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2007 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 Aug 13, 2011
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 13, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2007 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

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Filed Aug 13, 2011

2007 FLEETWOOD SOUTHWIND CLASS A MOTOR HOME. DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDOWS ARE FOGGING PREVENTING VIEW TO REARVIEW MIRRORS. OTHER WINDOWS FOGGING ALSO BUT DO NOT POSE A SAFETY ISSUE. NEED ASSISTANCE AS THIS IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES. PLEASE HELP WITH A RECALL TO PROVIDE SAFE. DRIVING AND AVOID SIGNIFICANT ACCIDENTS. IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME I WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE WITHOUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPAIRS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10419332
Incident
Sep 1, 2010
Mileage
10,000 mi
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Filed Oct 27, 2010

WINDOWS ON PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE OF MOTOR HOME HAVE FOGGED TO THE POINT THEY ARE OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW THROUGH THE SIDE MIRRORS. THIS PROBLEM BEGAN WITHIN ONE YEAR OF NEW PURCHASE. DEALER BLAMES THE PROBLEM ON MANUFACTURER AND WILL NOT REPLACE THE WINDOWS. THIS IS A PROBLEM COMMONLY REPORTED FOR FLEETWOOD MOTOR HOME. THIS FOGGING SEEMS TO BE THE RESULT OF A BROKEN SEAL BETWEEN TWO PANES OF GLASS AND IS EVIDENT IN OTHER WINDOWS. THE ONLY FOGGING THAT CREATES A SAFETY HAZARD IS ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WINDOWS. DUE TO THE FREQUENCY OF THE PROBLEM AND THE SAFETY CONCERNS, PLEASE CONSIDER REQUIRING A RECALL BY FLEETWOOD. *TR

NHTSA ID
10362620
Incident
Apr 1, 2008
Mileage
18,000 mi
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Filed Oct 13, 2009

THE DOUBLE PANE WINDOWS ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE OF MY MOTOR HOME HAVE LOST VACUUM AND ARE FOGGING OVER. THE WINDOWS ARE IN THE DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT TO MY MIRRORS. ALL OF THE DOUBLE PANE WINDOWS ON THE MOTOR HOME ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM BUT THEY DO NOT CREATE A SAFETY ISSUE. FLEETWOOD HAS REFUSED TO REPLACE ANY OF THE WINDOWS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10287296
Incident
Jun 1, 2008
Mileage
25,000 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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