Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1999 Fleetwood Avion

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › frame and members. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Structure › Frame and Members2
000
Trailer Hitches › Fifth Wheel Assembly1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control › Catalytic Convertor1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Trailer Hitches › Fifth Wheel Assembly
Filed Nov 4, 2005TX

DT: CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING THE TRAVEL TRAILER THE METAL C-FRAME BROKE. THE C-FRAME ATTACHES THE HITCH BOX TO THE TRAILER. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATING A PROBLEM. THE REPAIR SHOP PULLED THE HITCH BOX OUT AND WELDED THE HITCH TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. ALSO, WELDED A FLAT BAR UNDERNEATH THE HITCH TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. THE REPAIRMAN SAID THE PROBLEM WAS THE WAY THE HITCH WAS INSTALLED ON THE TRAILER. THE METAL SUPPORT OF THE HITCH BOX WAS TOO THIN. THE STRESS OF REGULAR MOTION ON THE ROAD WEAKENED THE METAL SUPPORT. THE CONTACT DID NOT BELIEVE THIS WAS A PERMANENT REPAIR FOR THE TRAILER. *AK

Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Aug 28, 2001MT

FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER WAS DEVELOPING CRACKS IN CORNER OF BED ROOM SLIDE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Nov 28, 2000OR

TRAVEL TRAILER. FRAME IS BENDING IN FRONT NEAR KINGPIN. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK THE DEALER MISREPRESENTED AND CANCEALED MAJOR DAMAGES TO THE TRAILER AND SOLD IT AS NEW. *YH

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control › Catalytic Convertor
Filed Jul 15, 2000NE

WE KEEP HAVING OUR CONVERTER GO OUT, THIS LAST ONE WILL BE THE 5TH REPLACEMENT SINCE AUG. OF 1999. THIS LAST TIME THEY REPLACED IT WITH A 75 AMP ONE AND FLEETWOOD SAID WE'D HAVE NO MORE PROBLEMS.. BUT YESTERDAY IT STARTED GOING OUT, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A PROBLEM OTHER THAN THE CONVERTER.*AK

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20040100Routine
20030100Routine
20020100Routine
20010100Routine
20001110Routine
1999 — this page4000Routine
19983100Routine
19975100Routine
19961000Routine
19950100Routine
19940100Routine
19931000Routine
19921000Routine

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Other Fleetwood models

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.