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2003 Fleetwood Tioga Recalls, Complaints & Specs

5 safety recalls list the 2003 Fleetwood Tioga, and owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.

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5 safety recalls for the 2003 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 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.…

  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…

  3. Trailer hitches

    NHTSA 04V352000 Reported 8,969 vehicles potentially affected FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.

    Certain motor homes equipped with draw tite hitch receivers may be missing one or more welds between the hitch receiver box and the bottom support plate.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the hitch receiver. The recall is expected to begin during august 2004. Owners should contact fleetwood at 1-800-322-8216.

  4. 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…

  5. Driveshaft (power train)

    NHTSA 03V169000 Reported 740 vehicles potentially affected FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.

    On certain models r, v, and w motor homes, the intermediate drive shaft will vibrate excessively, leading to carrier bearing failure.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect, replace, and/or retorque the carrier bearing bolts as necessary. Owner notification began may 27, 2003. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do…

1 owner complaint filed with NHTSA

Owners of the 2003 Fleetwood Tioga have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. The average mileage at failure in those reports is 64,000 miles. Complaints peaked in 2015 with 1 filed that year.

Most-reported components

What owners are reporting

“Samsung is refusing to comply with a microwave recall. The NHTSA campaign number is 03e044000. *tr”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, January 20, 2015 · Electrical system

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 2003 Fleetwood Tioga

How do I know if my 2003 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. 5 campaigns currently list the 2003 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 03V169000).

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.