Consumer Complaint Detail

FLEETWOOD / SOUTHWIND / 2000

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 001083213 Incident Date: Oct, 19 2001
Consumer's City: HUBER HEIGHTS Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.
Model Name: SOUTHWIND Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Parking brake
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 5B4LP37J9Y3 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 06 2001 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 31 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Incident vehicle is southwind storm motorhome on a p22 workhorse chassis and gm 6.8 liter vortec engine. electro-haydraulic driveline mounted parking brake/autopark systems engaged on its own four times in traffic after hitting a rough stretch of road with slector knob in off position then locked up completely and failed to release. traced problem to blown fuse. blew fuse on two occaisions. subsequently found that incidents had rendered both parking brake and park position on transmission completely inoperative. had to use wooden block to chock vehicle whenever parking. vehicle has no warning system to indicate loss of parking brake system, only indicator lights that it is engaged. *ak