Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1997 Fleetwood Storm

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the parking brake › conventional › mechanical. It has been recalled 2 times.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Parking Brake › Conventional › Mechanical1
000

2 safety recalls

Part 573 reports
Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer07V120000
Filed Mar 19, 2007167,096 vehiclesFleetwood Enterprises, Inc.

Defect. CERTAIN MOTOR HOMES AND TRAVEL TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH A TWO-DOOR REFRIGERATOR, MANUFACTURED BY THE DOMETIC CORPORATION, MAY HAVE A DEFECT IN THE BOILER TUBE. PRESSURIZED COOLANT SOLUTION COULD BE RELEASED INTO AN AREA WHERE AN IGNITION SOURCE (GAS FLAME) IS PRESENT.

Risk. RELEASE OF COOLANT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS COULD IGNITE AND RESULT IN A FIRE.

Remedy. FLEETWOOD WILL BE WORKING WITH DOMETIC IN ORDER TO REPAIR THESE REFRIGERATORS (PLEASE SEE 06E076). DOMETIC WILL REPAIR THESE REFRIGERATORS BY INSTALLING A SECONDARY BURN HOUSING, A THERMAL FUSE, AND A MELT FUSE FREE OF CHARGE. DOMETIC HAS RETAINED STERICYCLE INC. TO MANAGE THIS CAMPAIGN. STERICYCLE WILL ASSIST YOU IN LOCATING DEALERSHIPS OR SERVICE CENTERS AND WILL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH SCHEDULING OF APPOINTMENTS. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DOMETIC/STERICYCLE AT 1-888-446-5157 OR FLEETWOOD AT 1-800-322-8216.

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls96V236000
Filed Nov 22, 1996241 vehiclesFleetwood Ent., Inc.

Defect. THE E-Z SLIDE-OUT ROOM CAN OPERATE UNEXPECTEDLY. WATER CAN CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE SLIDE-OUT ROOM CONTROL RELAY.

Risk. IF THE SLIDE-OUT ROOM OPERATES UNEXPECTEDLY, THE MOTOR HOME WIDTH WILL INCREASE WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT IF TRAVELING OR PROPERTY DAMAGE COULD OCCUR WHILE THE MOTOR HOME IS PARKED.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSTALL A REPLACEMENT CONTROL RELAY IN A WATERPROOF LOCATION ON THESE MOTOR HOMES.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Parking Brake › Conventional › Mechanical
Filed Oct 3, 1998AR

A MALFUNCTION IN THE AUTOMATICALLY APPLIED PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM ALLOWED THE PARKING BRAKE TO BE FULLY APPLIED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 60 MPH ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2014
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20180300Routine
20170400Routine
20163200Routine
20152000Routine
20147200Routine
20134100Routine
20121100Routine
20112400Routine
20080100Routine
20070200Routine
20060500Routine
20050400Routine
20043700Routine
20030600Routine
20020400Routine
20013410Routine
20005300Routine
19992200Routine
19986310Routine
1997 — this page1200Routine
19961000Routine

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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: Mar 19, 2007. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.