| NHTSA Record Id: 9659 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: FLEETWOOD |
| Recalled Component Id: 000009642000083584000000300 |
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| Model Name: AMERICAN EAGLE |
Model Year: 2000 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V277000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: 91015 |
| Component Name: TIRES |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: FLEETWOOD ENT., INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jul, 01 1995 |
End date of Manufacturing: Sep, 30 1999 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 3746 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Dec, 03 1999 |
Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. |
Report Received Date: Oct, 15 1999 |
| Record Creation date : Oct, 26 1999 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: motor homes. the subject motor homes, when built with a disproportionate front axle weight distribution, fully equipped, loaded with cargo, and operated with improper tire pressures, can experience an overload condition on a front tire. |
Consequence Summary: Overloading of a tire can lead to tire failure. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will equip the subject motor homes with new larger capacity front tires, will adjust the weight distribution on the front axle (if necessary), apply new certification labels, and reinforce consumer education about the importance of tire maintenance, including rotation, alignment, and tire inflation pressure. |
Recall Notes: Fleetwood recall no. 91015.owner notification began december 3, 1999.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact fleetwood at 1-800-322-8216.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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