Fleetwood Electrical System: Cables

Fleetwood is recalling about 145 vehicles over a problem with the electrical system. This can lead to an electrical short, and possibly a fire.

Campaign
99V142000
Manufacturer
FLEETWOOD ENT., INC.
Reported
4 June 1999
Vehicles
145
Built between
Until Apr 1999
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
2 June 1999
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between an unspecified date and April 1999. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2000 Fleetwood TiogaBuilt unknown to April 1999

What the defect is

Vehicle description: motor homes. A generator battery cable may have been routed too close to a notch in the heat shield, resulting in damage to the battery cable insulation.

What could happen

This can lead to an electrical short, and possibly a fire.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPAIR, INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF ANY DAMAGED WIRING OR OTHER VEHICULAR COMPONENTS, IF NECESSARY.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtunknown to April 1999
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA4 June 1999
  3. Owners notified2 June 1999

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 4 June 1999.

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.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
90602
Recalling manufacturer
FLEETWOOD ENT., 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

Owner notification began june 2, 1999.ONLY 1 customer involved:cruise america, mesa, arizona.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact fleetwood at 1-800-445-3307.ALSO contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

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

Same brand