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Fleetwood American Eagle

Every Fleetwood American Eagle model year on file, 1991 to 2011. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years426 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years211991 to 2011
Recall campaigns24Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins7Summed across model years
By model year

The 1998 model year drew the most complaints, 9, 21% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

02.557.510199119931995199791999200120032005200720092011
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Tires leads the Fleetwood American Eagle complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Tires
14
Equipment
12
Suspension
12
Fuel system
5
Brakes
4
Engine and cooling
3
Electrical system
2
Visibility and wipers
2
Steering
2
Speed control
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Fleetwood American Eagle model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Fleetwood American Eagle by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2011Other250.0100200
2010Not decoded0NoneNone200
2009Other20.0200201
2008Other60.0600300
2007Other60.0300400
2006Other250.0100100
2005Other20.0100411
2004Other1100.033811
2003Not decoded0NoneNone410
2002Other10.050310
2001Other20.0100400
2000Other250.0100401
1999Not decoded10.0100601
1998Other922.2300401
1997Other20.067201
1996Not decoded0NoneNone100
1995Bus30.0150100
1994Not decoded0NoneNone100
1993Bus10.0100100
1992Not decoded0NoneNone100
1991Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Fleetwood American Eagle

  • 11V-399 Aug 3, 2011
    These circuit breakers have a non-conforming "spring clip" plug-in assembly that breaks or fails to provide sufficient force to maintain a proper…
    Electrical system · 408 vehicles
  • 11V-383 Jul 22, 2011
    These vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of part 567, "certification"
    Equipment · 220 vehicles
  • 09V-312 Jul 28, 2009
    Fatigue failure in the section of the cooling unit which contains the refrigerant could allow the liquid solution to slowly leak
    Equipment · 6,684 vehicles
  • 08V-502 Sep 26, 2008
    MOTOR HOMES
    Equipment · 65 vehicles
  • 08V-320 Jul 15, 2008
    Refrigerator may have a defect in the boiler tube
    Equipment · 70k vehicles
  • 08V-292 Jul 1, 2008
    These motor homes fail to comply with the requirements of the code of federal regulations, part 567, 'certification.' the occupant and cargo…
    Equipment · 226 vehicles
  • 08V-240 Jun 3, 2008
    Low cycle fatigue failure in the section of the cooling unit which generates the refrigerant could allow the liquid solution to slowly leak
    Equipment · 1,263 vehicles
  • 07V-583 Dec 14, 2007
    On certain class a motor homes built on freightliner chassis and equipped with zf model 8018 steering gears, these gears may have been assembled…
    Steering · 238 vehicles
  • 07V-363 Aug 15, 2007
    On certain motor home chassis, there may be a loose connection between the bus bar and a grid pad due to the pins being slightly smaller diameters…
    Electrical system · 1,672 vehicles
  • 07V-120 Mar 19, 2007
    Certain motor homes and travel trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, may have a defect in the…
    Equipment · 167k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.