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2012 Fleetwood Terra 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 14, 2013
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 2012 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

  • Body & structure1100.0%

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

Body & structure

Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim.

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From owner reports, verbatim

2012 FLEETWOOD TERRA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE STEERING ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL THE RV, WHILE DRIVING DURING MILD WIND CONDITIONS. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE RV WAS UNSTABLE, AND IT WAS NOT NORMAL. ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WHILE OTHER RV'S WERE PASSING THE CONSUMER, HE HAD TO REDUCE HIS SPEED TO 40 MPH OR LESS AND STILL HAD DIFFICULTY KEEPING THE RV IN THE LANE. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE SIDE-TO-SIDE MOTION WILL CAUSE AN ABRUPT LANE CHANGE, THEREBY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER SPOKE TO THE RV DEALER, AND THEY INDICATED THE RV NEEDED AN ADDITIONAL STABILIZER AND STEERING STABILIZER AT A COST OF $2,500.00

NHTSA ID 10533568 · filed Aug 14, 2013

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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