1998 Fleetwood Folding Trailer

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › body. It has been recalled 2 times.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Tires	1		0	0	0
Structure › Body	1		0	0	0
Structure	1		0	0	0

2 safety recalls

Part 573 reports

Unknown or Other99V306002

Filed Nov 18, 1999299 vehiclesFleetwood Folding Trailer

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: FOLDING TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS. SOME OF THESE ALARMS MAY HAVE BECOME CONTAMINATED DURING SHIPPING WHICH WILL DIMINISH THE SENSITIVITY OF THE ALARM TO DETECT CARBON MONOXIDE.

Risk. PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH COULD OCCUR TO THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS IN THE EVENT THE ALARM DOES NOT WORK AND ALERT THE OCCUPANTS TO THE PRESENCE OF CARBON MONOXIDE.

Remedy. ATWOOD WILL EXCHANGE THESE CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS AT NO CHARGE TO THE CONSUMER.

Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer99V287001

Filed Oct 20, 199966,788 vehiclesFleetwood Folding Trailer

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: RECREATIONAL VEHICLES USING GAS/ELECTRIC ABSORPTION REFRIGERATORS SUPPLIED BY NORCOLD. THE SWIVEL NUT WHICH IS AN INTEGRAL CONNECTION COMPONENT OF A PRESSURE TAP DEVICE HAS "STRESS CORROSION CRACKING."

Risk. THIS CRACKING CAN LEAD TO AN OPEN FRACTURE IN THE BRASS NUT, POTENTIALLY ALLOWING PROPANE GAS TO LEAK.

Remedy. NORCOLD IS CONDUCTING THE NOTIFICATION AND REMEDY FOR THIS RECALL. DEALERS WILL REMOVE THE SWIVEL NUT/PRESSURE TAP COMPONENT AND REPLACE WITH A REMEDY KIT.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Structure

Filed Jan 31, 2008AZ

THE VEHICLE IS A TRUCK CAMPER (SLIDE-IN, CABOVER TYPE). 1998 FLEETWOOD/CARIBOU 11G. THE MAIN FRAME OF THIS VEHICLE IS WOOD. THE WOOD ROTTED AROUND THE EYEBOLTS THAT SECURE IT TO THE TRUCK COMING LOOSE AND NEARLY LOSING IT FROM THE TRUCK A HIGHWAY SPEED. I HAVE REPLACED SOME OF THE WOOD AND I AM HAVING A MACHINE SHOP FABRICATE SOME RE-ENFORCING METAL. I FEEL THIS IS A DANGEROUS DESIGN FLAW AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AND COMPENSATED FOR BY THE MANUFACTURER. I HAVE E-MAILED THEM AS THEY NO LONGER MAKE THIS MODEL. *TR

Tires

Filed Nov 27, 2000GA

THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE TRAILER WERE REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR, THE MANUFACTURER AND THE TIRE DEALER HAVE CONFLICTING INFLATION RATES, CONSUMER IS NOT SATISFIED WITH OVER INFLATING THE TIRES (TIRE MAKE/MODEL NOT PROVIDED). *MJS

Structure › Body

Filed Sep 11, 2000MA

BROUGHT TRAILER USED. ROOF OF TRAILER WAS SAGGING VERY BADLY. TOOK TRAILER BACK TO DEALER. MECHANIC INDICATD STRUCTURE OF TRAILER WAS DEFECTIVE. PLACEDA BAR INSIDE OF ROOF TO HOLD IT UP WAS ALSO SAGGING. MANUFACTURER WILL NOT HONOR WARRANTY DUE TO BEING A USED TRAILER.*AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
1999	1	1	Routine
1998 — this page	3	2	Routine
1997	0	1	Routine
1996	0	1	Routine
1995	0	1	Routine
1994	0	1	Routine
1993	0	1	Routine

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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, 1999. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.