Fleetwood Exterior Lighting: Brake Lights

Fleetwood is recalling about 18 vehicles over a problem with the exterior lighting. This condition may result in a crash if the following vehicle's operator is unaware that you have applied your brakes.

Campaign
04V454000
Manufacturer
FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.
Reported
27 September 2004
Vehicles
18
Built between
Jun 2004 – Jun 2004
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
1 October 2004
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between June 2004 and June 2004. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2004 Fleetwood BounderBuilt June 2004 to June 2004

What the defect is

Certain motorhomes do not have brake lights that illuminate considerably brighter than the running or turn signal lamps if all are on at the same time.

What could happen

This condition may result in a crash if the following vehicle's operator is unaware that you have applied your brakes.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND MODIFY THE WIRING HARNESS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 1, 2004.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJune 2004 to June 2004
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA27 September 2004
  3. Owners notified1 October 2004

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 27 September 2004.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners should contact fleetwood at 1-800-509-3418.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
40903
Recalling manufacturer
FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Fleetwood recall no. 40903.CUSTOMERS can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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