1998 Fleetwood Wilderness Recalls, Complaints & Specs
2 safety recalls list the 1998 Fleetwood Wilderness, and owners have filed 4 complaints with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.
2 safety recalls for the 1998 Fleetwood Wilderness
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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Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)
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…
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Cables (electrical system)
Vehicle description: travel trailers (only models 26a and 24b are affected, and further identified by the characters "7a26" or "7b24" in the fourth through seventh positions of the vehicle identification number. The main wiring harness and generator battery wiring could be damaged by the generator exhaust system.
Remedy: Dealers will relocate and secure the battery cable and main wiring harness away from the generator exhaust system; install a heat shield to protect wiring from excessive heat exposure from the generator exhaust; and…
4 owner complaints filed with NHTSA
Owners of the 1998 Fleetwood Wilderness have filed 4 complaints with NHTSA; 2 describe a crash. Reports cite 1 injury and 2 deaths. Complaints peaked in 2002 with 2 filed that year.
Most-reported components
What owners are reporting
“I have a 1998 wilderness 5th wheel camping trailer. The refrigerator in this unit is a dometic model rm2652 serial no. 81303309. I received a recall notice from dometic informing me to take my unit to”
Owner complaint to NHTSA, July 17, 2008 · Equipment
“5th wheel trailer: the bargman 7-way electrical connector plug came loose from its bargman socket mounted in the wheel well of the owner's tow vehicle. As a result the electrical brakes on the 32 foot”
Owner complaint to NHTSA, September 10, 2002 · Electrical system
Compare Fleetwood Wilderness model years
Recall and complaint counts for every Fleetwood Wilderness model year in NHTSA's database.
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 Fleetwood Wilderness | 2 | 0 |
| 1976 Fleetwood Wilderness | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 Fleetwood Wilderness | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 Fleetwood Wilderness | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 Fleetwood Wilderness | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 Fleetwood Wilderness | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 Fleetwood Wilderness | 1 | 1 |
| 1988 Fleetwood Wilderness | 0 | 1 |
| 1993 Fleetwood Wilderness | 0 | 1 |
| 1994 Fleetwood Wilderness | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 Fleetwood Wilderness | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 Fleetwood Wilderness | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 Fleetwood Wilderness | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 Fleetwood Wilderness | 2 | 4 |
| 1999 Fleetwood Wilderness | 2 | 6 |
| 2000 Fleetwood Wilderness | 2 | 4 |
| 2001 Fleetwood Wilderness | 2 | 12 |
| 2002 Fleetwood Wilderness | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 Fleetwood Wilderness | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 Fleetwood Wilderness | 9 | 10 |
| 2005 Fleetwood Wilderness | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 Fleetwood Wilderness | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 Fleetwood Wilderness | 2 | 1 |
Checking a specific 1998 Fleetwood Wilderness
How do I know if my 1998 Fleetwood Wilderness 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 1998 Fleetwood Wilderness; 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
- Bounder321 complaints
- Southwind170 complaints
- Pace Arrow155 complaints
- Discovery128 complaints
- Prowler104 complaints
- Jamboree65 complaints
- Flair63 complaints
- Fleetwood62 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.