NHTSA Complaint #717132 — 1999 FLEETWOOD BOUNDER

(1) FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. INITIATED A SAFETY RECALL WITH NHTSA IN JANUARY, 1999. I WAS TOLD THIS BY JOHN SAATHOFF, FLEETWOOD ENGINEERING, RIVERSIDE, CA. US CODE SAYS A NEW VEHICLE CANNOT BE SOLD UNTIL THE SAFETY DEFECT IS CORRECTED. FLEETWOOD TOLD ME THAT ALL DEALERS WERE NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL BY MARCH 15, 1999. POULSBO RV DID NOT INFORM US OF THE RECALL UNTIL AFTER WE BOUGHT THE MOTORHOME. HAD THEY DONE SO, WE WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT IT. (2) THE SLIDEIN-SLIDE -IN DOES NOT FIT PROPERLY, ALLOWING CARBON MONOXIDE TO COME IN TO THE INTERIOR WHEN THE 110 VOLT GENERATOR IS OPERATED. THIS PROBLEM EXISTED A YEAR BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT; THE VEHICLE HAD EVEN BEEN RETURNED TO THE FACTORY FOR REPAIRS TO THE SLIDE-IN CAMPER ROOM. THE REPAIRS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND ATTEMPTS BY THE DEALER, POULSBO RV, HAVE ALSO BEEN TO NO AVAIL. CARBON MONOXIDE STILL LEAKS IN AND SETS OFF THE CO DETECTOR IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, UNLESS THERE IS A STRONG WIND TO BLOW THE EXHAUST AWAY. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT IT LEAKS IN THROUGH THE BEDROOM WINDOW (WHEN THE WINDOW IS CLOSED) BECAUSE OF THE WINDOW FRAME DESIGN, AND THAT THIS IS A NORMAL CONDITION. THIS IS UNSAFE AND DEADLY AND PREVENTS USE OF APPLIANCES UNLESS PLUGGED INTO SHORE POWER. *AK