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1997 Fleetwood Tioga Recalls, Complaints & Specs

2 safety recalls list the 1997 Fleetwood Tioga, and owners have filed 14 complaints with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.

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safety recalls
14
owner complaints to NHTSA

2 safety recalls for the 1997 Fleetwood Tioga

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. Temporary/emergency spare tire (tires)

    NHTSA 00V104000 Reported 3,897 vehicles potentially affected FLEETWOOD ENT., INC.

    Vehicle description: class c motor homes equipped with a spare wheel . This wheel has insufficient weight carrying capacity when matched to a maximum loaded tire. This does not meet the requirements of FMVSS no. 120, "tire selection and rims for motor vehicles other than passenger cars."

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the spare wheel with a new higher capacity wheel.

14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA

Owners of the 1997 Fleetwood Tioga have filed 14 complaints with NHTSA. Complaints peaked in 2000 with 6 filed that year.

Most-reported components

What owners are reporting

“Fleetwood, tioga, 1997, dotvd1l1xa. All 5 tires have less than 20000 miles. Rear outer tire blewout at 16,000, then the rear inner tire blewout at 19,300. Both left dual tires blewout at 19,300.*ak fi”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, June 24, 2002 · Tires

“All six tires are having steel belts separation problems, consumer has only 12000 miles on the tires. Lt 225/75r16, original equipment, 12000 miles, class c, fleetwood, toyota motor home. *ak the cons”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, May 13, 2002 · Tires

Compare Fleetwood Tioga model years

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

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1975 Fleetwood Tioga01
1977 Fleetwood Tioga10
1984 Fleetwood Tioga10
1985 Fleetwood Tioga10
1987 Fleetwood Tioga01
1989 Fleetwood Tioga02
1990 Fleetwood Tioga03
1991 Fleetwood Tioga01
1992 Fleetwood Tioga02
1993 Fleetwood Tioga01
1994 Fleetwood Tioga10
1996 Fleetwood Tioga11
1997 Fleetwood Tioga214
1998 Fleetwood Tioga28
1999 Fleetwood Tioga211
2000 Fleetwood Tioga47
2001 Fleetwood Tioga20
2002 Fleetwood Tioga20
2003 Fleetwood Tioga51
2004 Fleetwood Tioga41
2005 Fleetwood Tioga20
2006 Fleetwood Tioga31
2007 Fleetwood Tioga23
2008 Fleetwood Tioga61
2009 Fleetwood Tioga41
2010 Fleetwood Tioga10
2011 Fleetwood Tioga10

Checking a specific 1997 Fleetwood Tioga

How do I know if my 1997 Fleetwood Tioga 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 Tioga; 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 00V104000).

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.