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2002 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 Jan 20, 2009
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 20, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2002 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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Brakes
Filed Jan 20, 2009

2002 FLEETWOOD AMERICAN EAGLE 40' MOTOR COACH. AIR BRAKE HOLDING TANK. TWO (2) SUPPORT BRACKETS "NEVER" WELDED TO TANK WHICH IN TURN HOLDS THE TANK IN POSITION TO THE FRAME...IN 66,000 MILES OF BANGING AGAINST TANK, WORE TWO (2) HOLES IN TANK RELEASING AIR CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES. NOTIFIED SPARTAN CHASSIS MANUFACTURE AND FLEETWOOD, BOTH SAY "IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY". THIS CONDITION UNDER THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES CAN CAUSE COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING!! MANUFACTURE MUST BE NOTIFIED TO RECALL "ALL" TANKS TO INSPECT AND DETERMIN EMINENT DANGER OF. THANKS FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE CALL TO ACTION. *TR

NHTSA ID
10255725
Incident
Nov 15, 2008
Mileage
66,000 mi

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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