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2007 Fleetwood Southwind Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2007 Fleetwood Southwind, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Visibility3100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Visibility

Reports naming windshields, glass, wipers, defrosters and mirrors.

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reports

From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Aug 13, 2011

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 · filed Oct 27, 2010

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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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