FLEETWOOD Complaints

Rear stabilizer bracket bolts fell out brackets and screws are missing, on the other side 1 bolt is missing. Without these parts the sway bar does not function and the vehicle dangerously s w a y s.

DUAL PANE WINDOW SEALS RUPTURE AND DUAL PANE WINDOWS BECOME FOGGY AND STAINED MAKING VISIBILTY TERRIBLE AND UNSAFE. ESPECIALLY CAN'T SEE YOUR MIRRORS. ACCORDING TO FORUMS IT APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMONG FLEETWOOD PRODUCTS.

SEAT BELTS, DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER. SEAT BELTS GET HUNG-UP (BIND) ON WALL MOUNTED SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. UNABLE TO BUCKLE OR RELEASE SEAT BELT. ALSO, BECAUSE OF BINDING, BELT WILL NOT LOCK IN AN EMERGENCY APPLICATION ON CITY STREET, HIGHWAY OR WHILE TURNING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 FLEETWOOD FLAIR RV. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20E071000 (EQUIPMENT) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. CAMPING WORLD OF NASHVILLE LOCATED AT 2618 MUSIC VALLEY DR, NASHVILLE, TN 37214 AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS HOWEVER, THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT PERFORMED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

THE ONBOARD GENERATOR GIVES OFF RAW GASOLINE SMELL INSIDE THE UNIT AFTER A MINIMUM OF 35 MINUTES OF RUN TIME CREATING AN EXPLOSIVE CONDITIONS. EMAILED THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER OF THE LIFE SAFETY ISSUES IN SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 WITH NO RESPONSE FROM THE DEALER AND LITTLE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. I PURCHASED A 2020 FLEETWOOD FLAIR 28A MOTORHOME IN JULY OF 2020 FROM CAMPING WORLD IN HUGO MINNESOTA. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET INFORMATION FROM THE DEALER SINCE JULY OF 2020. I HAVE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY ARE TRYING TO GET INFORMATION, BUT BETWEEN THE TOTAL DISREGARD AND LYING THE RV IS STILL AT THE DEALER WITH NO COMPLETION DATE IN SITE.*DT*JB CONSUMER STATED HE FILED 6 COMPLAINTS.*JB*DT*JB

LOW DEF WARNING, FOLLOWED BY VERY LOW DEF WARNING WHEN DEF TANK WAS 3/4 FULL. CUT OFF ENGINE POWER AND PLACED ME IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION ON THE INTERSTATE

MY NEW VEHICLE IS A CLASS A MOTORHOME. I HAVE MADE 3 TRIPS IN THE RV AND FIND IT VERY HARD TO MAINTAIN CONTROL ON THE HIGHWAY. IT IS CONSTANT (WHITE KNUCKLE) DRIVING. LARGE PASSING TRUCKS ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AS THEY BLOW THE MOTORHOME ALL OVER THE ROAD. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO FLEETWOOD MOTORHOME AND FORD CHASSIS ASSISTANCE. BOTH SEEM TO REFER ME TO THE OTHER. LAST CONTACT WITH FORD I WAS MORE OR LESS TOLD "IT IS WHAT IT IS." UPON RESEARCH OF MY ISSUES, I HAVE DISCOVERED AFTER-MARKET PARTS MAY CURE THIS PROBLEM. FLEETWOOD REPLIED BACK THEY ARE NOT ASSISTING ME WITH THIS. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IN KEEPING THE RV ON THE HIGHWAY.

THE FRAME OF MY FIFTH WHEEL CAMPING TRAILER BROKE IN TWO WHERE THE KING PIN BOX IS WELDED IN THE FRONT WHILE I WAS TOWING IT ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS TOWING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN I WENT OVER AN OVERPASS WITH AN UNEVEN LIP AT ITS EDGE WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. ONLINE RESEARCH THAT I'VE DONE SHOWS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM COMMON TO TRAILER FRAMES MADE BY LIPPERT COMPONENTS AND SUPPLIED TO NUMEROUS RV MANUFACTURERS. IT IS CHALKED UP TO "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR". LIPPERT ONLY WARRANTIES THEIR TRAILER FRAMES FOR TWO YEARS. IN MY OPINION, A VEHICLE, REGARDLESS OF TYPE OR SIZE, SHOULD NEVER SUFFER A BROKEN FRAME DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR. THIS IS A TREMENDOUS SAFETY HAZARD THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED.

I HAVE A 2012 CLASS C FLEETWOOD JAMBOREE MOTOR HOME ON A FORD E450 CHASSIS. THE FUEL SYSTEM DEVELOPED A LEAK WHEN I PUMPED GAS INTO THE TANK. THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM THE FUEL FILLER PIPE HOSE THAT RUNS THROUGH THE FRAME AND CLAMPS TO THE GAS TANK. THE FILLER HOSE WAS FACTORY INSTALLED. I TOOK THE MOTOR HOME TO A SHOP FOR REPAIRS ON NOVEMBER 16, 2020. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE 10' PIECE OF HOSE THAT RUNS FROM THE TANK THROUGH THE FRAME AND JOINS TO ANOTHER SECTION OF HOSE ABOUT 11' LONG. THE MECHANIC SHOWED ME THE OLD HOSE HE REMOVED. THE HOSE WAS VERY DEGRADED AND HAD MANY CRACKS. THERE WERE SEVERAL LONG DEEP CRACKS ON THE TOP OF THE HOSE ABOUT 4' FROM THE END THAT CLAMPED TO THE TANK. THOSE DEEP CRACKS WERE LEAKING GAS WHEN I PUMPED GAS INTO THE TANK. HE SAID THIS SECTION OF HOSE WAS NOT FUEL GRADE HOSE AND WAS ACTUALLY HYDRAULIC HOSE. HE ALSO SAID HE HAD SEEN THIS SAME PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. THIS CLASS C MOTOR HOME IS ACTUALLY BUILT ON A 2011 FORD CAB CUTAWAY E450 CHASSIS EVEN THOUGH FLEETWOOD SELLS IT AS A 2012 AFTER THEY BUILD THE HOUSE PORTION. THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS CLASS C MOTOR HOMES ON ROAD ON THE FORD E450 AND E350 CHASSIS. I BECAME VERY CONCERNED WHEN THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE FACTORY INSTALLED HOSE THAT WAS LEAKING THAT HE REMOVED WAS HYDRAULIC GRADE HOSE AND NOT FUEL GRADE HOSE. I AM TOLD, I DON'T KNOW FIRSTHAND, THAT THE FORD CAB CUTAWAY IS DELIVERED TO THE MOTOR HOME MANUFACTURER WITH ONLY A PARTIAL FUEL FILLER HOSE INSTALLED AND THE MANUFACTURER JOINS ANOTHER PIECE OF HOSE TO CONNECT IT TO THE GAS TANK. I AM ALSO TOLD, AGAIN WITHOUT FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE, THAT ETHANOL IN GASOLINE WILL DEGRADE NONE FUEL GRADE HOSE.

THE BODY OF OUR CLASS A MOTOR HOME IS BREAKING LOOSE FROM THE FREIGHTLINER CHASSIS. THE WELDS ON THE FOUR FRONT ATTACHMENT BRACKETS HAVE BROKEN APART. THE FRONT 10 TO 15 FEET OF THE BODY IS DETACHED FROM THE FRAME AND BOUNCES AROUND. THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE RIG HAVE MOVED AND ARE APPROXIMATELY 3/4" OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH THE FRAME (FRONT MOVED TOWARDS DRIVER-BACK TOWARDS PASSANGER).