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1998 Fleetwood Flair Recalls, Complaints & Specs

3 safety recalls list the 1998 Fleetwood Flair, and owners have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.

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3 safety recalls for the 1998 Fleetwood Flair

Most recent first. Recall repairs are free at any authorised dealer. Click a recall for the full defect, consequence and remedy text.

  1. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 07V120000 Reported 167,096 vehicles potentially affected FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.

    Certain motor homes and travel trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, may have a defect in the boiler tube. Pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) is present.

    Remedy: Fleetwood will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06e076). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of…

  2. Trailer hitches

    NHTSA 99V156000 Reported 417 vehicles potentially affected FLEETWOOD ENT., INC.

    Vehicle description: motor homes. The bolts holding the trailer hitch to the motor home frame are the incorrect length.

    Remedy: Dealers will remove the existing bolts and replace with correctly sized nuts, lock washers, and bolts.

  3. Electrical system: wiring and cables (electrical system)

    NHTSA 98V083000 Reported 685 vehicles potentially affected FLEETWOOD ENT., INC.

    Vehicle description: motor homes. Due to improper installation of electrical wires, the battery cables can contact the automatic transmission cooler fluid lines. The ignition switch and customer accessory wiring is undersized.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and repair these vehicles, including replacement of any damaged wiring or other vehicular components.

3 owner complaints filed with NHTSA

Owners of the 1998 Fleetwood Flair have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA. The average mileage at failure in those reports is 34,000 miles. Complaints peaked in 1998 with 1 filed that year.

Most-reported components

What owners are reporting

“Wipers alternately try to clean beyond the windshield and/or fail to clean the entire windshield. Driver's side will try to go beyond the curve of the windshield; passenger side goes beyond the weathe”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, September 10, 2018 · Visibility/wiper

“Recall # 99v156000 fleetwood/trailer hitch bolt: dealer did not perfrom recall corrective action according to letter. All the dealer did was feel the bolt and stated that it was alright. Recall campai”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, March 2, 2000 · Trailer hitches

Compare Fleetwood Flair model years

Recall and complaint counts for every Fleetwood Flair model year in NHTSA's database.

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1989 Fleetwood Flair22
1990 Fleetwood Flair21
1991 Fleetwood Flair04
1992 Fleetwood Flair02
1993 Fleetwood Flair11
1994 Fleetwood Flair22
1995 Fleetwood Flair13
1996 Fleetwood Flair08
1997 Fleetwood Flair23
1998 Fleetwood Flair33
1999 Fleetwood Flair16
2000 Fleetwood Flair36
2001 Fleetwood Flair41
2002 Fleetwood Flair42
2003 Fleetwood Flair63
2004 Fleetwood Flair71
2005 Fleetwood Flair40
2006 Fleetwood Flair53
2007 Fleetwood Flair20
2008 Fleetwood Flair10
2015 Fleetwood Flair02
2016 Fleetwood Flair21
2017 Fleetwood Flair30
2018 Fleetwood Flair40
2019 Fleetwood Flair52
2020 Fleetwood Flair43
2021 Fleetwood Flair51
2022 Fleetwood Flair52
2023 Fleetwood Flair50
2024 Fleetwood Flair31
2025 Fleetwood Flair20
2026 Fleetwood Flair10

Checking a specific 1998 Fleetwood Flair

How do I know if my 1998 Fleetwood Flair has an open recall?

Enter your 17-character VIN above. The VIN is on the driver's side dashboard (visible through the windshield), the driver's door jamb sticker, and your registration or insurance card. The check runs against NHTSA's live database and tells you which campaigns list your vehicle. 3 campaigns currently list the 1998 Fleetwood Flair; your car may already have been repaired under some of them.

Is the recall repair free?

Yes. Under federal law, manufacturers must fix safety recalls at no charge for vehicles up to 15 years old from the date of sale to the first owner. Contact any authorised Fleetwood dealer with your VIN and the NHTSA campaign number (for example 07V120000).

What is the difference between a recall and a complaint?

A recall is a safety campaign filed by the manufacturer or ordered by NHTSA, with a defined defect and remedy. A complaint is a report an owner sent to NHTSA; it is not verified, but patterns of complaints are what trigger NHTSA investigations and, eventually, recalls.

Other Fleetwood models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.