Fleetwood Southwind 1996

Model Southwind made in 1996 by Fleetwood got 13 consumer complains there is 1 recall as well as 2 service bulletins. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to electrical system, engine and engine cooling and exterior lighting. Technical service bulletines regarding equipment, unknown or other. There was one recall concerning electrical system .

Southwind year 1996

Recalls
Technical Service Bulletins
Consumer Complaints

Car dealers

Model 1996

Recalls

Campaign	Manufacturer	Manufacturing date	Type	# of units affected	Date Owner notified Mfg	Recall Initiated by	Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products	Report Recieved Date	Record Creation Date
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
96V102000	FLEETWOOD ENT., INC.	from 01/01/1996 to 05/01/1996	V (Vehicle)	881	07/01/1996	MFR	FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.	06/18/1996	06/21/1996
Defect Summary	The electric wire used to power the expandable room hydraulic pump motor was not equipped with a circuit breaker. overheating of the wire can occur with incorrect expandable room operation.
Consequence Summary	This condition can cause the wire insulation to melt, causing smoke and possible fire.
Corrective Summary	Dealers will install a circuit breaker to the expandable room system pump motor wire. fleetwood will also provide a vehicle label to identify the location of the circuit breaker, and will provide owner's manual literature to identify the circuit breaker location.
Notes	System: electrical; fuse and recepticle; circuit breaker. vehicle description: motorhomes equipped with an optional expandable room. owner notification: owner notification is expected to begin june 28, 1996. note: owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and od not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time, should contact fleetwood at 1-800-322-8216. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.

Bulletins

Bulletin	Bulletin date	Item no.	Summary	Added
EQUIPMENT - OTHER - LABELS
98256	10/20/1998	614692	Fleetwood enterprises, inc. motor home division will be contacting the owners of certain motor homes for the purpose of correcting the gcwr label which was printed with the incorrect information. *tt	12/11/2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
336	02/15/1997	52242	Operating instructions for bendix washer/dryer. *jd	07/17/1997

Consumer Complaints

Fail date	miles	occurences	Purchase date
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
11/14/1999		1
	My father and his friend both died from carbon monoxide poisoning while sleeping in a fleetwood southwind motorhome in november of 1999. carbon monoxide from the onan generator filled the motor home with the deadly fumes. we are currently in litigation with fleetwood, onan and the dealership. investigations during the course of the lawsuit have revealed many other instances of the same fate befalling other individuals and families. fleetwood and onan have shown they have no regard for the death's their products are causing. they would rather litigate than fix the problem. please hold these companies accountable and prevent other families from going through the tragedy our family has had to endure. http://www.mcsrr.org/pressreleases/nhtsa01p.html. *nm
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE
05/14/1996		10	02/01/1996
	Motorhome had stalled and stopped in the center lanes of freeway,a dangerous condition. thanks to highway police and cell phone.this happen twice.*ak
EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS
04/01/1998
	Headlights go on and off intermittently after being on for a while. also, defect within windshield causes it to become loose from the mounting. repairwork done. manufacturer aware of the problems. problems still exists. provide further information. *ak
PARKING BRAKE - DRIVELINE - HYDRAULIC
10/01/2004	40690	1	10/20/2003
	Failure of the automatic park brake on a chevy p30 chassis. *ak
POWER TRAIN - AXLE ASSEMBLY - AXLE SHAFT
07/12/2003	66160	1	06/28/2003
	Purchased a 1996 fleetwood southwind 34' motorhome (gm chassis) from giant rv in upland and after only 100 miles of driving, both driver side rear wheels separated from the axle. i believe the axle shaft broke but giant rv will not talk to me about it. *la
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - PEDALS AND LINKAGES
		1
	The brake pedal went to the floor.
STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST - HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
		1
	Disconnected return hose on power steering pump, causing metallic noise, vibration.
STEERING - WHEEL AND HANDLE BAR
08/28/1995
	Steering wheel and column; failure on the steering,causing the vheicleto pull to the right and the left. *ak
STRUCTURE - FRAME AND MEMBERS
09/01/1995		1
	Motor home chassis too small for body of vehicle, causing it to lose control easily. *dh
SUSPENSION - FRONT
		1	01/26/1996
	Front wheels aligned.
VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD
02/03/2003	20500	1	02/08/1997
	Windshield falling out
07/01/2002		1	07/01/2002
	Windshield has started to separate from seal at top on both sides. dealer will be notified. ak consumer adds passenger side exterior rubber gasket is not staying attached to fiberglass body of motorhome, causing windshield to tip out at top corner. dealer took glass out and reset. consumer noticed flawed windshield at time of purchase. tt
04/01/1998
	Headlights go on and off intermittently after being on for a while. also, defect within windshield causes it to become loose from the mounting. repairwork done. manufacturer aware of the problems. problems still exists. provide further information. *ak

Car dealers selling

State	City	Zip	Name	Phone
CA	PETALUMA		HANSEL RV	707-769-2440
CA	UPLAND	91786	GIANT RV	909 981-0444
NY	BATH		MEYERS RV SUPERSTORE