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NHTSA recall 98V263000

Equipment › Recreational vehicle/trailer › Lpg systems › Tank assembly

Fleetwood Grand Tour and 1 more

Reported Oct 20, 19988,602 vehicles affectedFLEETWOOD ENT., INC.Built Apr 16, 1997 – Oct 16, 1998

The defect

Vehicle description: folding travel trailers equipped with molded gas bottle cover assemblies. the upper molded gas bottle cover lid can become disengaged from the plastic pan during transit due to improper attachment of the lower rubber hold-down straps, severe wind turbulence, or vibration.

The risk

This lid could fall onto the roadway creating a road hazard.

The remedy

Dealers will add a positive locking device to secure the upper molded gas bottle cover lid to the lower plastic pan.

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Vehicles in this recall

Fleetwood Grand Tour
1998
Fleetwood Grand Tour Elite
1999

Notes

Owner notification IS expected to begin november 9, 1998.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact fleetwood folding trailers at 1-814-445-9661. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).