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1997 Fleetwood Flair 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 Aug 28, 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.
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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 Aug 1, 1997

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1997 Fleetwood Flair. 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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Powertrain (other)
Filed Aug 28, 2012

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FLEETWOOD FLAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED ON A HILL, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

NHTSA ID
10472824
Incident
Aug 21, 2012
Mileage
28,000 mi
Electrical
Filed Oct 1, 2001
Fire reported

CONSUMER WAS ALERTED TO A FIRE IN THE VIDEO COMPARTMENT ABOVE THE PASSENGER SEAT, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, REVIEW OF THE FIRE BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY INDICATED THAT THE FIRE STARTED IN A DEFECTIVE SURGE PROTECTOR, CONSUMER STATES EVERYTHING WAS OFF WHEN THIS FIRE OCCURRED. *SLC

NHTSA ID
563576
Incident
Jun 1, 2001
Visibility
Filed Aug 1, 1997

THE VELVAC CONVEX MIRRORS ARE ATTACHED IN THE WRONG CORNER OF THE MIRROR, AFFECTING VISIBILITY OF OTHER VEHICLES WHILE ,PROPERLY ADJUSTED. *AK

NHTSA ID
518161

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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