Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1998 Fleetwood Savanna

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › rear › springs. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Rear › Springs1
000
Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
Filed Oct 23, 2007NY

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FLEETWOOD SAVANNA FIFTH WHEEL. THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR, MODEL NUMBER RM4872 (NA). THE REFRIGERATOR HAS A CRACK IN THE BOILER TUBE AND IS LEAKING AMMONIA ONTO THE TOP OF THE HOT WATER HEATER. THE SMELL MAKES THE OCCUPANTS DIZZY. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT DUE TO COMPANY REGULATIONS, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH A MODEL THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT TO CALL NHTSA. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 3/5/08 *CN UPDATED 03/05/08 *TR

Suspension › Rear › Springs
Filed Nov 30, 200420,000 milesNV

THE HANGER AND FRAME PREMATURE FAILURE. THE HANGER WELD ON THE TRAILER SO SEVERELY UNDERCUT, ALL HANGERS FOR SUSPENSION WERE RE-WELDED. *BF SMOKE POURED FROM THE WHEEL WELLS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TRAILER. BOTH REAR SPRING HANGERS FAILED AT THE RAILS AND ALLOWED THE REAR AXLE TO ROTATE FORWARD AND THE TIRES TO RUB TOGETHER. *SC

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20040100Routine
20030100Routine
20020100Routine
20010100Routine
20000100Routine
1998 — this page2000Routine
19973000Routine
19951100Routine
19941100Routine

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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.