Glendale Golden Falcon Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 5 safety recalls and 2 owner complaints across 11 model years of the Glendale Golden Falcon (1995–2006). The most-complained-about year is 2000.

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• 1995
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• 1998
• 1999
• 2000
• 2001
• 2002
• 2003
• 2004
• 2006

What Glendale Golden Falcon owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 2 complaints with NHTSA. The 2000 model year has the most, with 1.

• Equipment: water heater2
• Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer1

All Glendale Golden Falcon recalls (5)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Glendale Golden Falcon, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

   NHTSA 08V661000 Reported December 15, 2008 1,665 vehicles potentially affected GLENDALE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

   Glendale rv is recalling 1,665 my 2004 and 2006 golden falcon, my 2004-2007 titanium fifth wheel and travel trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator manufactured by the dometic corporation. The refrigerator may have a defect in the boiler tube. Pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source…

   Remedy: Glendale rv will be working with dometic in order 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…

   Model years: 2004, 2006

2. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

   NHTSA 08V492000 Reported September 25, 2008 137 vehicles potentially affected GLENDALE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

   Glendale rv is recalling 137 my 1999-2001 golden falcon fifth wheel travel trailers equipped with norcold refrigerators. A fatigue failure in the section of the cooling unit which contains the refrigerant could allow the liquid solution to slowly leak.

   Remedy: Glendale rv is working with norcold to repair these refrigerators (please see 08e030). Norcold will provide thermal switch kits to owners along with the necessary forms and instructions. Owners may contact norcold at…

   Model years: 1999, 2000, 2001

3. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

   NHTSA 07V273000 Reported June 13, 2007 1,686 vehicles potentially affected GLENDALE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

   Certain recreational vehicles 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: Glendale 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…

   Model years: 2002, 2003, 2004

4. Trailer hitches

   NHTSA 00V241000 Reported August 24, 2000 420 vehicles potentially affected GLENDALE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

   Vehicle description: fifth wheel trailers equipped with upper bedroom slideouts, 34 degree pin box, and 51mmx178mm box front rail. The fifth wheels can experience excessive flexing in the upper chassis which can lead to failure in the area of the pin box. Cracking and shearing around the pin box can cause the steel to deflect and…

   Remedy: Dealers will reinforce the pin box area.

   Model years: 1995, 1996, 1997

5. Service brakes, electric

   NHTSA 99V152000 Reported June 17, 1999 239 vehicles potentially affected GLENDALE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

   Vehicle description: fifth wheel travel trailers. The brake wires may be pinched between the frame and the underbelly which could cause chafing of the wire.

   Remedy: Dealers will inspect the trailers and will trim the underbelly back and protect the wire from any sharp edges. If the wire is chafed in any way, it will be replaced.

   Model years: 1998, 1999

Other Glendale models

• Titanium3 complaints
• Royal Classic0 complaints
• Travelaire0 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.