NHTSA Recall 06V115000
NHTSA Campaign Id 06V115000; Date: Apr. 12, 2006
At night the instrument cluster lights may fail and the driver may not be able to see the instrument panel gauges and the brake warning light indicator which could increasing the risk of a crash.
Recalled Vehicles:
2003 Fleetwood Bounder; 2004 Fleetwood Bounder; 2003 Fleetwood Fiesta; 2004 Fleetwood Fiesta; 2003 Fleetwood Flair; 2004 Fleetwood Flair; 2003 Fleetwood Pace Arrow; 2004 Fleetwood Pace Arrow; 2003 Fleetwood Southwind; 2004 Fleetwood Southwind; 2003 Fleetwood Storm; 2004 Fleetwood Storm; 2003 Fleetwood Terra; 2004 Fleetwood Terra
Component: Electrical System
Manufactured by: Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.
Affected Units:: 7,205
Recall Summary:
Certain motor homes built on workhorse chassis and equipped with actia corporate instrument clusters fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 101 "controls and displays" and no. 105 "hydraulic and electric brake systems. " if the brake fail input falls below a voltage of 1. 5v, the brake failure lamp and alarm will be activated. Also activation of the abs telltale when the abs is not properly functioning does not always occur.
How to Fix:
Workhorse is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign and reprogram the instrument panel cluster free of charge. Owners may contact workhorse at 1-877-246-7731 or fleetwood at 1-800-322-8216.
Recall Notes:
Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
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