2005 Fleetwood Prowler Suspension Problems

“We were driving on us 64 in columbia, north carolina. Our son was following behind us when my son noticed smoke coming from under our 2005, regal Prowler fifth wheel. When my husband pulled over and inspected our rv, he saw that two of the shock mount welds broke off from the frame of the rv. One of the mounts dug into the tire. Luckily for us our son noticed the smoke, otherwise we would have surely had a blowout.”

“I have 2005 powerler and the weldson the x members were not welded all the way I checked if there was any recalls and there was but the recalls do not cover my trailer but this is a lippert frame and is the same frame that was recalled I am the only person that has owned the trailer and I was never told anything about the recall I know that it was not on the list but I can not believe that I am the only one with the problem and after reading the recall it could have hurt somebody and Prowler does not make trailers anymore there could be more trailers of the same year with the same issue when…”

“Weld failure on the rear axle of my fifth wheel. The axle twisted causing significant damage to all four tires. A temporary repair was done in kansas where I was staying at the time so that I could get the rig to a axle repair shop in oklahoma. It was found that the axles were hung out of true originally with improper hangers for the weight specs for the axles. The axle was replaced with beefed up hangars and adjusted to be in true. The technicians at theaxle company that did the repair were amazed that the 5ver only had 2 axles. …”