Fleetwood Wheels: Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs

Fleetwood is recalling about 21 vehicles over a problem with the wheels. Improperly tightened wheel studs may break at any time, causing the wheel and tire assembly to separate from the trailer, resulting in a loss of vehicle control and result in personal injury or a vehicle crash.

Campaign
06V060000
Manufacturer
FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.
Reported
28 February 2006
Vehicles
21
Built between
Oct 2005 – Nov 2005
Models
3
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
29 March 2006
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

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

  • 2006 Fleetwood ProwlerBuilt October 2005 to November 2005
  • 2006 Fleetwood TerryBuilt October 2005 to November 2005
  • 2006 Fleetwood WildernessBuilt October 2005 to November 2005

What the defect is

Certain conventional and fifth wheel travel trailers may have been equipped with improperly hardened axle wheel studs.

What could happen

Improperly tightened wheel studs may break at any time, causing the wheel and tire assembly to separate from the trailer, resulting in a loss of vehicle control and result in personal injury or a vehicle crash.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE TRAILER HUB AND DRUM ASSEMBLIES FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 29, 2005.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtOctober 2005 to November 2005
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA28 February 2006
  3. Owners notified29 March 2006

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 February 2006.

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 800-455-3307.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
60227
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. 60227.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.

Same component

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