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1998 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 Sep 10, 2018
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 Oct 5, 1998

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 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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Filed Sep 10, 2018

WIPERS ALTERNATELY TRY TO CLEAN BEYOND THE WINDSHIELD AND/OR FAIL TO CLEAN THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD. DRIVER'S SIDE WILL TRY TO GO BEYOND THE CURVE OF THE WINDSHIELD; PASSENGER SIDE GOES BEYOND THE WEATHERSTRIP SEPARATING THE TWO HALVES OF THE WINDSHIELD. OCCURS WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN OR OTHER WET CONDITIONS. FIRST FEW WIPES ARE CORRECT THEN WIPERS BEGIN ACTING ERRATICALLY. IN ADDITION TO DATE INDICATED BELOW, SAME HAS OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. HAVE REMOVED, INSPECTED AND RE-TIGHTENED ALL RELATED PARTS TO NO AVAIL.

NHTSA ID
11128584
Incident
Sep 1, 2018
Mileage
34,000 mi
Other / unspecified
Filed Mar 2, 2000

RECALL # 99V156000 FLEETWOOD/TRAILER HITCH BOLT: DEALER DID NOT PERFROM RECALL CORRECTIVE ACTION ACCORDING TO LETTER. ALL THE DEALER DID WAS FEEL THE BOLT AND STATED THAT IT WAS ALRIGHT. RECALL CAMPAIGN STATED THAT THE BOLT SHOULD BE CHANGED. ALSO, THE PAPERWORK HAS NOT BEEN SENT TO FLEETWOOD STATING THAT CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN COMPLETED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID
857808
Engine
Filed Oct 5, 1998

WHILE DRIVING MOTORHOME CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES ENTERED THE MOTORHOME. IT ALSO OCCURRED WHEN CAMPING OUT. HAS BEEN TO DEALER 3 DIFFERENT TIMES FOR THE PROBLEM. FIRST NOTHING WRONG. 2ND REPLACED COMPACT GENERATOR, NOT SEAL. 3RD TIME, FOUND LEAKS UNDER COACH. PIPES NOT CORKED & SEALED. FIREWALL ACCESS COMPARTMENT UNDER HOOD NOT SEALED, AND WINDSHIELD NOT SEALED EITHER. *AK

NHTSA ID
828556
Incident
May 9, 1998

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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