2003 FLEETWOOD SOUTHWIND Problems & Recalls

3 TIMES NOW WHILE DRIVING MY BRAKES HAVE FAILED. BRAKES HAVE GOTTEN HOT AND OVERHEATED. CAN SMELL A BURNING SMELL. ABS LIGHTS COME ON. BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND WILL NOT STOP. ONLY WAY TO STOP IS TO SHIFT VEHICLE TO LOW GEAR AND APPLY EMERGENCY BRAKE WHICH HAS TAKEN AN EXTREMELY LONG TIME WI...

Mileage: 54,000

WHAT DOES "THE VIN YOU ENTERED CANNOT BE PROCESSED AT THIS TIME. IF THE VIN WAS ENTERED CORRECTLY, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR VEHICLE MANUFACTURER FOR MORE INFORMATION. " MEAN WHEN I CANNOT FIND THE TRUE MANUFACTURER?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FLEETWOOD SOUTHWIND. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT SPONGY WHEN DEPRESSED. APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE LATER, THE ABS INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 28,000. THE VIN ...

Mileage: 28,000

GENERATOR FUEL LINE FROM MAIN TANK TO GENERATOR RUPTURED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY.

Mileage: 27,500

RECALL 09V198000 BOUGHT USED 2003 SOUTHWIND MOTORHOME AND ATTEMPTED AT SEVERAL WORKHORSE SERVICE CENTERS TO GET THE BRAKE RECALL PERFORMED. WAS TOLD BY ALL THAT WORKHORSE HAS NO CALIPERS TO SHIP AND NO PLANS TO ORDER ANY MORE. HOW CAN THIS BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN WHEN THERE ARE STILL VEHICLES THA...

Mileage: 48,900

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FLEETWOOD SOUTHWIND 36B. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING; THE CALIPERS STUCK AND THE ABS NO LONGER FUNCTIONED AFTER HAVING THEM REPLACED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ABS WAS SET TO NOT WORK. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATE...

Mileage: 14,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2003 FLEETWOOD SOUTHWIND MOTORHOME ON A WORK HORSE CHASSIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY FAILED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED THE BRAKES AND THEN CONTINUED TO DRIVE. WHEN THE CONTACT REACHED HIS DESTINATION HE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES WERE EX...

Mileage: 26,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FLEETWOOD SOUTHWIND RV. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 50-55 MPH, THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED WITH NO POWER RESPONSE. SUDDENLY, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN. ...

Mileage: 29,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FLEETWOOD SOUTHWIND MOTOR HOME. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, WHEN THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN PULLING TO THE RIGHT. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED THERE WAS ALSO A BURNING SMELL. AFTER EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT SA...

Mileage: 16,000

FRONT END HAD BEGUN TO MILDLY VIBRATE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. ON CURSORY INSPECTION COULD TELL THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE FRONT ROTORS WAS CRACKED CLEAR THROUGH. CALLED WORKHORSE, WAS DIRECTED TO CLOSEST REPAIR SHOP. FOUND BOTH FRONT ROTORS WITH MULTIPLE CRACKS, SOME CLEAR THROUGH ON BOTH FRONT. ...

Mileage: 34,000

AFTER 75 MILE TRIP, RIGHT REAR WHEEL WAS HOT AND SMOKING, NO LOSS OF BRAKING, RETURN TRIP 8 DAYS LATER NO PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 29,942

AFTER 100 MILE TRIP, LOST BRAKING ON MY MOTORHOME, WITH THE SMELL OF BRAKE BURNING, WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. REAR WHEEL LINERS BOTH SIDES WERE TOO HOT TO TOUCH. AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES, BRAKE FLUID COOLED OFF AND BRAKING RETURNED. RETURN TRIP OF 100 MILES 3 DAYS LATE...

Mileage: 25,000

AFTER 90 MILE TRIP, LOST BRAKING ON MY MOTORHOME, WITH THE SMELL OF BRAKE BURNING, BRAKE PEDAL AT THE FLOOR. REAR WHEEL LINERS BOTH SIDES WERE TOO HOT TO TOUCH. AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES, BRAKE FLUID COOLED OFF AND BRAKING RETURNED. RETURN TRIP OF 90 MILES 2 DAYS LATER WITH NO PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 22,500

RETURNED FROM 75 MILE TRIP, RIGHT REAR BRAKE AND WHEEL LINER VERY HOT AND SMELL OF BRAKE BURNING. *TR

Mileage: 29,942

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FLEETWOOD SOUTHWIND RV. ON MAY 15, 2007, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO A RECALL FOR THE DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR. RECENTLY, WHEN THE CONTACT OPENED THE REFRIGERATOR, HE NOTICED THAT IT FAILED AND WAS WARM INSIDE. HE WENT TO SERVICE THE UNIT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE VE...

Mileage: 50,800

COMING THROUGH MOUNTAINS IN PENNSYLVANIA, THE MILLAGE WAS ABOUT 25000. RIGHT REAR BRAKE LOCKED AND OVERHEATED. I WAS NOT RIDING THE BRAKES, ONLY RIGHT REAR BRAKE LOCKED UP. I HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH BOTH FRONT BRAKES WITH MILLAGE AT 18000 OR SO. *TR

Mileage: 25,000

BRAKE FAILURE ON A 2003 FLEETWOOD WORKHORSE CHASSIS MOTORHOME. PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. *TR

Mileage: 20,888

LED CLUSTER ON DASH FADED AND BECAME UNREADABLE. COULD NOT READ THE GEAR THE VEHICLE WAS IN, E.G. PARK, REVERSE, OR DRIVE, MILEAGE, AND TRIP MILEAGE WAS ALSO UNREADABLE, BUT DID NOT CREATE SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 20,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FLEETWOOD SOUTH WIND. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TRAILER HITCH PUSHED UP INTO HIS COACH. AS A RESULT, THE HITCH CRUSHED THE FIBERGLASS. UPON INSPECTION, HE FOUND THAT THE BOTTOM PART OF THE HITCH WELD HAD NOT PENETRATED THE STEEL. THERE IS A SAFETY RECALL FOR THE TRA...

Mileage: 17,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FLEETWOOD SOUTHWIND W22. ON JULY 3 2007, WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE CONTACT SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE CALIPER LOCKED. THE FAILURE WAS REPAIRED AT THE COST O...

Mileage: 24,162

UPON ENTERING ONTO A HIGHWAY FROM A PLACE OF BUSINESS WE HEARD A VERY LOUD SNAP NOISE. JUST THINKING IT WAS A PIECE OF ICE COMING THE COACH. WHEN WE REACHED OUR FINAL DESTINATION, WE DISCOVERED A BROKEN LEAF SPRING ON THE RIGHT REAR AXEL. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS HAD THE OTHER SPRING BROKEN...

Mileage: 7,828

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FLEETWOOD SOUTHWIND. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE FRONT BRAKES FAILED AS THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND HE SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. WHEN THE BRAKES COOLED DOWN, HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE PADS WERE WORN AND THE ROT...

Mileage: 24,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO PROBLEMS WITH THE MICROWAVE, BUT A RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED, MARCH 16, 2006. THE RECALL, #03V452000, IS ON THE MICROWAVE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND SUGGESTED MULTIPLE PLACES TO HAVE THE REPAIRS MADE; NONE OF THESE PLACES HAVE BEEN WIL...

Mileage: 2,700

2003 FLEETWOOD 32VS HAS SUFFERED ENGINE SHUT DOWN 19 TIMES.*MR THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST READS "ENGINE REDUCED POWER". THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO IDLE ROUGH BUT THERE WAS NO THROTTLE POWER. IN ONE YEAR THE COACH HAS BEEN TO THE WORKHORSE REPAIR STATION SIX TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. SO FAR THE PROBLEM H...