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2001 Fleetwood Jamboree 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 12, 2011
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 28, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2001 Fleetwood Jamboree. 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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Other / unspecified
Filed Sep 12, 2011

ON 6/17/11 I WAS DRIVING THE RV I JUST PURCHASED ON 6/1/11 WITH MY 2 SONS AND HEARD ONE OF MY BACK TIRES BLOW OUT. PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND THE PASSENGER INSIDE REAR TIRE HAD BLOWN OFF. DROVE TO A GARAGE WHERE THEY PUT THE SPARE ON. ON 7/28/11 MY WIFE AND I AND ANOTHER COUPLE WERE ON OUR WAY TO FLORIDA IN THE RV. WE DROVE 200 MILES WHEN ONE OF THE TIRES BLEW OUT. WHEN WE FOUND A GAS STATION TO PULL OVER AT WE SAW THAT IT WAS THE SPARE TIRE WE HAD REPLACED FROM THE FIRST BLOWOUT. THE GARAGE ONLY HAD 1 USED TIRE THAT THEY GAVE US TO GET US TO A TIRE DEALER. AT OUR NEXT STOP FOR GAS WE CHECKED THE TIRES AND NOTICED THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR INSIDE TIRE WAS HOT AND HUMPED IN THE MIDDLE. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER WE COULD SMELL RUBBER AND THEN STARTED HEARING PIECES OF THE TIRE COMING OFF. WE FOUND A TIRE DEALERSHIP IN GEORGIA AND PURCHASED 3 NEW FIRESTONE TIRES WHICH WAS WHAT WE HAD ON THE FRONT OF THE RV. THE 4 TIRES ON THE BACK AND THE SPARE WERE ALL COOPER TIRES AND WERE BOUGHT IN 2009. THE RV ONLY HAD A TOTAL OF 24,000 MILES ON IT WHEN WE BOUGHT IT AND SINCE THE COOPER TIRES WERE JUST BOUGHT IN 2009 THEY COULDN'T HAVE HAD MANY MILES ON THEM AND I DON'T THINK THE SPARE HAD EVER BEEN ON THE ROAD UNTIL WE PUT IT ON. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE TIRES IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM. *TR

NHTSA ID
10425102
Incident
Jun 17, 2011
Tires & wheels
Filed Sep 9, 2010

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2001 FLEETWOOD JAMBOREE, EQUIPPED WITH KUMHO LT225/75/R16 TIRES, DOT K21LKN. WHILE TRAVELING 15 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE OUT TIRE HAD SUDDENLY EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. THE TIRE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 100.

NHTSA ID
10354752
Incident
Jul 21, 2010
Electrical
Filed Mar 24, 2004

WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED THE VEHICLE WOULD MISFIRE AND STALL WHEN IT REACHED HIGH TEMPERATURE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED A SENSOR AND THE ROTOR DISTRIBUTOR , HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

NHTSA ID
10064822
Incident
Mar 24, 2004
Seat belts
Filed Jan 28, 2002

SAFETY BELT DO NOT RETRACT, FLEETWOOD AND FORD ARE BLAMING IT ON EACH OTHER, BOTH KNOW OF THE CONFLICTING DESIGN. PONLSBO'S SUGGESTION IS TO LUBE THE SEAT BELT, TO HELP IT SLIDE BETTER.

NHTSA ID
9005926
Incident
Jul 1, 2001

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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