1996 Fleetwood Southwind Recalls, Complaints & Specs
1 safety recall lists the 1996 Fleetwood Southwind, and owners have filed 11 complaints with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.
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1 safety recall for the 1996 Fleetwood Southwind
Most recent first. Recall repairs are free at any authorised dealer. Click a recall for the full defect, consequence and remedy text.
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Fuses and circuit breakers (electrical system)
The electric wire used to power the expandable room hydraulic pump motor was not equipped with a circuit breaker. Overheating of the wire can occur with incorrect expandable room operation.
Remedy: Dealers will install a circuit breaker to the expandable room system pump motor wire. Fleetwood will also provide a vehicle label to identify the location of the circuit breaker, and will provide owner's manual…
11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA
Owners of the 1996 Fleetwood Southwind have filed 11 complaints with NHTSA. Reports cite 0 injuries and 2 deaths. The average mileage at failure in those reports is 42,450 miles. Complaints peaked in 1996 with 2 filed that year.
Most-reported components
What owners are reporting
“My father and his friend both died from carbon monoxide poisoning while sleeping in a fleetwood southwind motorhome in november of 1999. Carbon monoxide from the onan generator filled the motor home w”
Owner complaint to NHTSA, February 5, 2007 · Electrical system
“Failure of the automatic park brake on a chevy p30 chassis. *ak”
Owner complaint to NHTSA, October 19, 2004 · Parking brake
Compare Fleetwood Southwind model years
Recall and complaint counts for every Fleetwood Southwind model year in NHTSA's database.
Checking a specific 1996 Fleetwood Southwind
How do I know if my 1996 Fleetwood Southwind 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. 1 campaign currently lists the 1996 Fleetwood Southwind; your car may already have been repaired under it.
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 96V102000).
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
- Bounder321 complaints
- Pace Arrow155 complaints
- Discovery128 complaints
- Prowler104 complaints
- Jamboree65 complaints
- Flair63 complaints
- Fleetwood62 complaints
- Wilderness61 complaints
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.