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Fleetwood Mallard Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 6 safety recalls and 15 owner complaints across 11 model years of the Fleetwood Mallard (1997–2007). The most-complained-about year is 2001.

6
safety recalls, all years
15
owner complaints, all years
2004
year with most recalls
2001
year with most complaints

Pick your Fleetwood Mallard model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2007 Fleetwood Mallard11
2006 Fleetwood Mallard11
2005 Fleetwood Mallard12
2004 Fleetwood Mallard61
2003 Fleetwood Mallard32
2002 Fleetwood Mallard20
2001 Fleetwood Mallard23
2000 Fleetwood Mallard21
1999 Fleetwood Mallard11
1998 Fleetwood Mallard12
1997 Fleetwood Mallard11

What Fleetwood Mallard owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 15 complaints with NHTSA. The 2001 model year has the most, with 3.

All Fleetwood Mallard recalls (6)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Fleetwood Mallard, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 08V320000 Reported 70,101 vehicles potentially affected FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.

    Fleetwood is recalling 70,101 my 2003-2007 southwind, pace arrow, bounder, flair, storm, fiesta, terra gas class a motor homes; bounder, discovery, providence, excursion, expedition, revolution, american eagle, american heritage, american tradition diesel class a motor homes; jamboree tioga class c motor homes; and prowler, wilderness,…

    Remedy: Fleetwood is working with dometic to repair these refrigerators (please see 08e032). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of charge.…

    Model years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

  2. 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…

    Model years: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

  3. Wheels

    NHTSA 04V310000 Reported 3,426 vehicles potentially affected FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.

    On certain fifth wheel and conventional travel trailers equipped with aluminum wheels may not have had the proper wheel lug nut torque applied. Additionally, paint applied to the mating surface of the hub may cause the lug nuts to be more sensitive to loosening during the initial settling-in of components and after a wheel has been…

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect, repair, or replace any damaged wheels, lug nuts, lug studs, and mating surfaces. Dealers will also remove paint film from the mating surfaces. The recall began on august 5, 2004. Owners should…

    Model years: 2004

  4. Fuses and circuit breakers (electrical system)

    NHTSA 04V145000 Reported 765 vehicles potentially affected FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.

    On certain conventional and fifth wheel travel trailers equipped with siemens q circuit breaker, the circuit breakers were mis-marked.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the circuit breaker if necessary. Owner notification is expected to begin by april 5, 2004. Owners should contact fleetwood at 1-800-322-8216.

    Model years: 2004

  5. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 03V452000 Reported 60,877 vehicles potentially affected FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.

    On certain travel trailers equipped with samsung microwave ovens, these ovens were produced with a defective panel. An electrical short can occur between circuit patterns on the membrane panel, especially overlapped by a "jumper" or jump wire. This may cause the oven to activate without pressing any key pads.

    Remedy: Samsung will notify customers and repair the panel free of charge. In the meantime, consumers should unplug their microwave, if possible. If the consumer is unable to unplug the microwave, they should leave the door…

    Model years: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

  6. Wheels

    NHTSA 03V437000 Reported 4,933 vehicles potentially affected FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.

    On certain conventional and fifth wheel travel trailers, the owner manuals either do not contain the wheel lug nut torque information or contain incorrect wheel lug nut torque information for the optional "aluminum wheel"

    Remedy: Owners will be provided with a label and insert to be added to the owner's manual. If the vehicle has the "aluminum wheel" option, owners are requested to bring their vehicle into a dealer to have the wheel lug nuts…

    Model years: 2004

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.