NHTSA Complaint #10788743 — 2015 FLEETWOOD BOUNDER

UPON ARRIVING HOME IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA FROM A TRIP TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS THE ENTRY STEPS DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR TO STEP OUT. A CLOSER LOOK REVEALED THE STEPS DID NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE WELDS IN TWO CORNERS OF THE BATTERY BOX THAT HOLD THE BATTERY BOX IN PLACE HAD FAILED ALLOWING THE BATTERY BOX TO DROP DOWN ONTO THE STEPS AND SOME WIRES THAT RAN BENEATH IT. THE COACH BATTERY BOX HOLDS TWO 80 POUND DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES. THE BATTERY BOX IS LOCATED INCHES FORWARD T OF LP GAS TANK AND A COPPER GAS LINE. OUR TRIP ENDED PRIOR TO THE FORWARD WELDS FAILING WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN THE BATTERY BOX RUPTURING THE LP GAS TAN. SEE ATTACHED PHOTOS. AFTER I REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY PICKED UP THE MOTORHOME. AFTER THE DEALER'S SERVICE MANAGER SPOKE WITH SOMEONE AT FLEETWOOD, FLEETWOOD AUTHORIZED TRANSPORT OF THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP IN GOSHEN INDIANA TO THEIR MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN DECATUR INDIANA FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE (MOTORHOME) IS WAITING AT THE DEALERSHIP TO BE PICKED UP AT THIS TIME. UPDATED 12/10/15*LJ *TR