1991 Fleetwood Bounder

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › front. It has been recalled 2 times.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Front1
000
Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion)1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Fluid1
000
Parking Brake › Conventional › Mechanical1
000

2 safety recalls

Part 573 reports
Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage91V202000
Filed Nov 18, 199165 vehiclesFleetwood Ent., Inc.

Defect. THE SEAT BELT LATCH MECHANISM IS NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE OCCUPANT OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT.

Risk. SAFETY BELT DOES NOT MEET THE CRASH PROTECTIONREQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 208.

Remedy. CORRECT THE PLACEMENT OF THE SEAT BELT LATCH MECHANISM.

Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer › Lpg Systems › Furnace91V121000
Filed Jul 8, 1991135 vehiclesFleetwood Ent., Inc.

Defect. FURNACE EXHAUST VENT TUBE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY ALIGNED DURING INSTALLATION. IMPROPER ALIGNMENT ALLOWS FURNACE EXHAUST AIR TO DISCHARGE AGAINST THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF MOTORHOME WALL.

Risk. FURNACE EXHAUST AIR DISCHARGE INTO THE INTERIOR WALL CANCAUSE MELTING OR BURNING OF INTERIOR WALL COMPONENTS, PRODUCING COMBUSTIONBY-PRODUCTS (INCLUDING CARBON MONOXIDE) WHICH CAN POISON INDIVIDUALS IN THEMOTOR HOME.

Remedy. ALIGN EXHAUST FURNACE EXHAUST VENT TUBE.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Parking Brake › Conventional › Mechanical
Filed Apr 27, 2006250,000 milesCO

WHEN MOTOR HOME IS TAKEN OUT OF PARK THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES ARE LOST. *JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Dec 17, 1996CA

BRAKES FAILED AFTER RECALL REPAIRS.

Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion)
Filed May 28, 1996CA

STEERING GEAR BOX HAS FAILED, RETENTION PINS BROKE AND JAMMED IT. *AK

Suspension › Front
Filed Aug 7, 1995CA

FRONT SHIMMIES VIOLENTLY UPON HITTING POT HOLES IN ROAD. *AW

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Fluid
Filed Jul 31, 1995CA

BRAKE FLUID OVERHEATED, CAUSING COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. *DSH

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20260100Routine
20251100Routine
20240200Routine
20232600Routine
20223500Routine
20212600Routine
20202500Routine
20190200Routine
20184500Routine
20173400Routine
20165200Routine
20156100Routine
20143300Routine
20130100Routine
20121100Routine
20112200Routine
20101300Routine
20091100Routine
20083200Routine
20075600Routine
20066800Routine
200517510Routine
2004281000Routine
200313800Routine
200212500Routine
20018500Routine
200013300Routine
199935110Routine
199824300Routine
199729500Routine
199624200Routine
199510100Routine
199420110Routine
199311300Routine
19927010Routine
1991 — this page5200Routine
199012310Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Nov 18, 1991. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.