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2004 Fleetwood Gear Box 300FS 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 Dec 6, 2005
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 18, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2004 Fleetwood Gear Box 300FS. 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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Steering
Filed Dec 6, 2005

CONSUMER COMPLAINT REGARDING EXTENSIVE MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH 2005 FLEETWOOD TRAILER . *TS THE GEAR BOX MODEL NUMBER IS 335FS. *NM

NHTSA ID
10145370
Incident
Jan 1, 1901
Body & structureSuspension
Filed Oct 18, 2005

THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT IT WAS A REAL EFFORT TO TOW THE TRAILER AS IT WAS FREQUENTLY SWAYING. THE BOTTOM OF THE DIAMOND PLATE BENT. ***NAR RECEIVED 10-18-05*** *TS THE CONSUMER USED THE TRAILER FOR FOUR TRIPS TOTALING 1400 MILES. DURING THE THIRD TRIP THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE TONGUE OF THE TRAILER WAS BENDING UPWARD CAUSING THE DIAMOND PLATE AT THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER TO PINCH-UP. ON THE FOURTH AND LAST TRIP THE WITH THE TRAILER IN MAY THE CONSUMER NOTICED SIGNIFICANT BENDING OF THE BOTTOM OF THE DIAMOND PLATE AND BENDING HIGHER UP ON THE DIAMOND PLATE. THE CONSUMER'S BROTHER PURCHASE A TRAILER JUST LIKE THE CONSUMERS AND WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. HE DETERMINED THAT THE TRAILER WAS TOO HEAVY AT THE HITCH PIN. BASED ON THE CONSUMER'S COMPLAINTS THE MANUFACTURER AGREED TO VOLUNTARILY REPURCHASE THE CONSUMER'S TRAILER. *NM

NHTSA ID
10141053
Incident
May 1, 2005
Mileage
1,400 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.

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