Recall Register

1998 Fleetwood Wilderness: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1998 Fleetwood Wilderness. 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 4 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. 167,831 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. 98V191000Received . 735 units.

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

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: travel trailers (only models 26a and 24b are affected, and further identified by the characters "7a26" or "7b24" in the fourth through seventh positions of the vehicle identification number. The main wiring harness and generator battery wiring could be damaged by the generator exhaust system.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This condition could cause melting of the wiring insulation, creating an electrical short. This could lead to a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will relocate and secure the battery cable and main wiring harness away from the generator exhaust system; install a heat shield to protect wiring from excessive heat exposure from the generator exhaust; and replace any damaged wiring, if necessary.

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

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Complaints by component

4 complaints, 6 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 Wilderness: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Equipment2
Electrical System2
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
Service Brakes, Electric1
Complaints that report a crash
2
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
1
Deaths in the complaints
2
Date of the newest complaint
17 Jul 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 Wilderness, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2002, with 2 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. 19752
  2. 19762
  3. 19771
  4. 19811
  5. 19822
  6. 19831
  7. 19841
  8. 19880
  9. 19930
  10. 19941
  11. 19951
  12. 19960
  13. 19972
  14. 19982
  15. 19992
  16. 20002
  17. 20012
  18. 20022
  19. 20033
  20. 20049
  21. 20053
  22. 20063
  23. 20072

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 Wilderness: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/fleetwood/wilderness/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
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
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 Wilderness?
167,831 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 Wilderness have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 24 recall campaigns for the Fleetwood Wilderness, model years 1975 to 2007. 2 of them name the 1998 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1998 Fleetwood Wilderness name most often?
Equipment: 2 of 6 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1998 Fleetwood Wilderness open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.