2000 Fleetwood Southwind recall: engine
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: class a motor homes. The generator exhaust gases CAN accumulate beneath the slide out portion of the motor home and CAN seep into the vehicle interior.
💥 The risk
This seepage CAN possibly cause carbon monoxide poisoning to persons inside.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the generator exhaust pipe with a new exhaust pipe designed to terminate at a location other than under the extended slide out room.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V086000
- Manufacturer
- FLEETWOOD ENT., INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 276
- Component
- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
- Owner phone
- 1-800-322-8216
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Mar 31, 2000
- Built
- Nov 1, 1998 – Jul 31, 1999
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification is expected to begin during late-march 2000.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 1-800-322-8216.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).