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2008 Fleetwood Bounder 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 Mar 20, 2014
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 Apr 21, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2008 Fleetwood Bounder. 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 1–3 of 3

Suspension
Filed Mar 20, 2014

TRAVELING SOUTH ON I5, IN OUR BOUNDER 32W ON A W-22 WORKHORSE CHASSIS, NEAR THE CALIFORNIA/OREGON BORDER, WE ENCOUNTERED ROAD REPAIRS AND A VERY ROUGH ROAD SURFACE. WHEN WE ARRIVED IN REDDING, CA, WE FOUND THE RV TO BE NOTICEABLY LEANING TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT-REAR LEAF SPRING HAD BROKEN. DID NOT SIGNIFICANTLY EFFECT HANDLING UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10573893
Incident
Sep 23, 2013
Mileage
16,200 mi
Steering
Filed May 19, 2010

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FLEETWOOD BOUNDER MOTORHOME. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING FRONT END WANDERED. HE HAD TO HOLD THE STEERING HARDER SO THAT IT WOULD NOT WANDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BEHAVING NORMALLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,400. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2,500.

NHTSA ID
10331199
Incident
Sep 15, 2009
Mileage
1,400 mi
Electrical
Filed Apr 21, 2010

BATTERY CABLES ROUTED TOO CLOSE TO SHARP EDGES ON FRAME ,THAT COULD CAUSE A FIRE. FLEETWOOD TOLD ME THEY WOULD NO LONGER TAKE CARE OF THIS RECALL. RECALL #9029 .DATED MAY 2009. *TR

NHTSA ID
10326891
Incident
Jul 5, 2009
Mileage
11,284 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

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