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2007 Fleetwood Providence 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 Nov 16, 2009
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 Oct 16, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2007 Fleetwood Providence. 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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Electrical
Filed Nov 16, 2009

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FLEETWOOD PROVIDENCE MOTOR HOME. IN MAY 2009 HE RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE #90209 FOR THE ELECTRICAL BATTERY CABLES THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THE RECALL AND HE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER LOCATED IN INDIANA AND A REPRESENTATIVE ADVISED HIM THAT FLEETWOOD FILED BANKRUPTCY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000.

NHTSA ID
10292371
Incident
May 9, 2009
Mileage
23,000 mi
Body & structureOther / unspecified
Filed Oct 16, 2008

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FLEETWOOD PROVIDENCE 39V RV. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO EXIT THE RV, BECAUSE THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO USE THE EMERGENCY EXIT BECAUSE THE SLIDERS WERE NOT EXTENDED AND THE EMERGENCY EXIT WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER HAD TO EXIT FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW. THE RV WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE WARRANTY. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON A SEPARATE OCCASION. THE RV IS AWAITING REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 6,000. UPDATED 12/11/08. *LJ UPDATED 12/11/08.*JB UPDATED 03/18/09. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE DOOR JAMMING SEEMED TO BE A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM EVERY TIME THE RV WAS DRIVEN. WHEN THE CONSUMER TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE, IT WOULD NOT OPEN. THE LOCKSMITH THAT WAS CALLED WAS UNABLE TO GET THE DOOR OPEN AS WELL. THE LOCKSMITH HAD TO USE AN AIR BAG TO CREATE AN OPENING BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE DOOR FRAME. HE THEN HAD TO REMOVE THE SHAFT THAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 03/18/09

NHTSA ID
10245666
Incident
Jun 22, 2008
Mileage
6,000 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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