2002 Fleetwood Terra
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Recalls
2 recalls name the 2002 Fleetwood Terra. Newest first.
Certain motor homes and travel trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, may have a defect in the boiler tube. pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) IS present.
Risk and remedy
Risk
Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.
Remedy
Fleetwood will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06e076). dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of charge. dometic has retained stericycle inc. To manage this campaign. stericycle will assist you in locating dealerships or service centers and will provide assistance with scheduling of appointments. owners may contact dometic/stericycle at 1-888-446-5157 or fleetwood at 1-800-322-8216.
Certain motor home chassis fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 105, "hydraulic and electric brake systems." the brake system warning indicator may not function as required by standard.
Risk and remedy
Risk
In some of the affected vehicles, the brake system warning indicator will not illuminate when the ignition IS in the start position or for a low brake fluid condition, if the body builder relied solely upon ford's ivm compliance statement for the brake system warning indicator.
Remedy
Dealers will repair these vehicles. owner notification began april 7, 2003. 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 at 1-800-445-3307.
Owner complaints
2 complaints
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Latest complaints
- Parking brake · Service brakes
2002 fleetwood terra P32 chassis - I had taken my foot off the gas pedal as I approached an intersection on a four lane highway. I noticed that the brake pedal went to the floor and the motor home was not slowing as it should with this amount of foot pressure on the brake pedal. I was able to…
2002 fleetwood terra P32 chassis - I had taken my foot off the gas pedal as I approached an intersection on a four lane highway. I noticed that the brake pedal went to the floor and the motor home was not slowing as it should with this amount of foot pressure on the brake pedal. I was able to safely turn into a parking lot and the motor home stopped due to an incline. I had my son get into the drivers seat and keep his foot on the brake pedal as I placed wheel chocks on the vehicle. as it turns out, the auto park brake had failed as well (multiple failures in the last few years). The mechanic states that this brake failure appears to be very similar to the brake issues experience by workhorse w series chassis's that are involved in a brake recall campaign. Part failure IS rear brake calipers. I have also noticed multiple internet complaints regarding the workhorse chassis auto park brake as being a constant problem. my motor home has had multiple auto parking brake failures in each year for the past several years. the vehicle mileage IS an estimate since it IS still in the shop being repaired again. *js
- Equipment › Recreational vehicle/trailer
I have a samsung micro-wave model mr6698wb that IS in a fleetwood camper. the service center stated that there IS a recall on this unit. nhtsa campaign # 03e044000. samsung will not honor the recall to replace or fix this unit. it started to run on its own setting the smoke alarms off, letting us know something was wrong. *Tr
Defect investigations
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened these reviews into vehicles including this one.
- Inadvertent slide-out extension movement
This investigation was opened based on odi's receipt of a congressional letter on behalf of a constituent.the constituent reported incidents where the slide out room of his motor home would inadvertently move (extend) during highway use.odi was concerned that a fully extended slide out would degrade the vehicle's…
This investigation was opened based on odi's receipt of a congressional letter on behalf of a constituent.the constituent reported incidents where the slide out room of his motor home would inadvertently move (extend) during highway use.odi was concerned that a fully extended slide out would degrade the vehicle's dynamic handling characteristics and/or possibly impact an object or another vehicle, resulting in a crash.odi contacted fleetwood and discovered that slide out rooms were installed in motor homes, travel trailers and folding trailers. As part of the investigation odi visited a rv show and the fleetwood paxinos plant to examine slide outs in various new make and model vehicles and gain an understanding of how the systems work.during the investigation odi learned that there are two methods used to extend slide out rooms.some manufacturers use hydraulic systems and others, such as fleetwood, use an electric motor. (Continued on page 2)
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