Fleetwood Structure

Fleetwood is recalling about 32 vehicles over a problem with the structure. In the event of an emergency, the occupant's exit from the vehicle may be delayed or prevented, increasing their risk of injury.

Campaign
15V434000
Manufacturer
Allied Recreation Group, Inc.
Reported
7 July 2015
Vehicles
32
Built between
Apr 2014 – Jun 2015
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
14 August 2015
Repaired
72%
Unrepaired
9

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between April 2014 and June 2015. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2015-2016 Fleetwood SouthwindBuilt April 2014 to June 2015

Repair progress

9 of 32 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2016.

72% repaired — 23 of 32 reported

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Allied Recreation Group, Inc. (ARG) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Fleetwood Southwind recreational vehicles, model 32 VS, manufactured April 16, 2014, to June 19, 2015. The affected vehicles may have been manufactured without an emergency exit window on the road side bedroom wall.

What could happen

In the event of an emergency, the occupant's exit from the vehicle may be delayed or prevented, increasing their risk of injury.

What gets fixed

ARG will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles and, if necessary, they will replace the existing road side bedroom wall window with an emergency exit window, free of charge. The recall began on August 14, 2015.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtApril 2014 to June 2015
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA7 July 2015
  3. Owners notified14 August 2015
  4. Latest repair reportQ4 2016 — 72% repaired

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 7 July 2015.

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 can contact ARG customer service at 1-800-509-3417. ARG's number for this recall number is 150625ARG.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
150625ARG
Recalling manufacturer
Allied Recreation Group, 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

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to 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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