Fleetwood Equipment: Labels

Fleetwood is recalling about 93 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. In the event of a crash, a passenger may not know immediately where the exit/ emergency egress window would be located, increasing the risk of injury.

Campaign
07V019000
Manufacturer
FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.
Reported
26 January 2007
Vehicles
93
Built between
Sep 2006 – Dec 2006
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
15 February 2007
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between September 2006 and December 2006. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2007 Fleetwood ExcursionBuilt September 2006 to December 2006
  • 2007 Fleetwood ProvidenceBuilt September 2006 to December 2006

What the defect is

Certain motor homes fail to comply with section 6.2.6, "marking of alternative exits," as required by the ansi/nfpa 1192 standard on recreational vehicles. The dinette alternate exit/emergency egress window is not identified by an exit label and red egress latches. This window is used to exit the motor home in an emergency situation and must be clearly identified.

What could happen

In the event of a crash, a passenger may not know immediately where the exit/ emergency egress window would be located, increasing the risk of injury.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE EXISTING BLACK WINDOW LATCH WITH A RED EGRESS WINDOW LATCH AND APPLY THE "EXIT" LABEL TO THE DINETTE ALTERNATIVE EXIT/ EMERGENCY EGRESS WINDOW. THE RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 15, 2007.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtSeptember 2006 to December 2006
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA26 January 2007
  3. Owners notified15 February 2007

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 26 January 2007.

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 1-800-509-3418.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
70122
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. 70122.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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