2001 Fleetwood Wilderness Owner Complaints

DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR SAFETY RECALL NOTIFICATION. UNIT WAS TAKEN TO SERVICE CENTER ACCORDING TO DOMETIC AND SERVICE CENTER SAID THAT UNIT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SAFETY RECALL AND FIRE HAZARD ACCORDING TO WHERE CRACK IS LOCATED THAT LEAKED OUT COOLING SUBSTANCE. DOMETIC SAID THEY NO LONGER REPLACE THE UNITS UNDER THE RECALL. SERVICE CENTER SAID THEY HAVE SENT THEM UNITS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SAME EXACT CRACK ISSUE AND DOMETIC REFUSED TO STAND BEHIND SAFETY RECALL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10229142

Incident

May 27, 2008

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FLEETWOOD WILDERNESS TRAILER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR HIS DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS IN STORAGE AT THE TIME, BUT WHEN HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE FAILURE HAD ALREADY OCCURRED WITH THE REFRIGERATOR. DOMETIC ADVISED HIM TO GO TO A LOCAL RV DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE REPAIR WOULD NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. UPDATED 06/09/2008. *LJ RECALL 0E6076000. UPDATED

NHTSA ID

10225692

Incident

Mar 26, 2008

I HAVE A 2001 FLEETWOOD WILDERNESS TRAVEL TRAILER WITH A DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR MODEL NUMBER RM 2652 THAT HAD STOPPED WORKING SUDDENLY. WHEN IT WAS SWITCHED OVER TO GAS OPERATION THE REFRIG. CAUGHT ON FIRE. WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT PUT OUT BEFORE IT DID ANY MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE TRAVEL TRAILER. THE UNIT THEN PROCEED TO SPILL LARGE AMOUNTS OF A YELLOW OILY LIQUID INSIDE THE CAMPER. THERE WAS A VERY STRONG AMMONIA SMELL AFTER THE FIRE. WE LATER LEARNED OF A RECALL # 06E076000 ON THIS MODEL REFRIG. BY DOMETIC FOR THIS VERY REASON, A FIRE HAZARD THAT MY MOM SAW IN THE HIGHWAYS MAGAZINE. I CALLED DOMETIC TO SEE ABOUT GETTING THE UNIT REPAIRED OR REPLACED AND GOT NO WHERE WITH THEM. I NEED HELP WITH THIS PLEASE. THEY SHOULD BE MADE TO REPLACE THIS UNIT FOR US AS IT COULD HAVE BURNED OUR CAMPER UP AND WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN IT. PLEASE HELP US WITH THIS MATTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. *NM

NHTSA ID

10177879

Incident

Dec 30, 2006

METAL FATIGUE AND FAILURE OF THE FRAME ON MY 2001 FLEETWOOD WILDERNESS TRAILER. THE FRAME IN THE AREA OF THE REAR SUPPORT BRACKET FOR ONE OF THE WHEEL SPRINGS DEVELOPED STRESS CRACKS WHICH RESULTED IN DESTRUCTION OF THE FRAME AT THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT OF THE BRACKET. THIS SECTION OF THE FRAME COMPLETELY TORE LOOSE AND LEFT THE BRACKET HANGING AND NO LONGER CONNECTED TO THE TRAILER. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED STRESS CRACKS AT TWO OTHER POINTS IN THE MAIN SUPPORT MEMBER OF THE TRAILER. FORTUNATELY THIS WAS FOUND DURING AN INSPECTION AT A REST STOP AND STEPS WERE TAKEN TO REDUCE THE LOADING AT THE DAMAGED AREA. TEMPORARY REPAIRS WERE MADE AND THE TRAILER BROUGHT BACK HOME. HAD THIS FAILURE OF THE WHEEL SUPPORT SYSTEM HAPPENED ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD IT IS POSSIBLE THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. *NM

NHTSA ID

10156666

Incident

Apr 11, 2006

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 45 TO 50 MPH LEAF SPRING BRACKET BROKE. AS RESULT, IT CAUSED DRIVER'S REAR TIRE TO BLOW OUT. FLEETWOOD WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE BADLY WORN OUT DUE TO RUBBING AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. *TC

NHTSA ID

10089175

Incident

Aug 18, 2004

Mileage

6,000 mi

RECALL# 03E044000 SUBJECT: MICROWAVE OVENS/CIRCUIT SHORT. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED SAMSUNG FOUR TIMES TO GET INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET THE RECALL REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER HAS LEFT MESSAGES AND HAS RECEIVED NO FEEDBACK. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO GET THE REPAIRS DONE. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10048505

Incident

Nov 10, 2003

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE'S FRAME BROKE ENABLING THE CONSUMER TO OPERATE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE CURBSIDE REAR SPRING HANGER BRACKET BROKE FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE IN MOTION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS TWISTED AND WAS UNSAFE TO TRAVEL BEFORE REPAIRS. WHEN THE RV WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER MORE CRACKS WERE FOUND AND THE REAR AXLE WAS SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME. *SCC *NLM

NHTSA ID

10029376

Incident

Jun 16, 2003

Mileage

6,000 mi

WHILE INSPECTING VEHICLE NOTICED THAT LEAF SPRING WAS BENT. THIS CAN CAUSE AXLE TO DISCONECT FROM VEHICLE IF LEAF SPRING BREAKS.*AK

NHTSA ID

8015814

Incident

Aug 5, 2002

LEAF SPRING BRACKET BROKE WHILE GOING 65MPH. BROKEN LEAF SPRING BRACKET CAUSED DRIVER'S REAR TIRE TO BLOWOUT. FRONT PASSENGER TRIE BLEW OUT DUE TO VEHICLE SHIFTING. FLEETWOOD WAS NOTIFIED. THIS WAS THE SECOND INCIDENT AND REPLACEMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8009323

Incident

Jul 12, 2001

THREE WATER HOLDING TANKS ARE WEDGED BETWEEN, AND WHEN HEATED UP PLASTIC TANK BENT UP. TANKS HAVE NOTHING STRAPPED AROUND FOR SUPPORT. TWO OF THE TANKS HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY FELL ONTO THE ROAD WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. FLEETWOOD WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

8006638

Incident

Oct 1, 2001

AFTER TRAVELING 45 THOUSAND MILES TRAVEL TRAILER STEEL HAD SEPAPARATED AND LEFT SPRING WAS BROKEN. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT WATER MAY BE IN TIRES WHICH WAS CAUSING THIS DEFECT. TRAILER WAS SERVICEED, AND TECHNICIAN DID NOTICE WATER IN TIRES WHICH CAUSED HARD VIBRATION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

894951

CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM PANEL, UNDERNEATH THE SIDE OF THE BED. CONSUMER OPENED PANEL, AND NOTICED WIRES IN THE INVERTER BOX WERE ON FIRE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH FIRE, BUT ALL WIRES MELTED. MATTRESS WAS NOT FIRE RETARDENT/ NO EXTRA WALL OR FIRE PRECAUTION. CONSUMER HAD NO KNOWLEGDE OF BED BEING OVER INVERTER BOX. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

873730

Incident

Oct 21, 2000