1998 Fleetwood Bounder: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1998 Fleetwood Bounder. The newest campaign is 07V120000. NHTSA received the report on 19 Mar 2007. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer. NHTSA has 23 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names 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, 07V120000, in the NHTSA record

Fleetwood will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06e076). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of charge. Dometic has retained stericycle INC. To manage this campaign. Stericycle will assist you in locating dealerships or service centers and will provide assistance with scheduling of appointments. Owners may contact dometic/stericycle at 1-888-446-5157 or fleetwood at 1-800-322-8216.

NHTSA VIN lookup

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.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 29 Mar 2018. Recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 169,106 units in total.

07V120000Received 19 Mar 2007. 167,096 units.
Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Certain motor homes and travel trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, may have a defect in the boiler tube. Pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) is present.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Fleetwood will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06e076). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of charge. Dometic has retained stericycle INC. To manage this campaign. Stericycle will assist you in locating dealerships or service centers and will provide assistance with scheduling of appointments. Owners may contact dometic/stericycle at 1-888-446-5157 or fleetwood at 1-800-322-8216.
Report filed by FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 10 May 2007.
99V013000Received 26 Jan 1999. 95 units.
Suspension / Rear
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: class a motor homes. These motor homes, when fully equipped and loaded with typical cargo, will experience an overloaded condition on the rear axle.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This could cause the rear axle components to fail prematurely resulting in loss of vehicle control.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the rear axle with a new higher capacity rear axle.
Report filed by FLEETWOOD ENT., INC.. Manufacturer campaign number 90108. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 4 Apr 1999.
97V178000Received 7 Oct 1997. 1,915 units.
Equipment / Mechanical / Integrated Jack/Leveler/Stabilizer
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: class a motor homes. The hydraulic hoses which operate the leveling jack system is routed too close to the engine exhaust manifold causing the hose to melt, releasing hydraulic fluid.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This hydraulic fluid can ignite in the engine compartment causing a fire.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect, replace any damaged hoses, and relocate the affected hydraulic lines.
Report filed by FLEETWOOD ENT., INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 31 Oct 1997.

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Complaints by component

23 complaints, 37 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.

1998 Fleetwood Bounder: component mentions in complaints
Component		Mentions
Electrical System		7
Structure		5
Equipment		4
Fuel System, Gasoline		4
Parking Brake		3
Visibility		3
Unknown or Other		2
Exterior Lighting		2
Suspension		1
Trailer Hitches		1

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 15.

Complaints that report a crash: 1
Complaints that report a fire: 0
Injuries in the complaints: 2
Deaths in the complaints: 0
Date of the newest complaint: 24 Mar 2008

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 1998 Fleetwood Bounder, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1999, with 6 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1998 Fleetwood Bounder
Number	Type	Subject	Component	Opened	Closed	Campaign
PE07055	Preliminary evaluation	GASOLINE SUPPLY LINE TO GEN'R SEEPAGE	Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings	14 Nov 2007	14 Mar 2008

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.

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

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Official channels

NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
NHTSA page of the 1998 Fleetwood BounderThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1998 Fleetwood Bounder: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/fleetwood/bounder/1998/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

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

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1998 Fleetwood Bounder?: 169,106 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 1998 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1998 Fleetwood Bounder name most often?: Electrical System: 7 of 37 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1998 Fleetwood Bounder open?: No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.