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1997 Fleetwood Wilderness 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 12, 2000
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 Sep 6, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1997 Fleetwood Wilderness. 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 1–2 of 2

Brakes
Filed Dec 12, 2000

CONSUMER NOTICED ONE HUB WAS EXTREMELY HOT, WHEN MECHANICS PULLED THE HUB, PARTS FELL ALL OVER THE FLOOR, TWO OUT OF THE 3 REMAINING HUBS ON THE TRAILER ALSO HAD BROKEN PARTS, DEALER STATED THAT THE ADJUSTER SPRINGS HAD FAILED, THE SPRINGS BROKE AND CAUSED THE ADJUSTER TO DROP AND THE REST OF THE PARTS BECAME MANGLED AS A RESULT OF THE BRAKE SHOES NOT BEING HELD TOGETHER AT THE BOTTOM, THESE WERE FROM THE DEXTER AXLE COMPANY. *SLC

NHTSA ID
558465
Incident
Oct 6, 2000
Brakes
Filed Sep 6, 2000

BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE PARTS OF BRAKES WHICH CAUSED PASSENGER'S SIDE BRAKES TO DETERORIATE, AND HAD MORE WEAR ON THIS SIDE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID
869763
Incident
Sep 1, 2000

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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