Fleetwood Southwind 2002
Model Southwind made in 2002 by Fleetwood got 13 consumer complains, 1 investigation there are 5 recalls as well as 2 service bulletins. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to air bags, electrical system and engine and engine cooling. Technical service bulletines regarding engine and engine cooling, tires. The car had one investigation (equipment). There were some recalls concerningequipment, service brakes, air and service brakes, hydraulic.
Model 2002
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 | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| EQUIPMENT | ||||||||||||||||
| 09V312000 | FLEETWOOD RV, INC. | from 06/22/2001 to 01/22/2003 | V (Vehicle) | 6684 | 06/26/2009 | MFR | FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. | 07/28/2009 | 07/30/2009 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Fleetwood rv is recalling certain model year 2005 and 2006 motorhomes manufactured between july 24, 2004 and march 11, 2005, equipped with norcold model 1200lr, 1200lrim, and 1201lrim refrigerators with serial numbers between 1273701 and 1536607, non-consecutively. a fatigue failure in the section of the cooling unit which contains the refrigerant could allow the liquid solution to slowly leak. if a leak occurs and the refrigerator continues to be operated after solution circulation has ceased the heat source could generate very high temperatures. at such high temperatures, the cooling unit could rupture. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | If a leak occurs and the unit is continues to operate, hydrogen gas may be expelled and can be ignited, resulting in a fire, possibly causing serious injury or death. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Fleetwood rv will notify owners and the vehicle's refrigerator will be repaired free of charge. the safety recall is expected to begin during september 2009. owners may contact fleetwood rv at 1-800-509-3418 or norcold's recall center at 1-800-767-9101. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
| EQUIPMENT - RECREATIONAL VEHICLE | ||||||||||||||||
| 03V452000 | FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. | V (Vehicle) | 60877 | ODI | FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. | 11/04/2003 | 11/14/2003 | |||||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain travel trailers equipped with samsung microwave ovens, these ovens were produced with a defective panel. an electrical short can occur between circuit patterns on the membrane panel, especially overlapped by a jumper or jump wire. this may cause the oven to activate without pressing any key pads. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | An electrical short can occur causing the oven to activate without pressing any key pads. this could result in excessive heat, smoke, or possibly a fire. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Samsung will notify customers and repair the panel free of charge. in the meantime, consumers should unplug their microwave, if possible. if the consumer is unable to unplug the microwave, they should leave the door ajar until the panel is replaced. consumers should never use the microwave oven for storage or leave any towels, paper, cloth or other products in the microwave after use. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact samsung at 800-932-3837 or fleetwood at 1-800-629-8454. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration | |||||||||||||||
| 07V120000 | FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. | from 04/01/1997 to 07/31/2003 | V (Vehicle) | 167096 | 05/10/2007 | MFR | FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. | 03/19/2007 | 03/20/2007 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Certain motor homes and travel trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, may have a defect in the boiler tube. pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) is present. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Fleetwood will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06e076). dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of charge. dometic has retained stericycle inc. to manage this campaign. stericycle will assist you in locating dealerships or service centers and will provide assistance with scheduling of appointments. owners may contact dometic/stericycle at 1-888-446-5157 or fleetwood at 1-800-322-8216. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
| SERVICE BRAKES, AIR | ||||||||||||||||
| 09V198000 | FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. | V (Vehicle) | 509 | 05/01/2009 | ODI | FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. | 06/02/2009 | 06/01/2009 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | Fleetwood is recalling 509 my 2001-2008 class a motor homes equipped with axles that include bosch zops or zoht pin slide hydraulic disc brakes. when combined with occasional or seasonal vehicle operation may experience calipers sticking in the applied position. this can result in abnormal heat generation at the wheel end causing brake drag. the driver would normally have warning of the brake drag if undetected by the driver. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | The driver would normally detect the brake drag but if undetected the temperature increase at the wheel end can eventually lead to soft pedal conditions due to brake fluid boil, and possible extended stopping distance increasing the risk of a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will inspect and replace the necessary components free of charge. workhorse is handling the remedy for this campaign please see 09v-110. the manufacturer has not yet provided an owner notification schedule. owners may contact workhorse at 1-877-246-7731. workhorse will conduct the owner and dealer notification. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - SWITCHES - BRAKE WARNING | ||||||||||||||||
| 03V066000 | FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. | from 09/17/1999 to 08/30/2001 | V (Vehicle) | 11194 | 04/07/2003 | MFR | FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. | 03/04/2003 | 03/17/2003 | 571 | 105 S5.3 | |||||
| Defect Summary | Certain motor home chassis fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 105, hydraulic and electric brake systems. the brake system warning indicator may not function as required by standard. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | In some of the affected vehicles, the brake system warning indicator will not illuminate when the ignition is in the start position or for a low brake fluid condition, if the body builder relied solely upon ford's ivm compliance statement for the brake system warning indicator. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will repair these vehicles. owner notification began april 7, 2003. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact fleetwood at 1-800-445-3307. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Fleetwood recall no. 30312.customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
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| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||||
| 0251 | 12/01/2004 | 10014720 | Air intake baffle procedure/installation which may be susceptible to stalling or sputtering during heavy rains or when water is sprayed directly at the front end. the check engine light may illuminate also. various models including fleet | 05/06/2005 | |
| TIRES - TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE | |||||
| SBA0212 | 10/01/2001 | 627558 | Subject regarding spare tire and removal procedure.*jb | 02/11/2002 | |
Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
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| EQUIPMENT - RECREATIONAL VEHICLE | ||||||
| PE06005 | FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. | 01/20/2006 | 05/02/2006 | INADVERTENT SLIDE-OUT EXTENSION MOVEMENT | ||
| This investigation was opened based on odi's receipt of a congressional letter on behalf of a constituent.the constituent reported incidents where the slide out room of his motor home would inadvertently move (extend) during highway use.odi was concerned that a fully extended slide out would degrade the vehicle's dynamic handling characteristics and/or possibly impact an object or another vehicle, resulting in a crash.odi contacted fleetwood and discovered that slide out rooms were installed in motor homes, travel trailers and folding trailers. as part of the investigation odi visited a rv show and the fleetwood paxinos plant to examine slide outs in various new make and model vehicles and gain an understanding of how the systems work.during the investigation odi learned that there are two methods used to extend slide out rooms.some manufacturers use hydraulic systems and others, such as fleetwood, use an electric motor. (continued on page 2) | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 06/02/2010 | 40200 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2002 fleetwood southwind rv with w22 chassis. the contact experienced a burning odor while driving at 15 mph he pulled over had the motor home cool down, found that the brake fluid was low causing the brake to fail. the manufacturer stated he could bring the rv to the garage for recall 09v110000 service brakes, hydraulic, but the rv will be examined before any parts are replaced. the contact was afraid to drive the rv to the dealer, because the failure could re-occur. he will have a local garage diagnose the rv. the failure and the current mileage was 40, 2000. li | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 10/23/2011 | 43000 | ||
| We returned from a trip (drove about 50 miles) and parked the vehicle in front of our home. when i started it back up to take it back to indoor storage, the spark plug blew out of the ford v10 engine and stripped out the threads on the cylinder head. i have never heard of this happening before, but the dealer indicated that it happens quite often on these earlier ford v10's. before ford changed the design of the cylinder heads. i searched the internet and discovered a significant number of complaints regarding this issue. i just want to log in my engine failure as yet another incident of this frequent failure. i think ford should cover the repair when it occurs and change both cylinder heads with the new design (if possible) once a vehicle experiences spark plug blow out failure | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 10/23/2011 | 43000 | ||
| We returned from a trip (drove about 50 miles) and parked the vehicle in front of our home. when i started it back up to take it back to indoor storage, the spark plug blew out of the ford v10 engine and stripped out the threads on the cylinder head. i have never heard of this happening before, but the dealer indicated that it happens quite often on these earlier ford v10's. before ford changed the design of the cylinder heads. i searched the internet and discovered a significant number of complaints regarding this issue. i just want to log in my engine failure as yet another incident of this frequent failure. i think ford should cover the repair when it occurs and change both cylinder heads with the new design (if possible) once a vehicle experiences spark plug blow out failure | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS - CONCEALMENT DEVICES | |||
| 11/01/2007 | 18000 | 1 | 10/01/2001 |
| 2002 fleetwood southwind motorhome. headlights are clouding over. consumer states the clouded lenses drastically reduced the effectiveness of the headlights. *kb | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 08/03/2012 | 33800 | 1 | |
| The rear brake calipers where applying brake pressure on the brake rotors. this caused the brake caliper to get so hot that a part of the caliper to melt and drop on to the inside rear tire. this caused the rear tire to blow out and the out side tire to get so hot to the touch that it felt hot enough to the point that i thought it was going to catch fire. lucky for me this happened just as i was returning from a week long camping trip with our grand children. i had just backed the motor home into my drive way and as soon as i got out of the coach i could see smoke coming from the passenger side rear tires. i got my garden hose and started to pour water on the tires to cool them off. the driver side rear tires where also very hot so i got another hose and started pouring water on them as well. i later found out that the brake calipers on my motor home where on recall but i had never been notified. now the manufacturer will not reimburse me the $ 3,199.00 that it cost me to have my motor home repaired. | |||
Car dealers selling
| State | City | Zip | Name | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC | MARION | 28752 | TOM JOHNON'S RV CENTER |