- Vehicles
- 1,583
- Built between
- Mar 2007 – Oct 2008
- Models
- 6
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 30 March 2009
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between March 2007 and October 2008. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2008-2009 Fleetwood JamboreeBuilt March 2007 to October 2008
- 2008-2009 Fleetwood Jamboree GTBuilt March 2007 to October 2008
- 2008-2009 Fleetwood Jamboree SportBuilt March 2007 to October 2008
- 2008-2009 Fleetwood TiogaBuilt March 2007 to October 2008
- 2008-2009 Fleetwood Tioga RangerBuilt March 2007 to October 2008
- 2008-2009 Fleetwood Tioga SLBuilt March 2007 to October 2008
What the defect is
Fleetwood is recalling 1,583 my 2008-2009 jamboree, jamboree sport, jamboree gt, and tioga, tioga ranger, and tioga sl class c motor homes built on a ford E450 chassis. A section of hard plastic evaporative emission line near the evap system canister may be kinked and completely restricted. This may affect a pressure increase in the evap lines and fuel tank in high ambient temperatures, causing a release of excess vapors when the gas cap is removed.
What could happen
Under certain conditions, excess vapors and fuel may be sprayed from the fuel cap possibly resulting in personal injury.
What gets fixed
DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THE KINKED EVAPORATIVE LINE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING FEBRUARY 2009.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtMarch 2007 to October 2008
- Recall reported to NHTSA26 September 2008
- Owners notified30 March 2009
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 September 2008.
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
- 80918
- 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 recallno. 80918.CUSTOMERS may 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.