2000 Fleetwood Terry 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 2000 Fleetwood Terry, 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
- Tires & wheels266.7%
- Suspension133.3%
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
Tires & wheels
Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.
From owner reports, verbatim
I HAVE HAD 6 TIRE FAILURES UNDER NORMAL DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WITH CARLISLE TIRES ON MY CAMPER. THE TIRES ARE BLOWING OUT AT SPEED. I HAVE PUT THE SAME TIRE ONE EACH TIME AND THEY ALL HAVE HAD A BLOW OUT FAILURE. IT'S NOT JUST ONE SPOT ON THE AXLES ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE BLOWN OUT, THERE SEAM TO BE A HIGH TIRE BLOW OUT PROBLEM WITH THIS BRAND. MY TRAILER HAS BEEN CHECKED BY A TRAILER SHOP AND THEY HAVE FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH IT . THEY HAVE HAD OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TIRES TOO. *KB
2000 FLEETWOOD, TERRY LITE, 25FT TRAVEL TRAILER, 5900 GVWR. THIS SPRING ON 4/15/07,I REMOVED THE TRAILER FROM STORAGE AND NOTICED THAT THE STEEL BELTS ON THE TIRES WERE SHOWING THROUGH THE RUBBER. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE LEAD AXLE WAS BENT, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO WEAR PREMATURELY. I WAS GOING TO JUST BUY ANOTHER AXLE TO REPLACE THE BENT AXLE. I WROTE THE AXLE SERIAL NUMBER OFF THE AXLE AND CALLED DEXTER AXLE FOR THE MODEL # OR SPECS SO I COULD BUY ANOTHER AXLE. DEXTER AXLE TOLD ME THAT THE AXLES WERE ONLY RATED AT 2800 # EACH, TANDEM AXLES), = 5600# FOR A 5900 # GVWR. THE DEXTER AXLE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS QUITE COMMON FOR TRAILER MANUFACTURERS TO PUT THESE UNDER RATED AXLES ON, TO STAY COST COMPETITIVE. I CALLED FLEETWOOD RV AND TOLD THEM OF THE PROBLEM AND, THAT THIS WAS SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THESE UNDER RATED AXLES. FLEETWOOD AND OTHER MANUFACTURERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO PUT AXLES THAT COULD HANDLE THE WEIGHT OF A CAMPER, AND WHEN A TRAILER STARTED TO BOUNCE, THE WEIGHT COULD INCREASE. FLEETWOOD STATED THAT I MUST HAVE OVER LOADED THE TRAILER. THIS WAS A FALSE STATEMENT BECAUSE I NEVER TRAVELED WITH WATER, AND I ALSO EMPTIED ALL THE TANKS BEFORE LEAVING THE CAMPGROUND. I JUST WONDER HOW MANY TRAILER ROLLED OVER OR ACCIDENTS THESE UNDERRATED AXLES HAVE CAUSED? THANK YOU! *AK
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Suspension
Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware.
From owner reports, verbatim
2000 FLEETWOOD, TERRY LITE, 25FT TRAVEL TRAILER, 5900 GVWR. THIS SPRING ON 4/15/07,I REMOVED THE TRAILER FROM STORAGE AND NOTICED THAT THE STEEL BELTS ON THE TIRES WERE SHOWING THROUGH THE RUBBER. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE LEAD AXLE WAS BENT, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO WEAR PREMATURELY. I WAS GOING TO JUST BUY ANOTHER AXLE TO REPLACE THE BENT AXLE. I WROTE THE AXLE SERIAL NUMBER OFF THE AXLE AND CALLED DEXTER AXLE FOR THE MODEL # OR SPECS SO I COULD BUY ANOTHER AXLE. DEXTER AXLE TOLD ME THAT THE AXLES WERE ONLY RATED AT 2800 # EACH, TANDEM AXLES), = 5600# FOR A 5900 # GVWR. THE DEXTER AXLE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS QUITE COMMON FOR TRAILER MANUFACTURERS TO PUT THESE UNDER RATED AXLES ON, TO STAY COST COMPETITIVE. I CALLED FLEETWOOD RV AND TOLD THEM OF THE PROBLEM AND, THAT THIS WAS SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THESE UNDER RATED AXLES. FLEETWOOD AND OTHER MANUFACTURERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO PUT AXLES THAT COULD HANDLE THE WEIGHT OF A CAMPER, AND WHEN A TRAILER STARTED TO BOUNCE, THE WEIGHT COULD INCREASE. FLEETWOOD STATED THAT I MUST HAVE OVER LOADED THE TRAILER. THIS WAS A FALSE STATEMENT BECAUSE I NEVER TRAVELED WITH WATER, AND I ALSO EMPTIED ALL THE TANKS BEFORE LEAVING THE CAMPGROUND. I JUST WONDER HOW MANY TRAILER ROLLED OVER OR ACCIDENTS THESE UNDERRATED AXLES HAVE CAUSED? THANK YOU! *AK
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 .