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1997 Fleetwood American Eagle Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Oct 29, 2003
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jan 4, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1997 Fleetwood American Eagle. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Tires & wheels
Filed Oct 29, 2003

WE PURCHASED A AMERICAN EAGLE 1997 MOTORHOME ON 08/22/97, WHICH AS 33,000 MILES ON IT. WE REPLACED THE TIRES AT 21,000 MILES AND WE HAVE EXPERIENCED 2 BLOW OUTS. THE LATESTED BLOW OUT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. WE HAVE PICTURES OF THIS IF NEEDED.*AK

NHTSA ID
10043853
Incident
Sep 7, 2003
Mileage
32,000 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed Jan 4, 2000

RECALL #99V-277 IS A POOR SOLUTION TO THE OVERWEIGHT/UNDER PRESSURE TIRE PROBLEM, CHANGING FRONT TIRES TO LARGER SIZE TO RECTIFY OVERWEIGHT PROBLEM DOES NOT PREVENT FURTHER PROBLEMS THAT MAY ARISE FROM LARGER TIRES IN FRONT AND SMALLER TIRES IN THE REAR. *MJS

NHTSA ID
550245

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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