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Fleetwood LIMITED problems and owner complaints

Explore the records behind recurring owner reports.

Key facts

4 owner complaints analyzed

5 distinct recall campaigns

Not available median reported failure mileage

Scope: 1979 to 1991 model years. Data updated: 2026-10-01 (October 1, 2026). 0 complaints include usable failure mileage. View data status.

This selection has limited data. It remains available for lookup but is excluded from search indexing.

Owner-reported patterns

Most common problems

Electrical System is the most frequently named component, appearing in 1 of 4 complaints (25.0%). A complaint can name multiple components.

Recurring terms in complaint narratives
Topic	Matching reports	Share of complaints
Braking behavior	1	25.0%
Electrical and battery issues	1	25.0%
Steering behavior	1	25.0%

Topic matches use published keyword rules. They describe mentions, including negations or comparisons, and do not confirm a diagnosis. Read the matching rules.

Component breakdown

Number of unique complaints naming each component. Top eight shown.

Electrical System

Electrical System:12v/24v/48v Battery

Engine And Engine Cooling:Cooling System:Radiator Assembly

Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine

Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Fuel Pump

Fuel System, Gasoline:Storage:Tank Assembly:Filler Pipe And Cap

Power Train:Driveline:Universal Joint

Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings

Component breakdown data
Category	Count
Electrical System	1
Electrical System:12v/24v/48v Battery	1
Engine And Engine Cooling:Cooling System:Radiator Assembly	1
Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine	1
Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Fuel Pump	1
Fuel System, Gasoline:Storage:Tank Assembly:Filler Pipe And Cap	1
Power Train:Driveline:Universal Joint	1
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings	1

Electrical System: 1; Electrical System:12v/24v/48v Battery: 1; Engine And Engine Cooling:Cooling System:Radiator Assembly: 1; Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine: 1; Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Fuel Pump: 1; Fuel System, Gasoline:Storage:Tank Assembly:Filler Pipe And Cap: 1; Power Train:Driveline:Universal Joint: 1; Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings: 1

Reported problems by failure mileage

Complaint counts in mileage bands. These are not failure rates per vehicle or mile.

Under 25,000

25,000 to 49,999

50,000 to 74,999

75,000 to 99,999

100,000 to 149,999

150,000 and above

Under 25,000: 0; 25,000 to 49,999: 0; 50,000 to 74,999: 0; 75,000 to 99,999: 0; 100,000 to 149,999: 0; 150,000 and above: 0

No usable failure mileage is recorded. 4 complaints have missing, zero or invalid mileage.

Complaints over time

Year the complaint was filed, not the vehicle model year or incident year. The snapshot year is partial.

1995

2000

2002

2003

1995: 1; 2000: 1; 2002: 1; 2003: 1

Pattern summary

Electrical System leads the component reports. Braking behavior appears in 1 complaint narratives. Electrical and battery issues appears in 1 complaint narratives. Steering behavior appears in 1 complaint narratives. Use these patterns to inspect individual reports and prepare questions for a mechanic.

Calculated from recorded counts. An AI narrative has not been published for this selection.

Complaint evidence

Examples provide context, not a representative sample or a verified diagnosis.

Owner report 768951 · 2002-10-27 (October 27, 2002)

I CAME TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND AS I DID SO ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WENT OUT. NO ELECTRIC, NO BRAKE ASSIST. IT TOOK OVER 50 FEET FOR ME TO GET THE MOTOR HOMR TO A STOP. I SLOWLY CAME TO A STOP IN THE INTERSECTION ON A RED LIGHT, THANK GOD THERE WAS LIGHT TRAFFIC. I THEN TRIED STARTING THE MOTOR AND IT DID. AT THE NEXT LIGHT IT DID THE SAME THING. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE STARTED AGAIN AND IT DIED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEXT BLOCK. ON REPAIR IT WAS FOUND OUT THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH ELECTIC AND I WAS RUNNING ON T…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 768951 at NHTSA ↗

Compare model years

Recalls by model year

All campaigns in the snapshot affecting each model year, including recalls announced years later.

From yearThrough year

Recall campaigns

Shared campaigns appear once in each affected model year.

1979

1980

1981

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1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1991

1979: 1; 1980: 1; 1981: 1; 1982: 1; 1983: 1; 1984: 2; 1985: 4; 1986: 1; 1987: 1; 1988: 1; 1989: 0; 1991: 0

First model yearSecond model year

Year-by-year records

Fleetwood LIMITED model-year comparison
Model year	Complaints	Recalls	Change in recalls
1979	0	1	Not available
1980	0	1	0
1981	0	1	0
1982	0	1	0
1983	0	1	0
1984	0	2	+1
1985	0	4	+2
1986	0	1	-3
1987	0	1	0
1988	1	1	0
1989	1	0	-1
1991	2	0	Not available

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Inspect model-year patterns, reported mileage, monthly activity and the evidence behind each signal.

Data completeness

4 unique complaints in this selection. Analysis snapshot: 2026-10-01.

0.0%Usable mileage0 / 4 records

25.0%Valid incident date1 / 4 records

100.0%Valid filing date4 / 4 records

25.0%Ordered incident and filing dates1 / 4 records

Missing, zero and invalid mileage is excluded. Dates after the snapshot are excluded. Examples are limited selections, not a representative sample.

Problems by model year

Model-wide comparison of the eight most reported components across the model. Cells show counts and shares within each model year. Open a cell for source examples.

From model yearThrough model year

Component complaint heatmap
Component	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1991
Electrical System	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	1100.0% ODI 768951 I CAME TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND AS I DID SO ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WENT OUT. NO ELECTRIC, NO BRAKE ASSIST. IT TOOK OVER 50 FEET FOR ME TO GET THE MOTOR HOMR TO A STOP. I SLOWLY CAME TO A STOP IN THE INTERSECTION ON A RED LIGHT, THANK GOD THERE WAS LIGHT TRAFFIC. I THEN TRIED STARTING THE MOTOR AND IT DID. AT THE NEXT LIGHT IT DID THE SAME THING. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE STARTED AGAIN AND IT DIED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEXT BLOCK. ON REPAIR IT WAS FOUND OUT THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH ELECTIC AND I WAS RUNNING ON T… Look up ODI 768951 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Electrical System:12v/24v/48v Battery	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	1100.0% ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Engine And Engine Cooling:Cooling System:Radiator Assembly	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	1100.0% ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	1100.0% ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Fuel Pump	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	1100.0% ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Fuel System, Gasoline:Storage:Tank Assembly:Filler Pipe And Cap	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	150.0% ODI 10031594 CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN FUELING VEHICLE GAS LEAKS FROM THE FILLER NECK ASSEMBLY.*AK Look up ODI 10031594 at NHTSA ↗
Power Train:Driveline:Universal Joint	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	1100.0% ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	1100.0% ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.

Darker cells indicate a larger share of submitted complaints. Components overlap. This measures complaint composition, not failure probability.

Failure mileage by component

Median and middle 50% of usable owner-reported mileages. Ranges require at least five records.

Component failure mileage distribution
Component	Mileage range (25th–75th percentile)	Median	Usable records	Examples
No usable records for this analysis.

Complaint and recall timeline

Explore monthly filing activity alongside recall announcements. Up to ten years of monthly history is available.

ComponentPeriod

Solid line: filed complaints. Dashed amber lines: recall announcement dates for this vehicle selection; markers include all recall components. The latest month is partial. Temporal proximity does not establish causation.

Monthly counts, recall campaigns and complaint examples

Monthly complaint and recall timeline
Month	Campaigns announced	Examples
2024-11	None	No examples available for this selection.
2024-12	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-01	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-02	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-03	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-04	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-05	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-06	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-07	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-08	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-09	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-10	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-11	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-12	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-01	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-02	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-03	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-04	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-05	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-06	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-07	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-08	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-09	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-10 (partial)	None	No examples available for this selection.

Emerging complaint spikes

Complete months in the latest six months with at least 10 complaints, at least twice the preceding 12-month average, and at least three square-root deviations above that average.

This is a descriptive screening rule, not a statistical defect finding. Publicity and reporting changes can increase submissions.

No complete months meet the spike thresholds for this selection.

Equal-age model-year comparison

Model-wide cumulative reports during the first three or five calendar years, starting with the model year (age 0). Only fully elapsed windows are compared.

Observation windowFirst model yearSecond model year

1989: 0 complaints · 1991: 0 complaints

Equal observation windows
Model year	Through age 0	Through age 1	Through age 2
1989	0	0	0
1991	0	0	0

Date coverage across each selected cohort

Date basis for all complaints in selected model years
Year	Incident dates used	Filing date fallbacks	Excluded dates
1989	0	1	0
1991	0	2	0

Incident date is preferred when valid and no later than filing; otherwise filing date is used. Model year approximates age. Equal observation time does not adjust for sales, distance driven or reporting delays. One complaint linked to multiple model years can appear in each cohort.

Components reported together

Each cell counts unique complaints naming both components. Open a nonzero cell for examples.

Component co-occurrence matrix
Component	Electrical System	Electrical System:12v/24v/48v Battery	Engine And Engine Cooling:Cooling System:Radiator Assembly	Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine	Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Fuel Pump	Fuel System, Gasoline:Storage:Tank Assembly:Filler Pipe And Cap	Power Train:Driveline:Universal Joint	Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings
Electrical System	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electrical System:12v/24v/48v Battery	0	—	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	0	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗
Engine And Engine Cooling:Cooling System:Radiator Assembly	0	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	—	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	0	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗
Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine	0	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	—	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	0	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗
Fuel System, Gasoline:Delivery:Fuel Pump	0	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	—	0	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗
Fuel System, Gasoline:Storage:Tank Assembly:Filler Pipe And Cap	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Power Train:Driveline:Universal Joint	0	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	0	—	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Hoses, Lines/Piping, And Fittings	0	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	0	1 ODI 484986 TWO CYLINDERS NOT FIRING, ONE DUE TO PLUG WIRE SHORTING OUT ON BLOCK. Look up ODI 484986 at NHTSA ↗	—

Co-reporting does not establish that one component caused another concern.

Recurring narrative patterns

Specific keyword mentions beyond broad component labels. Matching includes negations and comparisons and does not confirm a diagnosis.

Search patterns

2 patterns with matching reports.

Fuel smell or leak mentions

1 mentions · 25.0% of complaints

Median mileage: Unavailable (0 usable records).

ODI 10031594

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN FUELING VEHICLE GAS LEAKS FROM THE FILLER NECK ASSEMBLY.*AK

Look up ODI 10031594 at NHTSA ↗

Matching rule

\b(fuel leak\w*|gas leak\w*|gas(?:oline)? smell|smell\w* (?:of )?(?:fuel|gas))\b

Steering assistance concerns

1 mentions · 25.0% of complaints

Median mileage: Unavailable (0 usable records).

ODI 768951

Look up ODI 768951 at NHTSA ↗

Matching rule

\b(power steer\w*|steering assist\w*|steering lock\w*|steering wheel lock\w*)\b