Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1990 Fleetwood Southwind

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › front › springs › air suspension › springs/bags. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Front › Springs › Air Suspension › Springs/Bags1
000
Suspension1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
000
Electrical System › Wiring1
010

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar92V052000
Filed Apr 14, 199220,413 vehiclesFleetwood Ent., Inc.

Defect. THE STEERING COLUMN SHAFT NUT RETAINING CLIP MAY BE MISSING. UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THE LACK OF A RETAINING CLIP WILL ALLOW THE NUT TO WORK LOOSE AND THE STEERING WHEEL TO SEPARATE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN.

Risk. STEERING WHEEL SEPARATION FROM THE STEERING COLUMN CANRESULT IN COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

Remedy. INSPECT STEERING ASSEMBLY FOR A STEERING WHEEL NUT RETAINING CLIP. IF CLIP IS MISSING, INSTALL A STEERING WHEEL NUT RETAINING CLIP, OR HAVE A DEALER INSPECT AND INSTALL A CLIP. FLEETWOOD ADVISES OWNERS NOT TO OPERATE THE MOTORHOMES UNTIL A STEERING WHEEL NUT INSPECTION AND CLIP INSTALLATION IS COMPLETED.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System › WiringFire
Filed Nov 6, 1998FL

HAD STARTED MOTORHOME WHEN MOTORHOME CAUGHT FIRE. FIRE DEPT WAS CALLED & PUT FLAMES OUT. MOTORHOME TOTALED. FIRE DEPT REPORT & INSURANCE INSPECTOR CONCURRED THAT ELECTRICAL WIRING WAS CAUSE OF THE FIRE. *AK *SLC

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Mar 25, 1998PA

BOLTS AND BRACKETS THAT HOLD ENGINE KEEP BREAKING.

Suspension
Filed Jan 9, 1998CA

VEHICLE HAS HAD CONTINUOUS SUSPENSION PROBLEMS SINCE OWNERSHIP, BREAKS LOOSE FROM THE FRAME, THE VEHICLE IS VERY HARD TO CONTROL ON THE ROAD.

Suspension › Front › Springs › Air Suspension › Springs/Bags
Filed May 9, 1995CA

VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL DUE TO DESIGN OF SPRINGS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWAY/VIBRATE. *SKD

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20231600Routine
20221500Routine
20211600Routine
20201500Routine
20190200Routine
20180400Routine
20171100Routine
20161300Routine
20150200Routine
20141300Routine
20123100Routine
20110400Routine
20100300Routine
20090100Routine
20080200Routine
20073300Routine
20064600Routine
20058410Routine
200413810Routine
200324810Routine
20024500Routine
20014400Routine
20008400Routine
19997200Routine
199813110Routine
19978200Routine
199611102Fatalities reported
199515000Routine
19949010Routine
19935210Routine
19922100Routine
19916110Routine
1990 — this page4110Routine

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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: Apr 14, 1992. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.