Fleetwood Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

Fleetwood is recalling about 8 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. If the tank fell off while the travel trailer is in motion, damage to following vehicles could occur, increasing the risk of a crash.

Campaign
05V275000
Manufacturer
FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.
Reported
14 June 2005
Vehicles
8
Built between
Apr 2005 – Apr 2005
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
27 July 2005
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

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

  • 2006 Fleetwood Orbit 190XPBuilt April 2005 to April 2005
  • 2006 Fleetwood Orbit 260XPBuilt April 2005 to April 2005

What the defect is

Certain travel trailers have unsupported fresh water and holding tanks. The tanks require straps in order to prevent them from separating from the travel trailer.

What could happen

If the tank fell off while the travel trailer is in motion, damage to following vehicles could occur, increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND INSTALL SUPPORT STRAPS UNDERNEATH THE FRESH WATER AND HOLDING TANKS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 27, 2005.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtApril 2005 to April 2005
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA14 June 2005
  3. Owners notified27 July 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 14 June 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 at 800-509-3418.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
50610
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. 50610.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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