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1999 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 Jan 17, 2008
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 Jan 22, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 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

Showing 1–6 of 6

Fuel system
Filed Jan 17, 2008

THE RUBBER GASOLINE FUEL LINE THAT CONNECTS THE ONBOARD GENERATOR TO THE MAIN FUEL TANK CRACKED AND LEAKS GASOLINE ONTO AND BENEATH THE VEHICLE. THE LEAKED GASOLINE MAY NOT BE DETECTED AND MAY POSE A RISK OF A VEHICLE FIRE IF IGNITED FROM EXPOSURE TO FLAME, SPARKS, HOT SURFACES, ETC. THE PART OF THE HOSE OVER THE TANK IS INACCESSIBLE AND CANNOT BE EASILY CHANGED. *TR

NHTSA ID
10215264
Incident
Jun 1, 2007
Mileage
28,000 mi
Other / unspecified
Filed Sep 13, 2007

CONSUMER WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACING DEFECTIVE REFRIGERATOR BY DOMETIC. CONSUMER STATES HE HAD THE REFRIGERATOR REPLACED BEFORE THE RECALL WAS RECEIVED AND WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED. **NAR**KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE REFRGERTOR STOPPED COOLING AND THERE WAS A STRONG AMMONIA ODOR. WHEN THE CONSUMER REMOVED THE EXTERNAL PANEL, HE DISCOVERED A CRACK IN THE COOLING COIL. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE COIL HAD SPLIT OPEN AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED AND THAT A NEW COOLING UNIT WOULD NEED TO BE PURCHASED. *JB

NHTSA ID
10203759
Incident
Sep 1, 2006
Body & structure
Filed Jan 16, 2004

WHILE DRIVING THE CAB MOUNT THAT CONNECTS TO THE FRAME BROKE AND CAUSED TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE MOUNT BROKE BECAUSE OF TOO MUCH STRESS ON THE WELD. *NM

NHTSA ID
10055243
Mileage
3,000 mi
Fuel system
Filed Jun 5, 2003

NAR 06/05/2003 *MR THE CONSUMER HAD A LARGE LEAK IN THE FUEL LINE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE MOTOR. *CB

NHTSA ID
10022505
Incident
Mar 24, 2003
Mileage
33,322 mi
Steering
Filed Jan 31, 2000

3-4 INCHES OF PLAY IN THE WHEEL IS TOO MUCH. IN A WINDY SITUATION YOU MUST TURN THE WHEEL THAT FAR TO COUNTESTEER AND BY THAT TIME YOU HAVE NEARLY CHANGED LANES. FORD HAS REPLACED THE STEERING GEAR BOX AND TELLS ME THAT IST IS WITHIN SPECS.

NHTSA ID
718135
Incident
Apr 1, 1999
Exterior lighting
Filed Jan 22, 2000

HEAD LAMPS SOCKETS ARE NOT WIRED CORRECTLY CAUSING LOW BEAMS INOPERABLE. YH

NHTSA ID
550547
Incident
Jun 14, 1999

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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