Fleetwood Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

Fleetwood is recalling about 129 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. In the event of a fire or other emergency, persons in the front bedroom area must exit through the access door.

Campaign
05V181000
Manufacturer
FLEETWOOD FOLDING TRAILER, INC.
Reported
28 April 2005
Vehicles
129
Built between
Sep 2004 – Apr 2005
Models
5
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
27 May 2005
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between September 2004 and April 2005. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2005 Fleetwood OrbitBuilt March 2005 to March 2005
  • 2005 Fleetwood PegasusBuilt March 2005 to March 2005
  • 2005 Fleetwood Resort 18CKBuilt November 2004 to February 2005
  • 2005 Fleetwood Resort 20CKBuilt September 2004 to January 2005
  • 2005 Fleetwood Resort 21SSBuilt October 2004 to April 2005

What the defect is

Certain towable travel trailers were built without a bedroom emergency egress window.

What could happen

In the event of a fire or other emergency, persons in the front bedroom area must exit through the access door. If the access door is blocked, there is no way out of the trailer, increasing the risk of injuries to the trailer occupants.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE CURRENT SLIDING WINDOW WITH AN EMERGENCY EGRESS EXIT WINDOW FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 27, 2005.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtSeptember 2004 to April 2005
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA28 April 2005
  3. Owners notified27 May 2005

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 28 April 2005.

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 may contact fleetwood folding trailer at 1-814-445-9661.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
FLEETWOOD FOLDING TRAILER, 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

Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

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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