITY IN HUDSON, FL., SUNCOAST DESIGN THAT WOULD REPAIR THEM FOR $200.00 PER FRAME. I CHOSE TO REPAIR SEVEN OF THE WINDOWS. THEY DID A SUPERB JOB BUT I STILL FEEL I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO INCUR THE EXPENSE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FLEETWOOD MALLARD RV. THE VEHICLE HAS A DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR, MODEL RM2652. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V320000 (EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE). THE VEHICLE WAS IMMOBILE AND REQUIRED THE RECALL REPAIR TO BE PERFORMED ON SITE. DOMETIC WAS NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE $120 RECALL REPAIR COST. DOMETIC EXPLAINED THAT THEY WOULD COVER $60 TOWARDS THE REPAIR COST. THERE HAS BEEN NO RESOLUTION WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE SERIAL NUMBER, PART NUMBER, VIN, AND PURCHASE DATE WERE UNKNOWN.

2007 FLEETWOOD MOTOR HOME RECALL 90209. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE RV HAD CONSTANT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER SENT HIM A WIRING DIAGRAM INSTEAD OF REPAIRING THE RV. THE CONSUMER SOLD THE RV IN JULY 2008. RECALL # 09V056000 *JB

FAILURE OF DEAN WILDCAT LT, 225-75/R16 LOAD RATED E TIRE. THREE OUT OF FOUR TIRES HAVE FAILED, WITH LESS THAN 4000 MILES ON EACH TIRE. TIRE IS SIMILAR BUT NOT EXACT TO DEAN TIRE RECALL IN SAME TIME PERIOD. ONLY SELECTION IN DEAN TIRE LIST IS DEAN WILDCAT AT, TIRE ON MY VEHICLE IS DEAN WILDCAT LT. *TR

4 GOODYEAR MARATHON MILER TRAILER SERVICE TIRES PURCHASED AROUND JULY 2006. 1 TIRE WITH LOT CODE 1305 HAS LARGE BULGING NOT ON OUTSIDE AND TIRE IS SEPARATING FROM INNER LINER. 1 TIRE WITH LOT CODE 2104 HAS SIGNS OF SEPARATION FROM LINER AND DRY CRACKING SHOWING. ALSO TREAD IS BULGING HIGHER ON 1 SIDE THAN THE OTHER. 2 OTHER TIRES, 1 WITH 1604 LOT CODE AND 1 WITH 2104 LOT CODE HAVE SHOWN ONLY SOME SIGNS OF DRY CRACKS. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING OUR RV AND SMELLED BURNING PLASTIC, WE STOPPED AND THE SMELL SEEMED TO GO AWAY. WE WENT ON AND LATER STOPPED AND LOOKED IN OUR COMPARTMENT, THE EXHAUST PIPE HAD BURNED A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE COMPARTMENT AND BURNED THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE PLASTIC CONTAINER, LUCKILY IT DID NOT BURN INTO THE FOUR BOTTLES OF BUTANE IN OUR COMPARTMENT, WE WOULD HAVE DIED. WE ARE TRYING TO CONTACT THE DEALER FOR CORRECTION. THE WARRANTY IS UP SO THE NEARBY PLACES WILL NOT HANDLE IT. IT IS A 2007 TIOGA MADE BY FLEETWOOD. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURE DEFECT, SINCE WE HAVE LESS THAN 3000 MILES ON IT AND HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO IT. AFTER THIS WE EMPTIED THE COMPARTMENT AND PUT A METAL PLATE IN IT OURSELVES, TRYING TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE FROM FLEETWOOD. *TR

ON 2/2/06 HAD SOUTHWIND MOTORHOME IN TO SHOP WITH COMPLAINT OF STRANGE BRAKE NOISE AND ABS LIGHT BEING ON. OTHER ISSUES ALSO. ON 09/18/08 HAD MOTORHOME IN TO SHOP WITH COMPLAINT OF ABS LIGHT BEING ON. HAD OTHER ISSUES ALSO. ABS LIGHT CAME BACK ON AS SOON AS WE LEFT THE REPAIR SHOP. MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE FIX WAS TO REPLACE THE CIRCUIT BARD AND WAS TOO COSTLY AND NOT NEEDED. ON 2/17 /09 MOTORHOME SMELLED OF OVERHEATED BRAKES ON NARROW WINDING FLAT ROAD. WE PULLED OFF IN ONLY SPOT AVAILABLE AND WAITED FOR IT TO COOL DOWN ABOUT 3 MILES FROM OUR INTENDED CAMPING SPOT. 1/4 MILE FROM CAMP GROUND LOST MOST OF BRAKES. DROVE ON INTO CAMPGROUND AT ABOUT 5 MPH IN LOW GEAR. NOTED FLUID ON FRONT LEFT WHEEL. CALLED OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY OFFICE, UNITED STATES WARRANTY CORP. POLICY HAD BEEN PURCHASED AT TIME OF VEHICLE PURCHASE. THEY DIRECTED US TO LOCAL REPAIRMAN. HE SAID THE BRAKES HAD STUCK AND THE BRAKE FLUID HAD BOILED. HE COULD NOT HANDLE THE REPAIR WORK. WARRANTY COMPANY THEN AGREED TO USE LTM TRUCK AND RV REPAIR SHOP ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY IN COOS BAY OREGON. MOTOR HOME WAS TOWED. DRIVER NOTED BURNT SENSORS AND TOLD ME MY ABS LIGHT MUST BE ON. REPAIRS WERE MADE AND TOTAL COST WAS $2414.75. REPLACED FRONT PADS, CALIPERS, HUB CAP, BEARINGS RACES, WHEEL SEALS, COUNTER SHAFT BEARING, REAR BRAKE PADS, CALIPERS, WHEEL SEALS, SCOTSEAL, TURNED ROTORS, ABS SENSORS. DRILLED BELL CRANK FOR GREASE FITTING. EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY REFUSED TO PAY ANY OF COSTS, STATING THEY HAD DETERMINED A STUCK BELL CRANK HAD CAUSED THE BRAKE PADS TO STICK AND THEY DO NOT COVER THAT PART OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE BELL CRANK. ON 05/22/09 RECEIVED "INTERIM NOTICE" FROM WORKHORSE CUSTOM CHASIS THAT SOME OF THEIR PRODUCTS MAY EXPERIENCE CALIPER STICKING. THEY STATE THEY HAVE NOT DETERMINED WHAT THE FINAL REMEDY WILL BE. WORKHORSE ADVISED US TO WATCH FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS AND IF THEY DETERMINE OUR MOTOR HOME WAS AFFECTED BY THE FUTURE RECALL WE WILL RECEIVE NOTICE WHEN IT HAPPENS. *TR

THE PARTICLE BOARD FLOORING ON TRAVEL TRAILERS DETERIORATE CAUSING THE MOLDINGS TO FALL OFF WHILE ON THE ROAD. THIS IS THE FOURTH TRAILER I'VE OWNED THAT HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. THE MOLDINGS ARE INSTALLED WITH THE SEALANT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TRAILER. WATER RUNS DOWN THE EXTERIOR WALLS AND IS RETAINED AND ABSORBED BY THE PARTICLE BOARD FLOOR WHICH IS NOT WATER RESISTANT. AS THE FLOOR DETERIORATES PIECES OF THE FLOORING AND THE MOLDINGS FALL OFF. SOME OF THE MOLDING PIECES ARE UP TO 8 FEET LONG. ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS AS THE FLOOR DETERIORATES AND SOFTENS, A PERSON COULD GO THROUGH THE FLOOR OR THE WALLS COULD FALL DOWN WHILE THE TRAILER IS ON THE ROAD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FLEETWOOD PACE ARROW RV. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 60-65 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATED AND THEN FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. WHENEVER THE GENERATOR WAS ACTIVATED FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY MINUTES, AT TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 75- 80 DEGREES, IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF WITHOUT ASSITANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION ON THREE SEPARATION OCCASIONS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE GENERATOR WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED, WHICH WAS A MANUFACTURER DESIGN FLAW. THERE WERE NO RESOLUTIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MANUFACTURER OF THE GENERATOR ON A SEPARATE OCCASION FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE EXHAUST PIPE BEING ALIGNED WITH THE GAS LINE INTO THE GENERATOR, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 600 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FLEETWOOD NITROUS 230 FSX HYPERLITE TOY HAULER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WEAVES WHEN A SEMI-TRUCK PASSES OR WHEN THE VEHICLE DRIVES OVER UNEVEN PAVEMENT, WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO ADD 600 LBS. TO THE FRONT CARGO AREA, WHICH WAS CONTRARY TO WHAT WAS STATED IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL. IN ADDITION, THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS BENT. THE CONTACT DOES NOT HAVE THE WORK ORDER FROM THE DEALER. THE DEALER ALSO INFORMED HIM TO PLACE EXTRA OUTRIGGERS ON THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 6,500.