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2008 Fleetwood Tradition 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 Feb 24, 2010
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 Feb 24, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2008 Fleetwood Tradition. 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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Other / unspecifiedSuspension
Filed Feb 24, 2010

2008 FLEETWOOD AMERICAN TRADITION FRONT AXLE PROBLEM. *BF THE MOTORHOME WILL NOT CARRY THE MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFIED CARGO CARRYING CAPACITY AND PRESENTS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE DESIGN AND RATING OF THE FRONT AXLE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW FOR THE USUAL AND INTENDED USE OF THE MOTORHOME. AFTER LEARNING OF THE PROBLEM THE CONSUMER HAD THE MOTORHOME WEIGHED. THE FRONT AXLE HAS A DESIGN AND CERTIFICATION LOAD RATING OF 14,600 POUNDS. WITH THE MOTORHOME LOADED AS SPECIFIED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL, THE FRONT AXLE IS OVERLOADED BY 960 POUNDS. *JB

NHTSA ID
10314310
Incident
Feb 24, 2010
Other / unspecifiedSuspension
Filed Feb 24, 2010

2008 FLEETWOOD AMERICAN TRADITION FRONT AXLE PROBLEM. *BF THE CONSUMER LEARNED THAT HIS RV WAS OVER THE SPECIFIED MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF 14,600 LBS. THE CONSUMER STATED THE RV WAS 640 LBS OVERWEIGHT. THIS WAS WITH FULL FUEL, 1/2 WATER AND EMPTY HOLDING TANKS. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WAS NO DEFINITIVE FIX TO THE PROBLEM. THEY ADVISED TO CARRY 1/2 FUEL AND 1/2 WATER AND TO HAVE 120 PSI IN THE FRONT TIRES. *JB

NHTSA ID
10314305
Incident
Feb 24, 2010
Other / unspecifiedSuspension
Filed Feb 24, 2010

2008 FLEETWOOD AMERICAN TRADITION FRONT WEIGHT PROBLEM. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE MOTORHOME WAS OVERWEIGHT ON THE FRONT AXLE BY 700LBS. TO MEET THE ACTUAL FRONT WEIGHT OF 15,300LBS, THE TIRE PRESSURE WOULD NEED TO BE 125LBS. BUT THE RIM HAS A MAXIMUM COLD PRESSURE RATING OF 120LBS. *JB

NHTSA ID
10314304
Incident
Feb 24, 2010

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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