1998 Fleetwood Southwind Storm

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › 12v/24v/48v battery. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Gear Position Indication (prndl)	1		0	0	0
Electrical System › Wiring	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Electrical System › Wiring

Filed Feb 7, 2000NC

ABOVE ENTRY DOOR 2 SWITCHES THAT CONTROL THE MOTOR COACH BATTERY AND ENGINE BATTERY COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO WAY THE SWITCH TO THE BATTERY THAT OPERATED THE ENGINE COULD TURN OFF, BUT IT DID. THE ENGINE STOPPED AND THERE WERE NO POWER BRAKES OR POWER STEERING. CONSUMER HAD TO GET OFF THE ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, AND GO BACK TO ENTRY DOOR TO RESET SWITCH. CONSUMER ALMOST HIT A CAR IN THIS PROCESS. CONSUMER FELT THAT SWITCH SHOULD BE RECONSTRUCTED. *AK *ML

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Gear Position Indication (prndl)

Filed Nov 25, 1998AL

GEAR SHIFT LEVEL FAILED CAUSING LOCK UP.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
1998 — this page	2	0	0	Routine
1997	2	0	0	Routine
1996	2	0	1	Routine
1995	1	1	0	Routine

Compare every Southwind Storm year →

Other Fleetwood models

All Fleetwood models →

Bounder 318 Pace Arrow 173 Southwind 158 Discovery 128 Prowler 104 Jamboree 61 Flair 61 Wilderness 59 Fleetwood 57 Tioga 56

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.