1998 FLEETWOOD GRAND TOUR Recall

Campaign:

98V263000 on 10/20/1998

Component:

Equipment:recreational vehicle:lpg tank assembly

Manufactured:

04/15/1997 - 10/15/1998

Affected:

8,602

Defect:

Vehicle description: folding travel trailers equipped with molded gas bottle cover assemblies. the upper molded gas bottle cover lid can become disengaged from the plastic pan during transit due to improper attachment of the lower rubber hold-down straps, severe wind turbulence, or vibration.

Consequence:

This lid could fall onto the roadway creating a road hazard.

Correction:

Dealers will add a positive locking device to secure the upper molded gas bottle cover lid to the lower plastic pan.

Notes:

Owner notification is expected to begin november 9, 1998.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact fleetwood folding trailers at 1-814-445-9661. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).

1998 FLEETWOOD GRAND TOUR TSB

Bulletin:

986

Component:

351200 equipment:recreational vehicle:lpg tank assembly

Summary:

Information on molded gas bottle cover. *yc

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