Recall Register

1998 Fleetwood Discovery: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1998 Fleetwood Discovery. 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 18 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, 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.
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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 172,063 units in total.

  1. 07V120000Received . 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: .

  2. 00V204000Received . 4,967 units.

    Steering / Hydraulic Power Assist / Hose, Piping, and Connections

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: motor homes. The power steering gear box hydraulic lines are routed too close to a sharp edge. This can cause the lines to rupture and result in a hydraulic fluid leak.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This fluid leakage can cause loss of the power steering assist feature.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will inspect, replace or repair damaged hoses as necessary, and relocate the affected hydraulic lines.

    Report filed by FLEETWOOD ENT., INC.. Manufacturer campaign number 00724. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Complaints by component

18 complaints, 21 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 Discovery: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Equipment9
Tires4
Fuel System, Gasoline2
Structure2
Electrical System1
Exterior Lighting1
Steering1
Fuel System, Other1
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
9 Feb 2009

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 Discovery, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2000, with 4 complaints.

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. 19962
  2. 19974
  3. 19982
  4. 19992
  5. 20002
  6. 20012
  7. 20023
  8. 20034
  9. 20043
  10. 20052
  11. 20065
  12. 20073
  13. 20087
  14. 20094
  15. 20102
  16. 20113
  17. 20131
  18. 20143
  19. 20172
  20. 20184
  21. 20201
  22. 20212
  23. 20222
  24. 20233
  25. 20241

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. 1998 Fleetwood Discovery: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/fleetwood/discovery/1998/. 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
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 Discovery?
172,063 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Fleetwood Discovery have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 37 recall campaigns for the Fleetwood Discovery, model years 1996 to 2024. 2 of them name the 1998 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1998 Fleetwood Discovery name most often?
Equipment: 9 of 21 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1998 Fleetwood Discovery open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.