Recall Register

1988 Fleetwood Bounder: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1988 Fleetwood Bounder. The newest campaign is 92V052000. NHTSA received the report on 14 Apr 1992. The NHTSA record gives the component Steering / Steering Wheel/Handle Bar. NHTSA has 2 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 92V052000, in the NHTSA record

Inspect steering assembly for a steering wheel nut retaining clip. If clip is missing, install a steering wheel nut retaining clip, or have a dealer inspect and install a clip. Fleetwood advises owners not to operate the motorhomes until a steering wheel nut inspection and clip installation is completed.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 40,179 units in total.

  1. 92V052000Received . 20,413 units.

    Steering / Steering Wheel/Handle Bar

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The steering column shaft nut retaining clip may be missing. Under certain conditions, the lack of a retaining clip will allow the nut to work loose and the steering wheel to separate from the steering column.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Steering wheel separation from the steering column canresult in complete loss of steering control and a vehicle accident.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Inspect steering assembly for a steering wheel nut retaining clip. If clip is missing, install a steering wheel nut retaining clip, or have a dealer inspect and install a clip. Fleetwood advises owners not to operate the motorhomes until a steering wheel nut inspection and clip installation is completed.

    Report filed by FLEETWOOD ENT., INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 89V053000Received . 3,766 units.

    Tires / Temporary/Emergency Spare Tire

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Spare tire carrier may fail in service allowing the tire and wheel assembly to drop onto the ground.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This would create a safety hazard and/or roadobstruction.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Repair to prevent tire carrier failure.

    Report filed by FLEETWOOD ENT., INC..

  3. 88V097000Received . 16,000 units.

    Electrical System / 12v/24v/48v Battery / Cables

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Misrouted battery cables could come in contact with hot oil cooler lines or sharp objects and damage the insulation.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This could result in an electrical short and possibly afire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Reroute and replace battery cables as necessary.

    Report filed by FLEETWOOD ENT., INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

2 complaints, 2 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1988 Fleetwood Bounder: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Fuel System, Gasoline2
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
11 Aug 1998

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1988 Fleetwood Bounder, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19851
  2. 19862
  3. 19873
  4. 19883
  5. 19892
  6. 19903
  7. 19912
  8. 19920
  9. 19933
  10. 19941
  11. 19951
  12. 19962
  13. 19975
  14. 19983
  15. 19991
  16. 20003
  17. 20015
  18. 20025
  19. 20038
  20. 200410
  21. 20055
  22. 20068
  23. 20076
  24. 20082
  25. 20091
  26. 20103
  27. 20112
  28. 20121
  29. 20131
  30. 20143
  31. 20151
  32. 20162
  33. 20174
  34. 20185
  35. 20192
  36. 20205
  37. 20216
  38. 20225
  39. 20236
  40. 20242
  41. 20251
  42. 20261

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1988 Fleetwood Bounder: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/fleetwood/bounder/1988/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
FLEETWOOD ENT., INC.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1988 Fleetwood Bounder?
40,179 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Fleetwood Bounder have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 64 recall campaigns for the Fleetwood Bounder, model years 1985 to 2026. 3 of them name the 1988 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1988 Fleetwood Bounder name most often?
Fuel System, Gasoline: 2 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1988 Fleetwood Bounder open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.