1993 Fleetwood Southwind

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › foundation components. It has been recalled 2 times.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components2
002
Steering1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling1
010

2 safety recalls

Part 573 reports
Structure93E024000
Filed Aug 20, 19931,190 vehiclesHwh Corporation

Defect. THE FRONT LEFT JACK ON THESE MOTORHOMES MAY BE IMPROPERLY INSTALLED.

Risk. IMPROPERLY INSTALLED JACKS CAN JAM THE STEERING ARMWHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE STEERING GEAR BOX. THIS CAN RESULT IN THE FAILURE TOTURN THE VEHICLE TO THE LEFT.

Remedy. A STOP WILL BE ADDED TO THE REAR TWO MOUNTING BOLTS OF THE JACK.

Vehicle Speed Control93V076000
Filed Apr 30, 1993359 vehiclesFleetwood Ent., Inc.

Defect. WHILE OPERATING THE ENGINE IN REVERSE GEAR, ENGINE TORQUE CAUSES THE ENGINE TO ROLL, CAUSING THE THROTTLE MODULATOR CABLE ASSEMBLY TO CONTACT THE FLOOR AND BIND THE THROTTLE CABLE HOLDING THE THROTTLE IN AN OPEN POSITION.

Risk. THE THROTTLE CABLE BINDING WHILE THE THROTTLE IS IN ANOPEN POSITION CAUSES LOSS OF ENGINE SPEED CONTROL WHICH COULD RESULT IN ANACCIDENT.

Remedy. RELOCATION OF RAISED FLOOR SUPPORT HARDWARE ON THE BOX PORTION OF THE MOTORHOME.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine CoolingFire
Filed Sep 5, 2001OH

ANTIFREEZE LEAK CAUSED ENGINE FIRE WHILE DRIVING(OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). NLM

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components2 injured
Filed Nov 9, 2000CA

VEHICLE WAS COMING AROUND A CURVE AND THE BRAKES FAILED, THERE WAS NEVER AN EMERGENCY BRAKE INSTALLED, THE VEHICLE CRASHED AND 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED. *SLC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
Filed Jun 23, 1999OK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE WAS LITTLE BRAKING ABILITY BECAUSE OF THE COLLAPSING OF THE BRAKE LINE. BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED BY THE OWNER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Nov 13, 1998OR

WHEN DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THEY ARE VERY HARD AND AREN'T STOPPING THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Steering
Filed Sep 30, 1996RI

DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN LANE POSITION DUE TO STEERING PROBLEMS.

5 of 5 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
1993 — this page5210Routine
19922100Routine
19916110Routine
19904110Routine

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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: Aug 20, 1993. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.