1996 Fleetwood Wilderness

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Wheels › Multi Piece1
000
Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery › Cables1
010

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery › CablesFire
Filed Oct 18, 1996CA

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VOLT CABLE GOING FROM THE BATTERY TO THE HYDRAULIC PUMP SHORTED OUT AND STARTED A FIRE.*AK

Wheels › Multi Piece
Filed Aug 30, 1996CA

WHILE ALL 12 LUG BOLTS HOLDING TWO LEFT WHEELS SHEARED OFF, VEHICLE LOST TIRES/WHEELS AND INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20071200Routine
20062300Routine
20056310Routine
200410900Routine
20030300Routine
20027200Routine
200112220Routine
20004200Routine
19996200Routine
19984202Fatalities reported
19972200Routine
1996 — this page2010Routine
19952200Routine
19940200Routine
19931000Routine

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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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.