RoadVitals

2005 Fleetwood Bounder Diesel Owner Complaints

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

Data refreshed

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.
4
Latest Sep 15, 2012
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.
2
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.
0
Reports on file since Sep 16, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2005 Fleetwood Bounder Diesel. 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

Showing 1–4 of 4

Electrical
Filed Sep 15, 2012
Fire reported

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND SLIDES EXTENDED RUNNING ON GENERATOR. LIGHTING SEEMED TO DIM AND WOULD FLICKER. HAVE NEW HOUSE BATTERIES, INVERTER WAS REBUILT. WE WERE IN THE FRONT OF COACH OUR DOG INDICATED SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND WAS BARKING IN THE BEDROOM AREA. UPON INSPECTION FOUND SMOKE COMING FROM THE 12V FUSE CENTER. OPENED DOOR AND CENTER BOLT WAS GLOWING AND FUSES WERE TOO HOT TO TOUCH. SHUT DOWN 12V AND THE FUSES COOLED DOWN. TURNING POWER BACK ON DID NOT DUPLICATE ISSUE UNTIL THE 12V ACCESSORIES WERE TURNED ON (LIGHTING, FANS ETC.). SWITCHED COACH TO SHORE POWER (SHUT DOWN GENERATOR) AND FUSES DID NOT GET AS HOT. DEALER REPLACED THE FUSE CENTER AND PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED. HAD WE BEEN AWAY FROM THE COACH OR THE DOG DID NOT ALERT US, THIS MAY HAVE NOT ENDED WELL. THE DEALER SAYS HE HAS SEEN THIS BEFORE CLAIMS IT IS THE WAY THE POWER WIRE FEEDS THE FUSE BUS CAUSING THE WIRE TO LOOSEN. SUGGEST THAT ALL OWNERS HAVE THIS CHECKED. *TR

NHTSA ID
10475515
Incident
Aug 31, 2012
Mileage
60,000 mi
Body & structureEnginePowertrain (other)
Filed Feb 20, 2012

1. RADIATOR TANK CRIMP FAILURE. EXCESSIVE CORROSION DUE TO UNDETERMINED ORIGIN CAUSED TANK CRIMPS TO RUST TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS KEPT EXCESSIVELY CLEAN AND DRY. CRIMPS CANNOT BE SEEN VIA NORMAL WALK AROUND INSPECTION. ENTIRE RADIATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. 2. TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. CORROSION ON "J" CONNECTORS BETWEEN TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE CAUSED SHORT AND FAILURE OF NON PROTECTED TCM. TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT. DISPLAY INDICATED "TCM FAILURE". TCM AND J CONNECTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. CONNECTORS CANNOT BE SEEN VIA NORMAL WALK AROUND INSPECTION. TCM IS NOT PROTECTED FROM SHORTS. 3. ENGINE BLOW- BYE. OIL BLOW-BYE IS EJECTED FROM THE ENGINE DIRECTLY ONTO THE ENGINE SIDE OF THE RADIATOR THEREBY CAUSING THE RADIATOR FINS TO CLOG AND PREVENT ENGINE COOLING. FREIGHTLINER KIT TO FIX ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN PUBLICIZED, BUT WAS MADE STANDARD ON SUBSEQUENT BOUNDER MODELS.FREIGHTLINER KIT HAD TO BE INSTALLED AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT CLEANED. ENGINE SIDE OF RADIATOR CANNOT BE SEEN VIA NORMAL WALK AROUND INSPECTION. *TR

NHTSA ID
10448599
Incident
Dec 20, 2011
Mileage
59,435 mi
Other / unspecified
Filed Jul 12, 2010
Fire reported

NORCOLD REFRIGERATOR CAUSED 2005 FLEETWOOD DIESEL BOUNDER TO BE DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE REFRIGERATOR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN EARLIER NORCOLD RECALLS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10342797
Incident
Jul 8, 2010
Mileage
56,636 mi
ElectricalVisibility
Filed Sep 16, 2005

DT: 2005 FLEETWOOD BOUNDER(MODEL 34M). THIS IS THE SECOND OWNER. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ,AND THEY STATED HAS TO BE SEEN BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE CLOSEST DEALER THAT WILL LOOK AT THE VEHICLE IS 400 MILES AWAY. THE PREVIOUS OWNER STATED HE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE HE PURCHASED THE FLEETWOOD WAS HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE EARLY 2005 BOUNDERS. THE LOCAL DEALER WILL NOT LOOK AT THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PURCHASED THERE. THE BLOWER IN THE DASHBOARD WAS NOT WORKING. *AK THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING DURING HEAVY RAIN. THE PROBLEM WAS FROM A CIRCUIT BREAKER FAILING WHICH CAUSED OTHER COMPONETS TO FAIL. THE CONSUMER STATED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS NEEDED TO BE ON A SEPARATE BREAKER. *JB

NHTSA ID
10132638
Incident
Jul 27, 2005
Mileage
33,310 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.

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .