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1997 Fleetwood Westport 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 Dec 21, 2004
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 Aug 13, 1998

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1997 Fleetwood Westport. 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

Showing 1–3 of 3

BrakesOther / unspecified
Filed Dec 21, 2004

THE CONSUMER HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEM WITH THE TRAILER'S FRONT JACKS. *NM THE TRAILER BRAKES FAILED AND THE GAUGE ON THE LP TANK FAILED. FRESH WATER WOULDN'T FLOW TO THE PUMP. *NM

NHTSA ID
10110836
Incident
Apr 14, 1997
Tires & wheels
Filed Oct 3, 2000
2 deaths reported

IRON MAN ELECTRA TIRE LT235/85R16 SIZE CONTINENTAL GENERAL TIRE, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. TREAD ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT FRONT TIRES SEPARATED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON TWO OCCASIONS, BOTH CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER (CONSUMER INDICATED 2 FATALITIES ON THE REPORT, NO FURTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED, POSSIBLY JUST INDICATING 2 INCIDENTS) .*AK *MJS

NHTSA ID
872079
Incident
Sep 1, 2000
Other / unspecified
Filed Aug 13, 1998

WHEN OWNER JACKED UP THE FIFTH WHEEL TO PARK IT THE LANDING GEAR JUST FELL DOWN. THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

NHTSA ID
826666
Incident
Aug 3, 1998

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.

Data sources

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