2004 Fleetwood Terra Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2004 Fleetwood Terra, 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
- Steering2100.0%
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
Steering
Reports naming the steering system — racks, columns, power-steering assist and steering linkage.
From owner reports, verbatim
WE PURCHASED A 2004 FLEETWOOD TERRA RV. IN JULY OF 2004. DURING THE TEST DRIVE WE DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT HANDLING AND DRIVING. IT HANDLED LIKE A 40'S OR 50'S TRUCK. THE FRONT END SEEMED VERY LOOSE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD FLY ALL OVER THE ROAD. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN BUT WE DID POST A COMPLAINT TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD US THE VEHICLE AND THEY ASSURED US THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD BE ADDRESSED. WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND WHEN WE ASK IF THEY HAD WORKED ON THE FRONT END THEY ASSURED US THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOW IN GREAT RUNNING SHAPE. WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN DENVER, COLORADO BUT WE LIVED IN GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO. GRAND JUNCTION IS A LITTLE LESS THAN 300 MILES FROM DENVER. I MUST TELL YOU THAT WE HAD A REAL EXPERIENCE DRIVING THIS NEW RV OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN COLORADO. I HAD DRIVEN A COUPLE OF RV'S BEFORE AND I HAD NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS DRIVING THEM -- HOWEVER, AFTER DRIVING THIS NEW VEHICLE FOR NO MORE THAN 40 MILES AND FIGHTING TO KEEP IT ON THE HIGHWAY I SIMPLY GAVE UP. I WAS BEAT AND MY NERVES WERE SHOT. I TELL YOU I WILL NEVER DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AGAIN. ANYWAY, WHEN WE GOT TO GRAND JUNCTION WE WENT TO THE LOCAL FLEETWOOD DEALERSHIP AND WE WERE REFUSED ANY WORK ON THE VEHICLE. WE CALLED FLEETWOOD, WHO CALLED THEIR DEALER AND THE DEALER STILL WOULD NOT WORK ON THE VEHICLE. WE LET THE VEHICLE SIT IN STORAGE FOR THREE MONTHS AND THEN WE DROVE IT TO ARIZONA. AGAIN, THE DEALERSHIP IN ARIZONA REFUSED TO DO ANY WORK ON THE VEHICLE. AGAIN, FLEETWOOD CALLED THEM AND THIS TIME THEY DID DO SOME WORK. WE ALSO, GOT A LOCAL CHEV. DEALER TO WORK ON THE FRONT END. HOWEVER, WHATEVER WORK THEY SEEM TO DO THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AFTER THE WORK IS COMPLETED. WE FEEL THAT THE VEHICLE IS A REAL ROAD HAZARD AND THAT THE WAY IT HANDLES PUTS US AND ANYONE ELSE ON THE ROAD WHEN WE ARE DRIVING IN HARMS WAY. WE FEEL THAT THIS VEHICLE IS A REAL LEMON AND WILL NEVER HANDLE OF DRIVE WITHIN SAFETY STANDARDS AND SAFETY REGULATIONS. *JB
THIS VEHICLE IS A MOTOR HOME WHICH IS HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THE STEERING. WHEN DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH OR GREATER VEHICLE WILL NOT REMAIN STRAIGHT. OWNER HAS HAD THE VEHICLE IN THE REPAIR SHOP ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, AND HAD THE WHEELS ALIGNED EACH TIME. HOWEVER, THE STEERING PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK *BF *NM
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .