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1997 Fleetwood Storm Recalls, Complaints & Specs

2 safety recalls list the 1997 Fleetwood Storm, and owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.

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safety recalls
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owner complaint to NHTSA

2 safety recalls for the 1997 Fleetwood Storm

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. Power window devices and controls (visibility)

    NHTSA 96V236000 Reported 241 vehicles potentially affected FLEETWOOD ENT., INC.

    The e-z slide-out room can operate unexpectedly. Water can cause an electrical short in the slide-out room control relay.

    Remedy: Dealers will install a replacement control relay in a waterproof location on these motor homes.

1 owner complaint filed with NHTSA

Owners of the 1997 Fleetwood Storm have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. Complaints peaked in 1998 with 1 filed that year.

Most-reported components

What owners are reporting

“A malfunction in the automatically applied parking brake system allowed the parking brake to be fully applied while the vehicle was traveling at 60 MPH on an interstate highway.”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, October 3, 1998 · Parking brake

Compare Fleetwood Storm model years

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

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1996 Fleetwood Storm01
1997 Fleetwood Storm21
1998 Fleetwood Storm36
1999 Fleetwood Storm22
2000 Fleetwood Storm35
2001 Fleetwood Storm43
2002 Fleetwood Storm40
2003 Fleetwood Storm60
2004 Fleetwood Storm73
2005 Fleetwood Storm40
2006 Fleetwood Storm50
2007 Fleetwood Storm20
2008 Fleetwood Storm10
2011 Fleetwood Storm42
2012 Fleetwood Storm11
2013 Fleetwood Storm14
2014 Fleetwood Storm27
2015 Fleetwood Storm02
2016 Fleetwood Storm23
2017 Fleetwood Storm40
2018 Fleetwood Storm30

Checking a specific 1997 Fleetwood Storm

How do I know if my 1997 Fleetwood Storm 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. 2 campaigns currently list the 1997 Fleetwood Storm; 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.