2002 Fleetwood Bounder Suspension Problems

“Owning this coach since 2003 near new I have had hundreds of episodes of rocking, tracking and steering control problems that have been near misses and roll over accidents. I have owned the same brand in other rvs previously through the years because I believed in the manufactured brand. The suspension is well known as a Fleetwood rocker instead of a Fleetwood Bounder by all the motorhome dealers that carry other frames and chassis. They obviously know the problems with it being dealers and not engineers. …”

“2002 Fleetwood Bounder 36 s purchased new 4-april-2003 dealer has refused warranty service since 5-april-2003,vehicle is still under the original new vehicle 12/15 warranty and now has only 1500 miles,it has taken over 8 months to get selling dealer to take vehicle in for warranty repairs,vehicle has as severe rebound bouncing problem such as when hitting unven pavement crossing a bridge at road speed the front of the vehicle bounces and feels as if the vehicle is rocking across the rear axle pulling the front up.I am told this is a common problem on the 228 wheel base vehicle with the long…”

“The unit is topping out against the shocks when the vehicle goes over a series of bumps. It seems as if the unit is too light in the front end. There is a 14 foot overhang from the bumper to the center-rear axel. Wheel base is 228 inches and the total length of the coach is 37'11 . The braking system shakes like crazy and doesn't slow the unit down. This failure is random and there are no consistent conditions under which this failure occurs. The dealer has investigated this problem and cannot find anything wrong with the brakes.”