1999 Fleetwood Prowler Equipment Problems

“Last october I was towing my rv home from the last camp outing for the season using my dometic refrigerator on lp gas not knowing about the recall on this unit. During this trip home at some point lp gas run out of gas. Lucky for my family & I because the refrigerator unit failed. At this I did not know the unit had failed. In december of 2007 I received a recall letter from Fleetwood, at this time the rv was winterized . I decided to take my rv into a service center [ all american coach] in the spring to have the recall part replaced on the refrigerator. …”

“I discovered a problem with my dometic rm2852 on 4/2/08 while preparing for a trip. While in transit, on 4/4, I stopped at a service department to look at the rm2852. Problem identified was a failed cooling unit (yellow residue); recall covers rm2852. B/c I was in transit, to simply take my rv to a local rv service center in my home town after I returned home from camping. Through numerous phone calls and information found within the dometic recall, I now understood that: 1)dometic had routinely replaced, free of charge, failed cooling units while also performing the recall. …”

“In a parking space the holding tank fell out from underneath the vehicle. Also, there was no straps to support the tank to keep the tank up. Consumer has contacted the dealer. The dealer installed additional straps for tank and did repair on tank bracket supports because bolt were missing on original supports.”

“Dt: the front end of the body of the 5th wheel unit broke. The bolts that held the body to the frame broke or sheared off under pressure while driving with the trailer in tow. While driving there was a piece of material sliding out of the trailer unit. The consumer pulled over to check and discovered the front end had opened up nearly 3 inches, and first thought the frame was the problem. The consumer continued to drive slowly and watched this carefully. The vehicle was driven to a dealer and there the unit was opened, and took apart the nose piece off the trailer and noted bolts broke off. …”

“The contact owns a 1999 Fleetwood Prowler. The contact received a recall notice from dometic pertaining to the equipment. The vehicle was repaired in april of 2008 and two weeks later the refrigerator's coolant line fractured. Coolant leaked out and the contact smelled ammonia. Dometic stated that they were not responsible. The recall number was unknown. No other vehicle information was available.”