2016 Fleetwood Southwind

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the exterior lighting › tail lights. It has been recalled 3 times.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Exterior Lighting › Tail Lights1
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3 safety recalls

Part 573 reports
Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery17V584000
Filed Sep 20, 2017934 vehiclesRev Recreation Group

Defect. REV Recreation Group (REV) is recalling certain 2013-2015 Fleetwood Bounder and 2013-2016 Fleetwood Southwind recreational vehicles. The welds attaching the battery tray may be insufficient. As a result, the tray may separate from underneath the chassis.

Risk. An unsecured battery tray can cause a battery acid leak or an electrical short, increasing the risk of a fire or injury.

Remedy. REV will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the battery tray, and install fasteners, if necessary, to secure the battery tray, free of charge. The recall began on November 17, 2017. Owners may contact REV customer service at 1-800-509-3417. REV's number for this recall is 170914REV.

Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer › Lpg Systems › Water Heater15V751000
Filed Nov 13, 201515 vehiclesAllied Recreation Group, Inc.

Defect. Allied Recreation Group, Inc. (ARG) is recalling certain model year 2016 Fleetwood Southwind 34A, 36L, and 32VS motorhomes equipped with Atwood Model 0D50 on-demand water heaters. In the affected vehicles, the on-demand water heaters have a gas valve that may cause the water heater to overheat the water in the hot water supply tap.

Risk. The overheating of the water may result in the release of steam, possibly causing the operator is to scald themselves and increasing the risk of injury.

Remedy. ARG will notify owners and Atwood will provide a remedy for the hot water heater free of charge. The recall began on January 27, 2016. Owners may contact ARG customer service at 1-800-509-3417 or Atwood customer service at 1-574-264-2131.

Structure15V434000
Filed Jul 7, 201532 vehiclesAllied Recreation Group, Inc.

Defect. Allied Recreation Group, Inc. (ARG) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Fleetwood Southwind recreational vehicles, model 32 VS, manufactured April 16, 2014, to June 19, 2015. The affected vehicles may have been manufactured without an emergency exit window on the road side bedroom wall.

Risk. In the event of an emergency, the occupant's exit from the vehicle may be delayed or prevented, increasing their risk of injury.

Remedy. ARG will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles and, if necessary, they will replace the existing road side bedroom wall window with an emergency exit window, free of charge. The recall began on August 14, 2015. Owners can contact ARG customer service at 1-800-509-3417. ARG's number for this recall number is 150625ARG.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Exterior Lighting › Tail Lights
Filed Feb 2, 2018FL

2016 SOUTHWIND 34A. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BATTERY TRAY SAFETY RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS DANGEROUS FOR CONSUMERS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE PICKED UP AT THE MANUFACTURER'S EXPENSE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TAIL LIGHT'S HOUSING MELTED. *JS

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20231600Routine
20221500Routine
20211600Routine
20201500Routine
20190200Routine
20180400Routine
20171100Routine
2016 — this page1300Routine
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
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: Sep 20, 2017. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.