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2000 Fleetwood Jamboree Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 24, 2002
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2000 Fleetwood Jamboree, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Tires & wheels240.0%
  • Airbags120.0%
  • Driver assistance120.0%
  • Suspension120.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Tires & wheels

Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.

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reports

From owner reports, verbatim

TIRE SEPARATION FIRST TIME 8/00, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH SEPARATION 6/02, 8/02, 9/02. NLM

NHTSA ID 767667 · filed Sep 24, 2002

SIDEWALL SEPARATED FROM TIRE ON REAR PASSENGER SIDE INSIDE TIRE WHILE DRIVING 65MPH. *AK (TIRESIZE: 75R16/E)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 75R16/E )

NHTSA ID 732888 · filed Sep 29, 2000

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Airbags

Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

RV ACCELERATED TO TOP SPEED AND HIT ANOTHER RV AND WENT THRU A WOODEN FENCE AND CAME TO A STOP AGAINST A TREE. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

NHTSA ID 9004556 · filed Oct 23, 2001

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Driver assistance

Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

RV ACCELERATED TO TOP SPEED AND HIT ANOTHER RV AND WENT THRU A WOODEN FENCE AND CAME TO A STOP AGAINST A TREE. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

NHTSA ID 9004556 · filed Oct 23, 2001

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Suspension

Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE LEAN ON THIS MOTORHOME IT IS NOT AN EASY VEHICLE TO DRIVE. IT EASILY CAN BE UNMANAGABLE. THE STRESS ON THE TIRES ON THE RIGHT SIDE EVEN WHEN FILLED WITH THE PROPER AMOUNT OF AIR PRESSURE CAUSES THE DUALLIES TO ALMOST TOUCH EACHOTHER (1/4 INCH AND THEY WOULD). WE TOOK THE UNIT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY KEPT THE UNIT FOR 10 DAYS THEN TOLD US IT ONLY NEEDED AIR IN THE RIGHT SIDE TIRES. THEY OBVIOUSLY NEW IT WAS MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE THEY SENT PICTURES AND MEASUREMENTS TO THE MANUFACTURER, THE DEALERSHIP DIDNT TELL US THEY SENT THOSE THINGS THE MANUFACTURER DID. WE CALLED THE DEALER UP AND ASKED THAT THEY SEND SOMEONE TO PICK UP THE MOTORHOME AND RETURN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY DID AND THE MANUFACTURER PICKED IT UP FROM THERE AND TOOK IT TO THEIR PLANT IN CHICO. THEY HAVE HAD IT FOR NEARLY A MONTH AND CALLED AND TOLD US A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO THAT THE UNIT IS UNREPAIRABLE. THEY SAID IT WAS NOT JUST THE CHASIS THAT WAS OFF CENTER BUT THE MOTORHOME BOX AS WELL AND IT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED, NOT EVEN WITH THE NEW STANDARD SHIMS THAT FORD HAS COME UP WITH FOR THEIR QUICK FIX OF THE OFF CENTERED CHASIS ON ALOT OF 1999 AND 2000 MODELS. I DONT REALLY KNOW HOW MUCH OF A SAFETY HAZARD THIS IS BUT I SURE AS HECK DONT FEEL SAFE DRIVING SOMETHING THIS LOP SIDED WITH SO MUCH WEIGHT. MY HUSBAND WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP KINDA ON THE SLY AND MEASURED THE OTHER 2000 CLASS C MOTORHOMES AND MOST OF THEM WERE BETWEEN 3/4 AND 1 INCH OFF CENTER, OURS WAS A FULL 2 INCHES AND THATS JUST THE BOX, ADD THE CHASIS BEING OFF CENTERED AS WELL, ITS QUITE A CYCLOPS. ON LEVEL GROUND WE HAD TO PUT 4 INCH BLOCKS OF WOOD UNDER THE RIGHT TIRES BOTH FRONT AND BACK TO LEVEL IT. WE WILL NOT BE DRIVING THAT MOTORHOME AGAIN KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW BUT WHAT ABOUT OTHERS THAT DONT NOTICE THE LEAN ON THEIR MOTORHOME RIGHT AWAY OR AT ALL. LIKE I SAID BEFORE THATS ALOT OF WEIGHT TO HAVE GOING DOWN THE ROAD NOT DISTRIBUTED PROPERLY AND ATTACHED TO A STEERING WHEEL.AK

NHTSA ID 727990 · filed Aug 15, 2000

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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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Data sources

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