Fleetwood Flair, Storm. Published by Transport Canada as 1998083 on 29 April 1998. System: Electrical.
What the notice says Note: motorhomes built on chevrolet/gmc and ford chassis.
these motorhomes were equipped with electrical wiring which was not properly installed. the improper installation involves a potential for fire with the source being the battery cable and reduced visibility due to loss of headlamp lighting. also, on …
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Fleetwood FLAIR in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1998083
- Recall date
- 29 April 1998
- Make
- Fleetwood
- Models
- Flair, Storm
- Model years
- 1998
- Vehicle class
- Motorhome
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 19
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
NOTE: MOTORHOMES BUILT ON CHEVROLET/GMC AND FORD CHASSIS.
THESE MOTORHOMES WERE EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRICAL WIRING WHICH WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. THE IMPROPER INSTALLATION INVOLVES A POTENTIAL FOR FIRE WITH THE SOURCE BEING THE BATTERY CABLE AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO LOSS OF HEADLAMP LIGHTING. ALSO, ON CHEVROLET/GMC EQUIPPED UNITS, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR COLLISION RESULTING FROM A LOSS OF POWER ASSISTED BRAKES AND STEERING WHEN THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF.
CORRECTION: BATTERY CABLES AND ELECTRICAL HARNESSES WILL BE RELOCATED AND SECURED AWAY FROM THE RADIATOR AND OIL COOLER. CHASSIS DISCONNECT WIRE WILL BE REPLACED WITH A HEAVIER GAUGE WIRE. WIRING HARNESSES WILL BE RE-SECURED WHERE THEY ATTACH TO THE HEAD LIGHTS, PARK AND SIDE MARKER LIGHTS.
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1998083.
Fleetwood elsewhere in this register
Fleetwood is named on 137 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1998180 · 14 September 1998 · Bounder · Visual System
- 1998183 · 18 September 1998 · Pace Arrow · Powertrain
- 1998212 · 26 October 1998 · Grand Touring, Grand Touring Elite · Structure
- 1997231 · 22 December 1997 · Discovery · Lights And Instruments
- 1997184 · 23 October 1997 · Pace Arrow, Bounder · Structure
- 1999041 · 16 March 1999 · Wilderness, Terry · Electrical
- 1997083 · 15 April 1997 · Discovery, Storm, Vision · Other
- 1997068 · 1 April 1997 · Avion Fifth Wheel · Lights And Instruments
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1998101 · 20 May 1998 · Beetle · Electrical
- 1998116 · 5 June 1998 · 9300, 9800, 9200 · Electrical
- 1998025 · 16 February 1998 · Diablo Roadster · Electrical
- 1998023 · 10 February 1998 · Cavalier, Sunfire, Achieva · Electrical
- 1998020 · 2 February 1998 · Durango · Electrical
- 1998015 · 27 January 1998 · LS 400, SC 400 · Electrical
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Fleetwood Flair, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Fleetwood: 137 in the register, and 255 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1998.
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