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2003 Fleetwood Mallard 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 May 7, 2014
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 Sep 26, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2003 Fleetwood Mallard. 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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ElectricalOther / unspecified
Filed May 7, 2014
Fire reported

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FLEETWOOD MALLARD TRAILER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE TRAILER CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FIRE ALARM DID NOT SOUND UNTIL AFTER THE FIRE HAD OCCURRED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE CONTACT DID NOT DISCLOSE OF WHERE THE FIRE ORIGINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE FIRE STARTED IN THE REAR OF THE REFRIGERATOR. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE COIL, THAT WAS NEVER PERFORMED.

NHTSA ID
10587013
Incident
Apr 14, 2014
Body & structure
Filed Sep 26, 2005

MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT A 2003 MALLARD 30E TRAILER IN JULY 2003. NEXT APRIL, 2004, WENT OUT TO PREPARE TRAILER FOR SEASON, FOUND SOAKED FLOOR AND SLIDE OUT INOPERATIVE. WENT TO DEALER TO REPAIR LEAKS ON SLIDE OUT. DEALER CALLS 2 WEEKS LATER AND TELLS ME "YOUR FRAME IS BENT" I GO AND INSPECT THE FRAME AND IT HAS COLLAPSED (TWISTED)SIDEWAYS AT THE SPRINGS ON THE LEFT FRAME BEAM, AND THAT BEAM HAD A SEVERE BOW FORE AND AFT. WHEELS AND AXLES WERE SHIFTED OVER ABOUT 5 INCHES. NO SIGNS OF SCUFFING ON TIRES OR RIMS. THE TRAILER WAS TOO DANGEROUS TO CONTINUE TO USE, AS FURTHER COLLAPSE WOULD MOST ASSUREDLY OCCURRED. THE FRAME MANUFACTURER, LIPPERT, SENT A TEAM TO REPAIR IT IN PLACE UNDER WARRANTY. LIPPERT DID NOT REPLACE THE FRAME OR THE H BEAM, THEY BENT THE FRAME BACK INTO POSITION. THEY CERTIFIED IT. THIRD YEAR 7/2004 -CURRENT FINALLY CONVINCED THE WIFE TO GO FOR A WEEKEND AUGUST 5TH 2005. AFTER UN-HITCHING THE TRAILER AT CAMPSITE, FOUND FRAME BOWED AGAIN. CAREFULLY TOWED THE TRAILER BACK TO DEALER SLOWLY. TRAILER WENT TO DEALER ON AUGUST 8TH, 2005, AND THE FLOOR, FRAME, AND BOX WERE INSPECTED BY ME AND THE SERVICE MANAGER. NO OTHER VISIBLE SIGNS OF DAMAGE WERE EVIDENT. UPDATE 9/20/05 I WENT TO THE DEALER TO SEE THE TRAILER YESTERDAY TO CHECK ON THE TRAILER AND TO PULL THE BATTERIES. THERE IS NOW A 1/2" STEP ABOVE THE AXLES AT THE FLOOR WHERE THE SUBFLOOR HAS BROKEN ALONG A SEAM THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF THE TRAILER. THIS INDICATES THAT THE BOX IS SEPARATING AND COULD COME APART ON THE HIGHWAY. IF IT WAS NOT CAUGHT, , THE TRAILER FRAME COULD CONTINUE THE COLLAPSE, AND EITHER CAUSE THE WHEELS TO GO SO FAR OUT OF ALIGNMENT AS TO THROW THE TRAILER SIDEWAYS, OR CAUSE THE ENTIRE BOX TO DISINTEGRATE WHILE TRAVELING. EITHER SITUATION WOULD PRESENT SEVERE DANGER TO MY OCCUPANTS AND ANY OTHER VEHICLE IN RANGE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY EITHER TOO LIGHT A DESIGN OF THE FRAME FOR ITS INTENDED USE, POOR METALLURGY OF THE FRAME, OR BOTH. *JB

NHTSA ID
10137614
Incident
Apr 8, 2004

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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