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1989 Fleetwood Southwind 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 29, 1999
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.
0
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.
0
Reports on file since Apr 1, 1997

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1989 Fleetwood Southwind. 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

Showing 1–3 of 3

Brakes
Filed May 29, 1999

I WRITE THIS SHORT MEMO TO HIGHLIGHT A POTENTIALLY DEADLY DESIGN FLAW WITH OUR (AND MOST LIKELY OTHER SIMILAR MODELS) SOUTHWIND RV'S (CHASSIS NUMBER [XXX]) THAT RESULTED IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. (THIS IS NOT A CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT, IT IS INTENDED TO ALERT YOU IN TIME TO EVALUATE THE DEFECT AND ALERT OTHERS BEFORE LIVES ARE POSSIBLY LOST. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID
706969
Incident
Sep 1, 1998
Body & structure
Filed Oct 8, 1997

SIDE OF VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED IN TWO PIECES, THE HORIZONTAL STRIP THAT SECURES THE TWO PIECES FAILED.

NHTSA ID
545599
Body & structure
Filed Apr 1, 1997

CRACKS ON THE EXTERIOR CORNERS OF THE DOOR/WINDOWS.

NHTSA ID
516114

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.

Data sources

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