THE # 1 FUEL LINE EITHER BROKE OF DETACHED RESULTING IN DIESEL FUEL ALL OVER ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND EXHAUST SYSTEM CAUSING BILLOWING SMOKE. *TR
- NHTSA ID
- 10607607
- Incident
- May 26, 2014
- Mileage
- 9,000 mi
Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2011 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.
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THE # 1 FUEL LINE EITHER BROKE OF DETACHED RESULTING IN DIESEL FUEL ALL OVER ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND EXHAUST SYSTEM CAUSING BILLOWING SMOKE. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FLEETWOOD AMERICAN EAGLE RV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER THE ENGINE OR GENERATOR WERE IN OPERATION AN EXTREMELY STRONG DIESEL ODOR WOULD EMIT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE RV WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SIX TIMES. THE TECHNICIAN WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A DIESEL FUEL LEAK, AND REPAIRED THE RV. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO PERSIST; HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO RESOLUTIONS. THE FUMES CONTRIBUTED TO MIGRAINE HEADACHES AND BREATHING DIFFICULTIES. THE CONTACT HAD POTENTIAL HEALTH CONCERNS DUE TO THE HAZARDOUS FUMES. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE SAME DAY THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5. UPDATED 5/9/11 *CN UPDATED 05/17/11*JB
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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