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2005 Fleetwood Pioneer 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 Oct 16, 2006
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 Aug 19, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2005 Fleetwood Pioneer. 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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Interior & seats
Filed Oct 16, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE SITTING ON A BENCH SEAT AND LEANING BACKWARD, THE BACK OF THE SEAT FELL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. *AK UPDATED 10/31/2006 - THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SEAT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE TRAILER WAS IN STORAGE FOR OVER A YEAR BEFORE BEING USED. THE CONSUMER REPAIRED THE SEAT HIMSELF. *NM

NHTSA ID
10170965
Incident
Oct 10, 2006
Other / unspecified
Filed Aug 19, 2005

I PURCHASED A 30FT TRAVEL TRAILER THAT WAS DISCLOSED (BROCHURE) TO HAVE A 1025LBS TONGUE WEIGHT, THE COACH WEIGHT WAS DISCLOSED (BROCHURE) TO WEIGHT 6500LBS. THE ACTUAL DRY TONGUE WEIGHT IS 2040LBS AND THE ACTUAL TRAILER WEIGHT IS 9000LBS. THIS IS A TREMENDOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS TRAILER AS THE LIMITS FOR A CLASS V HITCH IS 1200LBS. A CLASS V HITCH IS THE BEST HITCH THAT IS MADE FOR A BUMPER STYLE HITCH. THERE IS A STANDARD THAT IS USED FOR ALL HITCH MANUFACTURES FOR THE TRAILERS AND THE TRUCKS THAT TOW THE VEHICLES. FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE SAEJ684C STANDARD-AKA J684C STANDARD. FLEETWOOD DOES KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM AND ADMITS THAT IT IS A PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER SUGGESTS THAT THEY ADD 1000LBS TO THE REAR BUMPER OF THE COACH, ATTEMPTING TO LIGHTEN THE TONGUE WEIGHT OF THE COACH. THERE IS ONE PROBLEM WITH THIS AS THE UNIT ALSO CARRIES 120 GALLONS OF WATER JUST IN FRONT OF THE TRAILER AXLES WHICH COULD POSSIBLY ADD 1000LBS OF WEIGHT TO THE TONGUE. THIS PROBLEM IS KNOW THROUGHOUT THE RV INDUSTRY THAT FLEETWOOD''S HAVE THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM AND IF LEFT ALONE WILL CAUSE HARM POSSIBLY DEATH TO DRIVERS ON THE ROAD.

NHTSA ID
10133530
Incident
Jan 8, 2005
Mileage
1 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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