NHTSA Complaint #10424070 — 2004 FLEETWOOD DISCOVERY

FLEETWOOD INSTALLED FAULTY DUAL PANE WINDOWS IN SEVERAL YEARS OF RV'S THAT GET FOGGY BETWEEN THE SEALED PANES OF GLASS. THESE WINDOWS ARE USED THROUGHOUT THE MOTORHOME INCLUDING THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW. THE DRIVERS VIEW TO THE OUTSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR IN OBSTRUCTED AND CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE THE VIEW IS DISTORTED. THE STATE OF MISSOURI REQUIRES AN ANNUAL SAFETY INSPECTION AND THIS RV WILL NO LONGER PASS THIS INSPECTION BECAUSE OF THE OBSCURED VIEW TO THE OUTSIDE FROM THE DRIVERS SEAT. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED UNDER WARRANTY BUT FLEETWOOD REFUSES BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS OVER 3 YEARS OLD, I CONTEND THE PROBLEM STARTED WELL WITHIN THE WARRANTY PERIOD AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE. I ALSO CONTEND THERE ARE MANY RV'S WITH THIS PROBLEM ON THE ROAD SOME OF WHICH FLEETWOOD HAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY AND SOME THEY HAVE NOT REGARDLESS OF THE TIMING OF THE REPAIR IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE WARRANTY PERIOD. I ALSO CONTEND THAT AUTO GLASS SHOULD NOT DISTORT THE VIEW FOR SAFETY REASONS "EVER", SAFETY GLASS IS REGULATED BY THIS AGENCY AS FAR AS I KNOW AND I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT THAT WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE DRIVERS VIEW IS OBSCURED. I AM DATING THIS COMPLAINT TODAY BUT THE PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE. I HAVE RAN A BASIC SURVEY OF FLEETWOOD OWNERS AND FOUND MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER OF THESE WINDOWS SE-GI IN AUGUST '07 ABOUT THIS AND THEY CONFIRMED THEY HAD A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM "A FEW YEARS AGO WITH THE DUAL PANE WINDOWS, BUT IT WAS RESOLVED NOW" I CONTINUE TO FIND OTHER OWNERS WITH THESE VEHICLES AND WINDOWS THAT ARE HAVING PROBLEMS. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION AND UPON THE SAME FINDINGS AS I HAVE A RECALL SHOULD BE ENFORCED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND FLEETWOOD IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. *TR