1996 Fleetwood Southwind
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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These records cover every 1996 Fleetwood Southwind. To see whether one car still needs a recall repair, decode its VIN or check it with NHTSA.
Recalls
1 recall names the 1996 Fleetwood Southwind. Newest first.
The electric wire used to power the expandable room hydraulic pump motor was not equipped with a circuit breaker. Overheating of the wire can occur with incorrect expandable room operation.
Risk and remedy
Risk
This condition can cause the wire insulation to melt, causing smoke and possible fire.
Remedy
Dealers will install a circuit breaker to the expandable room system pump motor wire. Fleetwood will also provide a vehicle label to identify the location of the circuit breaker, and will provide owner's manual literature to identify the circuit breaker location.
Owner complaints
11 complaints2 deaths
What owners report most
Latest complaints
- Electrical system › Alternator/generator/regulator
My father and his friend both died from carbon monoxide poisoning while sleeping in a fleetwood southwind motorhome in november of 1999. carbon monoxide from the onan generator filled the motor home with the deadly fumes. we are currently in litigation with fleetwood, onan and the dealership.…
My father and his friend both died from carbon monoxide poisoning while sleeping in a fleetwood southwind motorhome in november of 1999. carbon monoxide from the onan generator filled the motor home with the deadly fumes. we are currently in litigation with fleetwood, onan and the dealership. investigations during the course of the lawsuit have revealed many other instances of the same fate befalling other individuals and families. fleetwood and onan have shown they have no regard for the death's their products are causing. they would rather litigate than fix the problem. please hold these companies accountable and prevent other families from going through the tragedy our family has had to endure. http://www.mcsrr.org/pressreleases/nhtsa01p.html. *nm
- Parking brake › Driveline › Hydraulic
Failure of the automatic park brake on a chevy P30 chassis. *ak
- Equipment · Power train › Axle assembly › Axle shaft
Purchased a 1996 fleetwood southwind 34' motorhome (gm chassis) from giant rv in upland and after only 100 miles of driving, both driver side rear wheels separated from the axle. I believe the axle shaft broke but giant rv will not talk to me about it. *la
- Visibility › Windshield
Windshield falling out
- Visibility › Windshield
Windshield has started to separate from seal at top on both sides. dealer will be notified. *Ak consumer adds passenger side exterior rubber gasket IS not staying attached to fiberglass body of motorhome, causing windshield to tip out at top corner. dealer took glass out and reset. consumer noticed flawed windshield at time of purchase. *tt
- Engine and engine cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Motorhome had stalled and stopped in the center lanes of freeway,a dangerous condition. Thanks to highway police and cell phone.this happen twice.*ak
- Exterior lighting › Headlights · Visibility › Windshield
Headlights go on and off intermittently after being on for a while. Also, defect within windshield causes it to become loose from the mounting. Repairwork done. Manufacturer aware of the problems. Problems still exists. Provide further information. *ak
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Pedals and linkages · Steering › Hydraulic power assist › Hose, piping, and connections
The brake pedal went to the floor.
- Suspension › Front
Front wheels aligned.
- Structure › Frame and members
Motor home chassis too small for body of vehicle, causing it to lose control easily. *Dh
- Steering › Steering wheel/handle bar
Steering wheel and column; failure on the steering,causing the vheicleto pull to the right and the left. *ak
Service bulletins
Technical service bulletins and other communications the manufacturer sent dealers about this vehicle. Ask a dealer for the full document by its number.
- 614692Fleetwood enterprises, inc. Motor home division will be contacting the owners of certain motor homes for the purpose of correcting the gcwr label which was printed with the incorrect information.
- 52242Operating instructions for bendix washer/dryer.
Every Fleetwood Southwind model year
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