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1989 Fleetwood Limited 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 Oct 27, 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 1989 Fleetwood Limited, 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

  • Electrical1100.0%

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

Electrical

Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

I CAME TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND AS I DID SO ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WENT OUT. NO ELECTRIC, NO BRAKE ASSIST. IT TOOK OVER 50 FEET FOR ME TO GET THE MOTOR HOMR TO A STOP. I SLOWLY CAME TO A STOP IN THE INTERSECTION ON A RED LIGHT, THANK GOD THERE WAS LIGHT TRAFFIC. I THEN TRIED STARTING THE MOTOR AND IT DID. AT THE NEXT LIGHT IT DID THE SAME THING. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE STARTED AGAIN AND IT DIED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEXT BLOCK. ON REPAIR IT WAS FOUND OUT THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH ELECTIC AND I WAS RUNNING ON THE BATTERY! WHEN I PUT ON THE BRAKES THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ELECTRIC TO ACTIVATE THE ASSIST, CAUSING AN OVERLOAD AND KILLING THE SYSTEM. IF I HAD TRIED TO STOP ON THE HIGHWAY AND THIS HAPPENED IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN ME A MILE TO STOP. ALSO WITH THE MOTOR SHUT DOWN THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING EITHER. ON THE HIGHWAY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. IN THE CITY IT JUST SCAREN THE HECK OUT OF US. THE CONFIGURATION OF THE ELECTRIC ASSIST IS A HAZARD IN THE SITUATION!!! DT

NHTSA ID 768951 · filed Oct 27, 2002

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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