2006 Fleetwood Wilderness: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2006 Fleetwood Wilderness. The newest campaign is 08V320000. NHTSA received the report on 15 Jul 2008. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer. 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, 08V320000, in the NHTSA record
Fleetwood is working with dometic to repair these refrigerators (please see 08e032). 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 the owner 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.
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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Since the last update
No tracked figure of this page changed in a data update. What the log tracks
Recall campaigns
3 campaigns, newest first. 70,136 units in total.
08V320000Received . 70,101 units.
Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Fleetwood is recalling 70,101 my 2003-2007 southwind, pace arrow, bounder, flair, storm, fiesta, terra gas class a motor homes; bounder, discovery, providence, excursion, expedition, revolution, american eagle, american heritage, american tradition diesel class a motor homes; jamboree tioga class c motor homes; and prowler, wilderness, terry, mallard, pioneer, pride and triumph conventional and fifth wheel travel trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerators manufactured by the dometic corporation. The refrigerator 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
If this solution is exposed to an ignition source under certain specific circumstances, it can result in a vehicle fire.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Fleetwood is working with dometic to repair these refrigerators (please see 08e032). 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 the owner 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: .
06V060000Received . 21 units.
Wheels / Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Certain conventional and fifth wheel travel trailers may have been equipped with improperly hardened axle wheel studs.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Improperly tightened wheel studs may break at any time, causing the wheel and tire assembly to separate from the trailer, resulting in a loss of vehicle control and result in personal injury or a vehicle crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect and replace the trailer hub and drum assemblies free of charge. The recall began on march 29, 2005. Owners may contact fleetwood at 800-455-3307.
Report filed by FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.. Manufacturer campaign number 60227. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
06V012000Received . 14 units.
Power Train / Axle Assembly
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
On certain travel trailers, the axle width is too narrow causing the tires to rub on the inside of the wheel well housing.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This can cause the tires to fatigue and prematurely fail, which could result in a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect and change the axle free of charge. The manufacturer has telephoned all dealers and owners concerning this recall. A followup letter will be sent during january or february 2006. Owners may contact fleetwood at 1-800-322-8216.
Report filed by FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.. Manufacturer campaign number 60109.
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
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.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Tires | 1 |
| Suspension | 1 |
- 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
- 16 Jan 2018
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.
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.
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 2006 Fleetwood WildernessThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2006 Fleetwood Wilderness: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/fleetwood/wilderness/2006/. 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.
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2006 Fleetwood Wilderness?
- 70,136 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 Wilderness have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 24 recall campaigns for the Fleetwood Wilderness, model years 1975 to 2007. 3 of them name the 2006 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2006 Fleetwood Wilderness name most often?
- Tires: 1 of 2 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2006 Fleetwood Wilderness open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.