Fleetwood Encounter, Fleetwood Storm, Fleetwood Terra, model years 2010 to 2013. Filed by Fleetwood Rv, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 6 November 2012. 842 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Fleetwood RV is recalling certain model year 2010 and 2011 Encounter vehicles manufactured from November 19, 2009, through May 13, 2010; 2011-2013 Storm vehicles manufactured from May 21, 2010, through September 18, 2012; and 2012 Terra vehicles manufactured from April 26, 2011, through March 13, 2012. The entry step …
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Fleetwood's own number for this recall: 121025FRV. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 12V535 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 12V535 cover?
- Fleetwood Encounter, Fleetwood Storm, Fleetwood Terra, model years 2010-2013.
- What is wrong with them?
- Fleetwood RV is recalling certain model year 2010 and 2011 Encounter vehicles manufactured from November 19, 2009, through May 13, 2010; 2011-2013 Storm vehicles manufactured from May 21, 2010, through September 18, 2012; and 2012 Terra vehicles manufactured from April 26, 2011, through March 13,...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The step may collapse during use potentially causing personal injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Fleetwood RV will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and, as necessary, reinforce the step structural support. The safety recall began during December 2012. Owners may contact Fleetwood RV Owner Relations at 1-800-509-3418.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Fleetwood calls this recall 121025FRV, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “The step may collapse during use potentially causing personal injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12V535 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | FLEETWOOD RV, INC. |
| System at fault | Structure |
| Reported to NHTSA | 6 November 2012 |
| Model years | 2010-2013 |
| Vehicles named | FLEETWOOD ENCOUNTER, FLEETWOOD STORM, FLEETWOOD TERRA |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The step may collapse during use potentially causing personal injury.
The remedy
Fleetwood RV will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and, as necessary, reinforce the step structural support. The safety recall began during December 2012. Owners may contact Fleetwood RV Owner Relations at 1-800-509-3418.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Fleetwood Encounter recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Fleetwood Storm recalls: 13 US campaigns
- Fleetwood Terra recalls: 10 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 12V535, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12v535/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
Other Fleetwood notices we hold
- 13V218: model year 2013 Bounder Classic and Terra motorhomes manufactured between July 9, 2012 and January 16, 2013
- 13V217: model year 2014 American Revolution, Bounder, Discovery, Expedition, and Southwind motorhomes
- 13V007: model year 2012 and 2013 Bounder Classic model 30T motorhomes manufactured from February 17, 2012, through November 30, 2012
- 12V412: model year 2013 Excursion motor homes manufactured from March 27, 2012, through July 24, 2012
- 11V298: MODEL YEAR 2011 BOUNDER CLASSIC, STORM AND TERRA CLASS A MOTOR HOMES BUILT ON FORD CHASSIS AND MANUFACTURED FROM MAY 21, 2010, THROUGH FEBRUARY 11, 2011
- 11V192: MODEL YEAR 2011 DISCOVERY, REVOLUTION LE AND PROVIDENCE CLASS A MOTOR HOMES
- 11V090: MODEL YEAR 2010 FIESTA CLASS A MOTOR HOMES
- 11V074: RECREATIONAL
All 11 Fleetwood campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 12V535 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
19a5738b - Consequence
00c93070 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
The wording we hold for 12V535 · how the whole register is watched
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Fleetwood Encounter, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
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